# Vr̥ddhācalam / Viruttācalam, Vr̥ddhāgirīśvara temple, time of
Parakesarivarman Rājendra Cōḻa, year 5

Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00193

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00193.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Summary

Vr̥ddhācalam (Viruttācalam), Vr̥ddhācalam taluk, Cuddalore district,
Vr̥ddhāgirīśvara temple. On the southern façade of the sanctuary. 5th
regnal year of Kōpparakesarivarman alias Śrī Rājendracōḻadevar =
Rajendra I (circa 1017 A.D.).

ARIE: “Gift of gold for a lamp by Śembiyaṉ-dēvaḍigaḷār daughter of
Paḻavēṭṭaraiyar and wife of Muññai Vallavaraiyar to the temple of
Neṟkuppai Tirumuḍukuṉṟam-Uḍaiya-Mahādēva at Paruvūr-kūṟṟam of
Iruṅgōḷappāḍi a subdivision of Vaḍagarai Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu.”

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru maṉṉ¿ī?⟨i⟩ vaḷara (Iru)-¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ila⟨2⟩-maṭan=taiyum
pō⟨r⟩-ccaya-p-(pā)[vai]yum c¡i!⟨ī⟩⟨3⟩r-t-taṉi-c-celviyu⟨m⟩
taṉ (pe)run= tē⟨4⟩viyar āki y-iṉpuṟa
neṭitu¿(rai)?⟨yal⟩ Ū⟨5⟩ḻiyuḷ iṭai-tuṟai-¡ñ!⟨n⟩āṭun=
tuṭarvaṉa ⟨6⟩ vēli-p paṭarvaṉa vā(ci)yuñ
cuḷḷi⟨7⟩c cūḻ-matiṭ-k koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyu⟨8⟩⟨m⟩
naṇṇaṟk’ arumuraṇ maṇṇai-k-ka⟨9⟩ṭakkamum
poru-kaṭ¿ā?⟨a⟩{ta}(l) ¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻatt’ aracar ⟨10⟩ tam muṭiyum
āṅkavar tēviyar ōṅ⟨11⟩k’ eḻil muṭiyu⟨m⟩
muṉṉavar pakka(l) te⟨12⟩ṉṉavaṉ vaitta
cun=tara-muṭiyum in=tira⟨13⟩ṉ āramun=
teṇṭirai Īḻa-maṇḍala⟨m⟩ mu⟨14⟩ḻuvatu⟨m⟩
mā-p-perun= taṇḍāṟ koṇṭa

kō-p⟨15⟩-para-kēcari-paṉmar-āṉa śrī-rajentra-(co)⟨16⟩(ḷa)-devarkku yāṇṭu
(5)-Āvatu vaṭa-ka⌈⟨17⟩rai-rājentra-si(ṁ)ha-vaḷanāṭṭu
Iru⟨ṅ⟩ko(ḷa)⟨18⟩-p-pāṭi-p paruvūr-k-kūṟṟattu neṟkup⟨19⟩pai-t
tiru-mutu-kuṉṟam-uṭ(ai)ya mahā⟨20⟩-devarku muñ(ñai) vallavaraiyar
de⟨21⟩(vi)[yār pa]ḻuvēṭṭarai(yar) (makaḷār) [3+] ⟨22⟩ [4+] tēvaṭikaḷār
v¿a?⟨ai⟩tta tiru-n[ont]ā-viḷak⟨23⟩kk’ oṉṟukku [3+] tuṟai [2+] ḷūr [3+]
⟨24⟩ [1+] koṇṭa poṉ patiṉ kaḻañcu

(Ip-po)⟨25⟩(ṉ) patiṉ kaḻañcum poli-y-aṭṭ-ā(ka) [2+]⟨26⟩ṇṭu ni(cata)m
Uḻakku ney [6+]⟨27⟩(ṉṟu) [2+] (ṭṭa)-k kaṭavaṉ-ē-y Ēḻu ṉā(ḻi) [3+]
(kā)⟨28⟩ṉi [4+] (O)ṉṟu [1+] (cā)m Ai [3+] ⟨29⟩ [6+]

(Itu) panmāheśvara-(rakṣai)

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ maṉṉ¿ī?⟨i⟩ SII

⟨2⟩ celviyu⟨m⟩ ⬦ celviyu(m) SII.

⟨4⟩ neṭitu¿(rai)?⟨yal⟩ ⬦ neṭituṟai SII.

⟨20⟩ de⟨21⟩(vi)[yār] ⬦ de⟨21⟩(vi)[2+] G.

⟨21⟩ [pa]ḻuvēṭṭarai(yar) ⬦ [1+]ḻuveṭṭarai[2+] G. — ⟨21⟩ (makaḷār) ⬦
(makaḷā) [1+] G.

⟨22⟩ v¿a?⟨ai⟩tta ⬦ vat [1+] G. — ⟨22⟩ tirun[ont]ā° ⬦ tirun [1+] G.

⟨24⟩ (Ip-po)⟨25⟩(ṉ) ⬦ [3+] ⟨25⟩ [1+] G.

⟨26⟩ ni(cata)m ⬦ ni [2+] m G.

⟨27⟩ (ṉṟu) [2+] (ṭṭa)k kaṭavaṉēy Ēḻu ṉā(ḻi) [3+] (kā) ⬦ (ṉṟu) [3+]
kkaṭavaṉey Eḻuṉā [4+] G.

⟨28⟩ (O)ṉṟu [1+] (cā)m Ai [3+] ⬦ [1+] ṉṟu [1+] cāma [4+] G.

⟨29⟩ (Itu) panmāheśvara(rakṣai) ⬦ [2+] panmāheśvara [2+] G.

## Translation by Gillet 2024

⟨1⟩ Fortune! Prosperity!

⟨1–14⟩ [meykkīrtti of Rājendra I Cōla]

⟨This is the⟩ 5th year of Kōpparakesarivarman alias Śrī
Rājendracō[ḻa]devar.

⟨15–16⟩ For Mahādeva who possesses/of (uṭaiya) Tirumutukuṉṟam in
Neṟkuppai in Paruvūrkkūṟṟam of Iruṅkoḷappāṭi of Rājendrasiṁhavaḷanāṭu on
the northern bank (vaṭakarai), the wife/queen (devi[yār]) of Muññai
Vallavaraiyar, daughter (makaḷār) of the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar, […]
Tēvaṭikaḷār [gave] for one [perpetual] lamp (tirun[ont]ā viḷakk’
oṉṟukku) […] ten kaḻañcus of gold taken (koṇṭa) […]

⟨25–29⟩ […] ten (patiṉ) kaḻañcus […] one uḻakku of ghee (ney) […].

⟨29⟩ [This is under the protection of the] Paṉmāheśvaras.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1917–18 (ARIE/1917-1918/C/1918/39).

Edited in Swaminathan 2024 (SII 44.39). Edited and translated in Gillet
2024, based on photographs (kindly provided by N. Cane).

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[G] Gillet, Valérie. 2024. Minor Majesties: The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars and
their South Indian Kingdom of Paḻuvūr, 9th-11th centuries A.D. New York:
Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197757710.001.0001. [URL].
Pages 271–272, item 149.

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2024. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XLIV:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1917-18. South Indian
Inscriptions 44. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director
General). Item 39, pages 52–54.

### Secondary

ARIE 1917–18. G.O. No. 1172, 6th September 1918. Epigraphy. Recording,
with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological
Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1917-1918.
Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1918. Page 92, appendix C/1918,
item 39.