# Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, time of Rājendra Cōḻa,
year 20

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00802

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00802.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

A carefully engraved wall inscription recording the donation after sale
of one tūṇi of land by a group of Brahmins and merchants from the
mānakaram of Kāñcipuram to the god Anantanārāyaṇa Paramasvāmi who
graciously lies on the serpent bed (aṇai) at Tiruvekkā (Tiruveḵkā) for
the sum of 127 kaḻañcus of gold.

South wall of the central shrine.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

pūrvva-d[e](śa)mum (gaṁgai)yum kaṭāramum koṇṭ-aruḷiṉa [12+]⟨2⟩yār
śrī-rājendra-cōḻa-devaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 vatu

ja⟨ya⟩ṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu E(yiṟ)-kōṭṭattu ⟨3⟩ nakaraṅ kāñcipurattu
m¿a?⟨ā⟩-nakarattu nikarili-cōḻa-(c-cēri) ⟨4⟩ brāhmaṇaṉ śrī-muṭittalūr
kiḻavaṉ nārā(ya)ṇak(r)ama-vittaṉu⟨5⟩m Ik-kuṭi-p pēruḻāṉ
kk(r)amavittaṉu(m) [2+] rājarāja-p⟨6⟩-perun-teruvil viyā(p)āri paḻaiyāṟu
kiḻāṉ ⟨7⟩ keruḷaṉ Attiyūr [2+] Arumoḻi-tēva-p⌈⟨8⟩-perun-teruvil viyāpāri
kumpiṭuvāṇ(iya)ḷ tiruvaṭikaḷ c¡i!⟨ī⟩-rā(ma)ṉu⟨9⟩m Aḻakiya
cōḻa-p-perun-teruvil viyāpāri Āṭava(l)lāṉ mākāḷaṉu⟨10⟩m
nitta-vinōta-p-perun-teruvil viyāpāri nārāyaṇaṉ kūttāṭiyum
cōḻa⟨11⟩kula-tilaka-p-perun-teruvil cāliyaṉ viṭaṅkaṉ Ēṟaṉum
cōḻa-cūṭāmaṇi-p-perun⟨12⟩-teruvil tāḻiyaṉ vīraṭṭaṉ ciṅka-k koḻuntaṉum
Ivvaṉaivōm tiru-ve(ḻ/k)kā⟨13⟩-v-aṇai-k kiṭant-aruḷiṉa parama-svāmikku
Iṟai-y-ili tēvatāṉam-āka nāṅkaḷ (viṟṟu-k) ⟨14⟩ kuṭutta t¡u!⟨ū⟩ṇi
nilattukku-k

- kīḻ-pā(ṟ)k’ ellai rājendra-cōḻaṉ [7+] (ku)⟨15⟩m

- teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai Ivv-āḻvār tiru-nōkkil varukiṟa cippi-pāṟṟukku
  vaṭakku⟨16⟩m

- mēl-pāṟk’ ellai pañcavaṉ-mātēvi-vatikku-k kiḻakkum

- vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai paṉṉākī⟨17⟩śvaram-uṭaiyār t¡i!⟨ī⟩tta-k-kuḷattiṉ
  teṉ-karai-p paṟṟi-k kiḻakku nōkki-p pōkiṟa vati⟨18⟩kku teṟkum

In-nāṟ-pāṟk’ ellaikkum Uṭpaṭṭa Uḷ-nilam Oḻiv’ iṉṟi viṟṟu Ivv-āḻ(v)⟨19⟩ār
śrī-paṇṭārattu kācu kallāl kai-k-koṇṭa poṉ nūṟṟu Irupatt’ e(ṭṭu
kaḻa)ñcu⟨20⟩m kai-k-koṇṭu viṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm tiru-vekkā-v-aṇai-k
kiṭant-aruḷiṉa parama-svāmi⟨21⟩kku Ivv-aṉaivōm

In-nilattu mēl ṉōkkiṉa maramum kīḻ nōkkiṉa kiṇaṟum maṉai⟨22⟩yum
maṉai-p-paṭappu⟨m⟩ maṟṟum Eppēṟpaṭṭatum Uḷ-nilam Oḻiv’ iṉṟi
Ivv-āḻv⟨23⟩ārku tiru-nantavaṉam-āka It-t¡u!⟨ū⟩ṇi nilam Iṟai-y-ili
tēvatāṉam-āka Emmil i⌈⟨24⟩cainta poruḷ aṟa-k kai-k-koṇṭu viṟṟu-k
kuṭuttōm

Ituvē poruḷ māva⟨25⟩ṟuti-p poruṭ cela-¡Ō!⟨v-ō⟩lai Āvat’ āka
Iru-kāl-āvatu mu-k-kāl-āvatum vilai ya⟨26⟩ṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm
tiru-vekkā-v-aṇai-k kiṭant-aruḷiṉa parama-svāmikaḷukku ⟨27⟩
śrī-kāñci-mā-nakarattu Ivvaṉaivō¡mm!⟨m⟩-āṉa krāma paṇikka Eḻutiṉēṉ
nakkaṉ [1+]⟨28⟩kku viṣṇu-malaiyāṉ māṉakā(ma)ṅkalōttamaṉ-ēṉ

Ivai E¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu [1+]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ m¿a?⟨ā⟩-nakarattu ⬦ ma nakarattu V1 V2. — ⟨3⟩ cōḻa(ccēri) ⬦
cōḻakkacci [2+] V1 V2.

⟨4⟩ nārā(ya)ṇak(r)ama-vittaṉu⟨5⟩m ⬦ nārā [2+] vittaṉu⟨5⟩m V1 V2.

⟨5⟩ k(r)amavittaṉu(m) [2+] rājarāja-p ⬦ krama vittaṉu [3+] rā [3+] p V1
V2.

⟨8⟩ kumpiṭuvāṇ(iya)ḷ tiruvaṭikaḷ c¡i!⟨ī⟩-rā(ma)ṉu⟨9⟩m ⬦ kumpiṭuvāṇa [2+]
ḷ cīrāmaṉu⟨9⟩m V1 V2.

⟨10⟩ cōḻa ⬦ kāḻi V1 V2.

⟨13⟩ nāṅkaḷ (viṟṟu-k) ⬦ nāṅkaḷ V1 V2.

⟨15⟩ pāṟṟukku ⬦ paṟṟukku V1 V2.

⟨19⟩ Irupatt’ e(ṭṭu kaḻa)ñcu⟨20⟩m ⬦ Irupattañcu⟨20⟩m V1 V2.

⟨26⟩ kiṭant-aruḷiṉa parama-svāmikaḷukku ⬦ kiṭant-aruḷiya svāmikaḷukku V1
V2.

⟨28⟩ māṉakā(ma)ṅkalōttamaṉ-ēṉ ⬦ māṉakaraṅ kulōttamaṉ-ēṉ V1 V2.

## Commentary

⟨2–28⟩ The text is interrupted by two pilasters projecting from the wall
surface.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1920–21 (ARIE/1920-1921/C/1921/23).

Edited in Vicayavēṇukōpal & Irāmacāmi 2024 and Vijayavenugopal et al.
2026.

This revised digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (Babu
N. Ramaswamy, 2024).

ASI transcript and estampage yet to be consulted.

### Primary

[V1] Vicayavēṇukōpal, Kō. & Nā. Irāmacāmi. 2024. kāñcipuram coṉṉa vaṇṇam
ceyta perumāḷ koyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Putucēri: Pirañcu Āciyaviyal Āyvakam.
Pages 3–5, item 2.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy & Vigneshwaran Muralidaran.
2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram.
Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Pages 7–9, item 2.

### Secondary

ARIE 1920–21. G.O. No. 183, 23rd September 1921, Epigraphy, Annual
report for the year 1920-21 of the Assistant Archaeological
Superintendent, Recorded. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. No place, 1921. Page
59, appendix C/1921, item 23.