# Vēḷañcēri plates, time of Parāntaka I Cōḻa, year 25 Emmanuel Francis Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01002 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01002.xml Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (5251b7d) ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ### Seal ⟨1⟩ ... ### Plates: Sanskrit portion 1 of 2 ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1=1⟩ svasti śr¡i!⟨ī⟩ ... ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=9⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=18⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=27⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=35⟩ ### Plates: Tamil portion ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r8=42⟩ yāṇṭu Irupatt’ aintu nāḷ nūṟṟu-t toṇṇūṟṟu mūnṟu kōṉōniṉ⟨3r9=43⟩mai koṇṭōṉ kuṉṟavattaṉa-kōṭṭattu naṭuviṉ malai Illattūr nāṭṭām ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v1=44⟩ mēṉmalai tiruttaṇiyil nāṭṭāruṅ kaṇṭu taṅka⟨ḷ⟩ nāṭṭu-t tāḻaivēṭum mayaṅkā⟨3v2=45⟩uṅ kīḻakalum muṉ peṟṟārai māṟṟi mēliruñceṟṟōṭēy kalantu Oṉ⟨3v3=46⟩ṟ-ākki Āṇṭu varai varu candrādityar-uḷḷ-aḷavum mūvāyirakkāṭi nel pañcavāramu⟨3v4=47⟩m poṉ Oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcu poṉṉum Iṭuvat’ ākavum brahmavanuvādhi⟨3v5=48⟩rājaṉ viṇṇappattāṟ kiḷinallūr sarvvadevaṉum raṇa(siṁ)⟨3v6=49⟩haṉum Iruvar Āṇattiyāl meliruñceṟṟu sabhaiyārkkē kāṇi⟨3v7=50⟩-y-āka-k kuṭuttōm tāṅkaḷum taṅkaṇāṭṭu-t tāḻaivēṭum mayaṅkāṟuṅ kiḻaka⟨3v8=51⟩lum paṭākai naṭantu kalluṅ kaḷḷiyum nāṭṭi Aṟai-y-ōlai ceytu viṭutu ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=52⟩ ka v-eṉṟu tirumukam vara nāṭṭōmun tirumukan toḻutu talai mēṟ koṇṭu ⟨4r2=53⟩ kalluṅ kaḷḷiyu nāṭṭi Aṟai-y-ōlai ceytu paṭākai naṭanta nilattukku ⟨4r3=54⟩ Ellai - kīḻpālellai pūṇṭiyum neṉmaliyum aruṅkaḷamum ⟨4r4=55⟩ Im-mūṉṟūr ellaikku mēṟkun - teṉpālellai mēliruñ⟨4r5=56⟩ceṟṟu Ellaikku vaṭakkum - mēlpālellai pāṟpākkamum ⟨4r6=57⟩ neṭuṅkuṉṟamum muṭippaliyum matiraiyum In-nālūr ellai⟨4r7=58⟩kkuṅ kiḻakkum - vaṭapālellai Uḻaiyūrum nallāṟṟūrum Ivv-iraṇṭūr ⟨4r8=59⟩ Ellaikkut teṟkum Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṉk’ ellai-y-uḷḷum Akappa⟨4r9=60⟩ṭṭa nīrum nilamum puṉceyyum Ūrirukkaiyum maṉṟuṅ kaṉṟumē⟨Page 4v⟩⟨4v1=61⟩y pāḻum kiṭaṅkum kēṇiyuṅ kāṭu kālum puṟṟun teṟṟiyum Āka nī⟨4v2=62⟩rpūci neṭum parampeṟintu Uṭump’ ōṭi Āmai tavaḻntat’ eppērpaṭṭatu⟨4v3=63⟩m mēliruñceṟṟu sabhaiyārkkē brahmadeyam-āka-p peṟṟataṟku peṟṟa pari⟨4v4=64⟩hāram nelliṟaiyum poṉṉiṟaiyum Ūr-k-kaḻañcu Ūr-panakā⟨4v5=65⟩ṭiyum nall-āvum nall-erutum nāṭāṭciyum Ūṭupōkkum pitānā⟨4v6=66⟩ḻiyum tarakun taṟiyum Īḻa-p-pūṭciyum Iṭai-p-pūṭciyum taṭṭu-k-kāyamu⟨4v7=67⟩m maṟṟum Eppērppaṭṭa kō-t-toṭṭ-uṇṇa-p paṭuvat’ ellām peṟātō⟨4v8=68⟩m ākavum Ibrahmadeyam cūṭṭōṭṭāl māṭa māḷikai Eṭukka-p peṟuva⟨4v9=69⟩t’ ākavum kāvun teṅkum naṭa-p peṟuvat’ ākavum Iru-vēli tamaṉakam ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r1=70⟩ Uḷḷiṭṭu Eppērppaṭṭaṉavum Iṭappeṟuvat’ ākavum Ibrahmadeya⟨t⟩tukku (Ē)⟨5r2=71⟩ri nīrkku Īnta v-āṟu Uḷḷūrk karaiyaṭṭi nīr kōkkumaḷavum koḷḷa Aṭaikka-p ⟨5r3=72⟩ peṟuvat’ ākavum Ibrahmadeyattu Āṟṟukkāl nīrkk’ ¿iy?⟨ī⟩nta v-āṟu kāl kutti-k ⟨5r4=73⟩ koḷḷa-p peṟuvat’ ākavum Ivvāykkāl Anyar kuṟaṅkaṟuttu viṭavum ⟨5r5=74⟩ kūṭai-nīr Iṟaikkavum kuṟṟ-ēttam Eṭukkavum peṟātār ākavum ⟨5r6=75⟩ Ic-colla-p-paṭṭa parihārattōṭu nallūr naṟpārppār āyiṉa mēliruñceṟṟu ⟨5r7=76⟩ sabhaiyārkku taṅkaḷūrōṭē kalant’ ēṟṟi oṉṟ-ākki ⟨5r8=77⟩ Āṭṭāṇṭu tōṟum mū-v-āyira-k kāṭi nellum Oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcu poṉṉum Aṭṭi Uṇpatāka para⟨5r9=78⟩datti ceṉṟatu ### Plates: Sanskrit portion 2 of 2 ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r9=78⟩ ... ⟨Page 5v⟩ ⟨5v1=79⟩ ⟨5v7=85⟩ ## Bibliography Edited and translated in Nagaswamy 1979, with visual documentation. This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Nagaswamy 1979. ### Primary [N] Nagaswamy, R. 1979. Tiruttani and Velanjeri copper plates. TNSDA publication 55. Madras: State Department of Archaeology; Government of Tamil Nadu. [URL].