# Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, no king, no year

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00805

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00805.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

## Summary

A fragment of the meykkīrtti of Vīra Rājendra Cōḻa (first fragment) and
description of the boundaries of given land (second fragment). King’s
name and year lost, if any.

On the jagati of the north base.

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## Edition

### First fragment

⟨1⟩ […] vu kāṇātu Avaṟ colliya nāḷin mēl Oru tiṅkaḷ pāttirunta
pi¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩ai pē [2+] va [ca. 20+] (yum) m¡u!⟨ū⟩varun ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩itta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i
mutukiṭa-p porutu (Ira) [3+] Ēḻ-arai Ilakkamum muraṭṭ¿e?⟨o⟩ḻi […] ⟨2⟩
[…] ṭakki muḻaṅkeri yūṭṭi veṅkata-p-puli Ēṟa viyantu viḷaiyāṭa
tuṅka-pa(ttirai) [ca. 20+] piraṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ai valla [4+] (cuntara)-k
kaṇṭikai cūṭṭi ku kaḷattā [10×] tan puri […] ⟨3⟩ […] ḻaikkaiyil
pi(ḻ)ai(t ti) [5+] ṟiya Ōṭi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a paricoru pala(kai) [ca. 25+] ṭṭi-p
pērttu-t tān kai koṇṭa vēṅkainaṉ mīṭṭuk (koṇṭa) […]

### Second fragment

⟨1⟩ […] pāṟk’ ellai pañcava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-mātēvi-vatikku mēṟkum mēl-pāṟk’ ellai
kō [ca. 10+] mātēvar kōyil […] ⟨2⟩ […] kiḻakkum te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-pāṟk’ellai
vikkirama-cōḻa-p-perun-teru [2+] vaṭakkum vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai pirama [4+]
mātēvar kōyi(l) […] ⟨3⟩ […] (kku-t teṟ?)kum In-nāṟ-pāṟk’ ellai v-uṭpaṭa
nila mikuti-k kuṟai [20+] […]

## 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 8–9, item 5.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy & Vigneshwaran Muralidaran.
2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram.
Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Pages 14–16, item 5.

### 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.