Tārācuram/Darasuram, Vīrabhadra temple, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Southern façade, base. Fragment. Seems to record the donation of a perpetual lamp. In characters of the 12th-13th centuries according to Srinivasan 1987.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00634.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00634.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:24 (69e3379), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (b80acdf).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [**********]

⟨2⟩ yan [*****] kaḷ inta [*] (ṇa) [**]

⟨3⟩ tiru-nantā-viḷakku Eriya-k kaṭava [****]

⟨4⟩ [*] yāḻvān [****] vapaṭa

Bibliography

Edited in Srinivasan 1987.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Srinivasan 1987. The distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[S] Srinivasan, P.R. 1987. “Epigraphical study.” In: Darasuram. Epigraphical Study. Étude architecturale. Étude iconographique. Edited by Françoise L’Hernault. Mémoires Archéologiques 16. Paris: EFEO. Page 40, item d.IV.

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