# Tiruvālaṅkāṭu, Vaṭāranēśvara temple, time of Tribhuvana Vīra, year 32

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv41p0i0265

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv41p0i0265.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:42 (65fc39d), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(1120f60)

## Summary

South wall of the first prakārā of the Naṭarājaśvamin shrine in the
Vaṭāranēśvara temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tribhuvana-c-cakrava(t=ti)kaḷ maturaiyum pāṇṭiyaṉ muṭi-t-talaiyuṅ
koṇṭ-aruḷi v¡i!⟨ī⟩rar Apiṣekamum vicaiyar Apiṣekamum paṇṇi-y-aruḷiya
tribhuvana-v¡i!⟨ī⟩radevaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10 2 vatu

jayaṅ-ko⟨2⟩ṇṭa-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu kuṉṟavattana-k-kōṭṭattu pāratan taṉṉai
Arun-tamuḻ paṭutti-c civaṉeṟi kaṇṭa (A)ṟanilai-vicākaṉ trailokya-mallaṉ
vatsa-rājaṉ Im-maṇṭalattu maṇaviṟ-kōṭṭattu-t tiru-p-paḻaiya⟨3⟩ṉūr-nāṭṭu
Uṭaiyār tiru-v-ālaṅkāṭu Uṭaiya ṉāyaṉār tiru-v-araṅkil
Aṇṭamuṟanimirnt-aruḷi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a ṉāyaṉārkku vaitta tiru-nantā-viḷakku
Oṉṟukku maṉṟāṭi cūṟṟiyap(pa)ṉ viḷakku Araiyum Uyyavantāṉ ⟨4⟩ caṭṭakkoṉ
viḷakku Araiyum Āka viḷakku O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟukku-p pacu mu-p-patt’ iraṇ⟨ṭu⟩kkum
r̥ṣabham Oṉṟukkum nāṅkaḷ kai-k-koṇṭa paḻaṅ kācu nāṟ-patu

Ip-paḻaṅ kācu ṉāṟ-patuṅ kai-k-koṇṭu ṉāḷ Oṉṟukku Aru-mo⟨5⟩ḻi-tēvaṉāl
Uḻakku ney cantirātitta-varai-y celutta-k kaṭavōm āka
kuṉṟavattaṉa-k-kōṭṭattu Illattūr-nāṭṭu Arumpākkattu pārataṉ tannai
y-arun tamiḻ-p paṭutti-c civa⟨6⟩-neṟi kaṇṭa Aṟanilai-vicākaṉ
trailo(kkiya)-mal(laṉ va)(tsa)-(rā)(ja)(ṉ) [5+] kai-k-koṇṭōm Ivv-iruvōm

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ v¡i!⟨ī⟩rar ⬦ virā SII. — ⟨1⟩ vicaiyar ⬦ vicaiyā SII.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1909–10 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/482).

Edited in Rajagopal 2019 (SII 41.265).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Rajagopal 2019 and ASI
transcript available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared Repository of
Inscriptions (accessed 2026-08-17).

### Primary

[SII] Rajagopal, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XLI:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1905. South Indian Inscriptions
41. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages
284–285, item 265.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1909–10. G.O. No. 665, 28th July 1910. Epigraphy. Recording
the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
-, Southern Circle, for the year 1909-1910. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri.
No place, 1910. Page 31, appendix B/1905, item 482.