Civaṉ Vāyal, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: See ARIE 1943–1945 (p. 40): “In characters of about the 9th century A.D. Beginning and ends of lines built in. Seems to state that the temple of Vaikuṇṭanāthar was constructed by a Brāhmaṇa lady named Kumariccāṉi.” See Nagaswamy 1970 (p. 28): “An inscription in the 8-9th century Tamil characters recording the construction of a Viṣṇu temple called Śrī kōil Śrī Vaikuṇṭatēvar by a Brahmin lady Kumāriccāṇi, the wife of a certain Dharman, is found on a slab built into the ceiling of the ardhamaṇḍapa of Kariyamāṇikka Vaikuṇṭa Varadarājar temple.”

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-15 19:40 (7e3925e), last modified 2025-07-31 15:01 (2da3877).

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Reported in ARIE 1943–1945 (ARIE/1943-1945/B/1944-1945/10), in Nagaswamy 1970 (Damilica 1, inscription from Civaṉvayil), and in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 372).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

Primary

[N] Nagaswamy, R. 1970. Damilica 1. Madras: Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology. Page 22 (Tamil section), page 28 (English section).

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 372, page 771.

Secondary

ARIE 1943–1945. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1943-44 and 1944-45. By N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1955. Page 40, appendixes B/1944-1945, item 10.

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