# Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, time of
Parakesarivarman, year 7

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00803

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00803.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

Lacunose inscription in three fragments. Each line appears to be read in
continuty with the corresponding line of the other fragments. Time of
Rājendra II Cōḻa, whose meykkīrtti is found a the beginning of the first
fragment.

On the jagati of the north base.

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## Edition

### First fragment

⟨A1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

Iraṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ-arai Ilakkamu[ṅ] koṇṭu
pērāṟṟaṅkarai-k koppattu
Ākava-mallaṉai Añcuvittavaṉ
Āṉaiyuṅ kutiraiyum peṇṭir paṇṭāramuṅ
koṇṭu
vijaiya-Abhiṣekam paṇṇi
vīra-ciṅkācaṉat=tu vīṟṟirun=t-aruḷiṉa

kō-p-parakēcari-panmar-ā(ṉa) [ca. 10+] (yā)ṇṭu 7 Āvatu kāṭuveṭṭikaḷ
nilaṉ ku(ṭi) tāṅkiyār [4+] yār mu[m]maṭi-cōḻa-tēva [4×] yār kuṭi tāṅki
janakiyār-āṉa vaṉava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-mātēviyār tiru-vekkā Āḻvārkku ce [5+]
vitt-aruḷiṉa tiru-p pa [11×] taitta poṟ-pū [2+] ⟨A2⟩ vaṭa kuṭiñaṟ kal 5
poṟ-kācu [7+] Itil [6×] (ku)ṟak=kum muttu-k [4×] 6 10 7 ce 𑿦 100 ṅ [6×]
(ku)ṟakkum [13×] nay [3+] kkum [10×] 𑿦 [ca. 70×] ṉāl kuṭiñaṟ kal (3)
kaṇṭa vaṇi yokk(u)m [10×] ⟨A3⟩ [1 lost line]

### Second fragment

⟨B1⟩ […] [10×] m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷārum
Iraṭṭa-pāṭi-(koṇṭa)-cōḻa-m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷārum
(vikrama-cōḻa)-mūvēnta-vēḷārum v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-tamiḻatarayarum
mummuṭi-(cōḻa-p) [8+] m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷā[rum] [ca. 20+] [ca. 15×] […]
⟨B2⟩ […] laivan m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷārum
vijeya-rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷārum
maṇṇai-koṇṭa-cōḻa-p-pallavatarayarum vikkirama-ṇi-m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷārum
rāja-ciṅka-bra(h)marāyarum nitta-vinōta-m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷāru [ca. 20+]
n=ta-viḻupparayanum Aḻakiya cōḻa-m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta- […] ⟨B3⟩ […]
(ndra)-cōḻa-m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēn=tavēḷārum [2+] navan Uttama [5+] rai kiḻān
Ari-kula-viḻuppa(rai) [7+] pāṇṭiya-mūvēn=ta-vēḷārum parākkira [3+]
vēn=ta-vēḷāru [3+] lacey [ca. 20+] m pañcavan brahmarāyaru [2+]
cōḻa-kula- […]

### Third fragment

⟨C1⟩ […] vēḷānum puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-kaḷattu [5×] [15+]
muṭi-koṇṭa-cōḻa-p-pallavarayanum perum pēr-uṭaiyāṉ […] ⟨C2⟩ […]
(pañca?)vaṉ m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēn=tavē [10×] [15+] [20×] […]

## Apparatus

### First fragment

⟨A1⟩ nilaṉ ku(ṭi) tāṅkiyār [4+] yār ⬦ nīlaṉ kuṭi tāṅkiyār V1 V2. — ⟨A1⟩
vaṉava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩mātēviyār ⬦ mātēviyār V1 V2.

### Second fragment

⟨B1⟩ mummuṭi(cōḻap) [8+] m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷā[rum] ⬦ mummuṭi cōḻap [3+] V1
V2.

⟨B2⟩ vikkirama-ṇi-m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷārum ⬦ vikkirama cōḻa mūvēnta vēḷārum
V1 V2.

## Commentary

From the available photos, it appears that the second fragment further
continues towards the right.

## Bibliography

Not reported in ARIE 1920–21.

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

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

### Primary

[V1] Vicayavēṇukōpal, Kō. & Nā. Irāmacāmi. 2024. kāñcipuram coṉṉa vaṇṇam
ceyta perumāḷ koyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Putucēri: Pirañcu Āciyaviyal Āyvakam.
Pages 5–7, item 3.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy & Vigneshwaran Muralidaran.
2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram.
Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Pages 10–12, item 3.

### 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.