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

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 & 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. Page 9, item 6.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy & 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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