# Tiruviśalūr, Śivayōganātha temple, Rājēndra-Chōḷa I, year 3

Dorotea Operato

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv23p0i0341

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv23p0i0341.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:42 (65fc39d), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

It records the construction of the prākāra (tiruchchuṟṟālayam) and the
gōpura (in front) by the members of the Valaṅgai-Vēḷaikkāṟa body-guard
regiment of the king; and also the consecration of some deity in a
shrine.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ k¡o!⟨ō⟩-p-parak¡e!⟨ē⟩cari-pa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ma(r-āṉa) (śrī
rāje)ntira-c¡o!⟨ō⟩ḻa-devarkku yāṇṭu 3⁓Āvatu vaṭa-karai rājentira
siṁha-vaḷa-nāṭṭu maṇṇi-nāṭṭu brahmadeyam vempaṟṟūr-ākiya śrī
c¡o!⟨ō⟩ḻa-māttāṇṭa catur-veti-maṅkalattu tiru-vica⟨2⟩lūr māhā-t¡e!⟨ē⟩var
k¡o!⟨ō⟩yilil It-t¡e!⟨ē⟩varkku tiru(c)-cuṟṟālaiya(mum k)¡o!⟨ō⟩puramum
ceyvittā [6+] rājenti⟨ra⟩-c¡o!⟨ō⟩ḻa-t¡e!⟨ē⟩var [3+] ttyayat terinta
valaṅkai veḷai-k-kāṟar It tiru-k-k¡o!⟨ō⟩yilile Eḻuntaru⟨ḷi⟩-vicca malai
nāṭṭu koṭuṅko

## Commentary

The date corresponds to 1015-16 A.D. according to Srinivasa Rao 1979

This is built in at the end.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907–08 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/341).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.341).

This digital edition by Dorotea Operato, based on Srinivasa Rao 1979.

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII:
inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian
Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India
(Director-General). Page 233, item 341.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1907–08. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording
the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. Edited by V.
Venkayya. No place, 1908. Page 26, appendix B/1907, item 341.