Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 6

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal (vija), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the base of east wall of the central shrine.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00806.

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Version: 2026-05-06 08:34 (1bab47a), last modified 2026-05-06 08:34 (1bab47a).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tripuvaṉa-c-cakra-vatti ku(lōttuṅka)-cōḻa-tēvarkku yā(ṇ)ṭu 6 vatu mēca-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-pakṣattu [**********] peṟṟa [*****] jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-
⟨2⟩ -maṇṭalattu śrī-kāñcipurattu Ananta-nārāyaṇa-svāmikku cēraṉai venṟa cōḻa kumāra¡n!u⟨m⟩ mānaṅ kāttān Amu taṭuvārōm [***] tu taṟai
⟨3⟩ [******] Inta cuvāmi tiru-maṭai-viḷākam tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi cannatikku vaṭakku [**] tta mēl vāṭai kīḻ [***] taikaḷum
⟨4⟩ ṉaiya [****] teṟku mutal vaṭakkun teṟku [***] tiru-k-kāṇi-y-āka-t tiru-k-kaiyālē tarukayil Inta devarkku tiruvaparaṇam [***] tayum naṭat
⟨5⟩ ta namakku vilai [****] cantiyum […]
⟨6⟩ veṭṭi kuṭuttōm Itai […]

Commentary

The lines 4-6 are on the surface perpendicular above the surface engraved with lines 1-3.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1920–21 (ARIE/1920-1921/C/1921/22).

Edited in Vicayavēṇukōpal and 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. and Nā. Irāmacāmi. 2024. kāñcipuram coṉṉa vaṇṇam ceyta perumāḷ koyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Putucēri: Pirañcu Āciyaviyal Āyvakam. Page 9, item 6.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy and Vigneshwaran Muralidaran. 2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram. Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Pages 17–18, item 6.

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 22.

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