# Kāṭṭūr, Vīṟṟirundaperumāḷ temple Dorotea Operato Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0256 Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy) File path: SII38_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0256.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-13 15:30 (078960b), last modified 2026-11-11 17:46 (9feb835) ## Summary Registers that the community of merchants nānā-dēśi at Mayilārppil, declared Ayyapuḻal-Kāṭṭūr, to be a vīrapaṭṭiṉa and laid down certain rules of conduct to be followed by the members of the Vaḷañjika sect residing in that village. ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī sva-śrī-(śa)masta-bhuvana vikhyāta pa⟨2⟩ntuśata vīra-śāsa(nam·) vyāleka-guṇa-gaṇāla⟨3⟩ṁghrata satya sausāsāri traśili nayana vijñāna ⟨4⟩ samasa sam·bhunā vaḷañcika sanmapurapāla havi ⟨5⟩ śaddhagendharvva vāsudeva kaṇḍaḻi vīra-bhatrotbhava pa⟨6⟩rama-bhaṣṭāraki makkaḷ āki nāṉ-kuticai-y-āyiramum pati⟨7⟩ṉ-eṭṭu-p-paṭṭiṉamum mu-p-patt’ iraṇṭu veḷāpura⟨8⟩mum Aṟu-pattu-nāṉku kaṭika-stāvaḷattuc ceṭ⟨9⟩(ṭi)yuñ ceṭṭi putran·ṅ kavaṟaiyuṅ kātrivaṉuṅ ⟨10⟩ kaṇṭaḻiyum bhatrakaṉum kāmuṇḍa-svāmiyuñ ciṅ⟨11⟩kamuñ ciṟu-puliyum vala-t-tukkaiyyum vāriyan· mu⟨12⟩ḷḷi⟨ṭ⟩ṭārkku tiru-mayil ārppil nirāntanāṉāde⟨13⟩śip peruniraviyom Aiyyapuḻal ākiya kāṭṭu⟨14⟩rai vīra-p-paṭṭiṉam ākki Iv-v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-p-paṭṭiṉattukku ⟨15⟩ vaitta paricalam āvatu Iṭuvatiṭātat’ ākavum ⟨16⟩ peṟuvat’ iraṭṭi peṟuvat’ ākavum namma-k-kaḷi-p-pa⟨17⟩ṭṭiṉam pukku-c-cārikai y-eṉṟum paṇam eṉṟu ⟨18⟩ ñ cuṭṭi vāḷ-muṟiccāṉum vāṭaṅkiṭantāṉum (vī)⟨19⟩ṭupukku-c corai-p-paṟiccāṉum nontu koṇṭā⟨20⟩ṉukkum Iv-vīra-paṭṭiṉattiṉ m¡e!⟨ē⟩l eṟātat’ ākavu⟨21⟩m Iṉ-ṉaṭai-y-aḻippāṉ vaḷañciyattukku-p pu⟨22⟩ṟa-kaṉumāy Otirkkaiyyanāvat’ ākavum Ip-pari⟨23⟩cey sarvva-pari(hāra)māka vaitt¡o!⟨ō⟩n (tiru-ma)yil⟨24⟩ā⟨r⟩ppil nirāntanāṉā (te)cipperuniraviyom samai⟨25⟩yam vaiytta paricāl mey-vaiytt¡o!⟨ō⟩m v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-p¡e!⟨ē⟩⟨26⟩ru niraviy¡o!⟨ō⟩m paṭṭiṉaṅkaḷ ceyyu naṭai cey⟨27⟩ya-(p) peṟuvat’ ākavum samaiyamāyum vīrarkaḷāyum ⟨28⟩ [3+]ṭaiyaḻittāṉ keṅkai-kumari-y-iṭai-c⟨29⟩[3+]ṉ ceyta pāvattiṟ paṭuvāṉ It-dhanmam rakṣip⟨30⟩[4+]ātam śirasiṉ meliṉa ⟨∥⟩ ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/256). Edited in Swaminathan 2019 (SII 38.256). This digital edition by Dorotea Operato, based on Swaminathan 2019. ### Primary [SII] Swaminathan, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVIII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1912. South Indian Inscriptions 38. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 300–301, item 256. ### Secondary [ARIE] ARIE 1912–13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Page 34, appendix B/1912, item 256.