# Uttiramērūr, Sundaravaradaperumāḷ temple, time of Rājarāja I Cōḻa,
year 24

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSUttiramerur00062

Repository: Uttiramērūr (tfa-uttiramerur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSUttiramerur00062.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-09-29 11:10 (4b97baa), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Distinction between
Grantha tu and Tamil tu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiru-makaḷ pōla-p peru-nila-c-celviyu¿ṉ?⟨n⟩
taṉakkē y-ur(i)mai pūṇṭamai ma¡n!⟨ṉ⟩akkoḷa-k
kāntaḷūr cālai kalam aru(t)t-aruḷ(i)
vēṅkai-¿ṉ?⟨n⟩āṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyum
nuḷampa-pāṭiyu(n=) taṭikai-pāṭiyuṅ
kuṭa-malai-nāṭuṅ kollamuṅ kaliṅkamum
Eṇ-ṭicai pukaḻ tara Īḻa-maṇṭalamum
Iṟaṭṭapāṭi Ēḻ’ arai y-ilak=kamun
tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ-k= koṇṭa ta¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩
eḻil vaḷar ūḻiyuḷ E⟨2⟩llā yāṇṭu¿ṉ?⟨n⟩
toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭē
ceḻiyarai-t tēcu koḷ

śrī-kō-rāja-rāja-kesari-pa⟨r⟩mmār-āṉa śrī-rāja-rāja-tēva⟨r⟩k=ku yāṇṭu 2
10 4 vatu

kāliyūr-k=-kōṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟu Ut=tara-meru-c-catu⟨r⟩vveti-maṅkalattu
śrī-veli-viṣṇu-gr̥hat=tu veḷḷ(ai)-mūrtti Āḷvāruk=ku
veṇkuṉṟa-k=-kōṭṭat=tu-p peru-nakara-nāṭṭu-p peru-nakara-veḷḷāḷaṉ koññ
Ampalavaṉ toṅkal-ēṉ vaicca tiru-nan=tā-viḷak=ku Oṉṟi¿n?⟨ṉ⟩āl āṭu 9 10 2

⟨3⟩[I]t-toṇṇūṟṟu Iraṇṭukkum Ivv-ūr ⟦[…]⟧

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ perunakaranāṭṭup perunakaraveḷḷāḷaṉ koññ • ASI transcript:
perunakarnāṭṭup perunakar veḷḷāḷaṉ koñ(ñi)

⟨3⟩ Ivv-ūr ⟦[…]⟧ • The inscription INSUttiramerur00098 has been engraved
over the deleted portion.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ …

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1922–23 (ARIE/1922-1923/C/1923/192).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on ASI estampage and transcript
“AR_C0192_1922-23” available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared Repository of
Inscriptions (accessed 2026-06-19).

### Secondary

ARIE 1922–23. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year
ending 31st March 1923. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government
Press, 1924. Page 79, appendix C/1923, item 192.