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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00806

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00806.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

On the base of east wall of the central shrine.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tripuvaṉa-c-cakra-vatti ku⟨lōttuṅka⟩-cōḻa-tēvarkku yā(ṇ)ṭu 6 vatu
mēca-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-pakṣattu [10+] peṟṟa [5+]

jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa⟨2⟩-maṇṭalattu śrī-kāñcipurattu Ananta-nārāyaṇa-svāmikku
cēraṉai venṟa cōḻa kumāra¡n!⟨ṉ⟩u⟨m⟩ mānaṅ kāttān Amu taṭuvārōm [3×] tu
taṟai ⟨3⟩ [6×] Inta cuvāmi tiru-maṭai-viḷākam tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi
cannatikku vaṭakku [2+] tta mēl vāṭai kīḻ [3+] taikaḷum ⟨4⟩ ṉaiya [4+]
teṟku mutal vaṭakkun teṟku [3+] tiru-k-kāṇi-y-āka-t tiru-k-kaiyālē
tarukayil Inta devarkku tiruvaparaṇam [3+] tayum naṭat ⟨5⟩ ta namakku
vilai [4+] 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.