Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year (9)

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tir¡i!-pu(va)ṉa-c-cak-

⟨2⟩ kkara-vartt(i)kaḷ śrī-kulōttu-

⟨3⟩ ṅka-cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu (9)-

⟨4⟩ Āva⟨tu⟩ Uṭaiyār nalla-nāy(ya)-

⟨5⟩ ¡n!ār tēvaraṭiyāri(l) Aṟam-uṭaiy-

⟨6⟩ (ā)ḷ makaḷ nācc(i)yy-āṉa nāṟpatt-e-

⟨7⟩ ṇṇ-āyira-naṅ¿(k=k)?ai⟨k⟩ku kōvikkum tiru-v-

⟨8⟩ -Uṭaiya¡ḷḷ!ukkum t(iru)-mē¡n!ikk¡i! naḷḷukku-

⟨9⟩ m Iṉṉā⟨l⟩vaṟkkum In-nāya¡n!ār kōyilil

⟨10⟩ tiruv¿a?⟨m⟩p¡a!vai mutal (p)āṭṭum tiru-vēṭṭai

⟨11⟩ muṉ¡n!ēṟṟamum tiru-⟨t⟩-tēr mu¡n!ēṟavum I(vai)

⟨12⟩ ¿A?ṇṭu māṟi cempāti ce⟨y⟩yāṭavarkaḷ {k}

⟨13⟩ poṉ kaḻ¿ai?ñc’ araiyum c¿i?-paṇṭ¿a?rattu

⟨14⟩ Oṭukku-k koṇṭu taṇṭēcura-vilai y-

⟨15⟩ -(ā)ka Ivarkaḷukku ⟨ku⟩ṭuttōm Ik-kōyi¿lali? t-

⟨16⟩ ā¡n!attōm

Apparatus

⟨12⟩ ¿A?⟨Ā⟩ṇṭuCompare Āṇṭu māṟi-c ce(m) in INSTamilNadu00030 (line 9).

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–4⟩ (9)th year of the glorious king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, emperor of the three worlds.

⟨4–9⟩ Among the tēvaraṭiyārs1 of the Lord Nalla Nāyaṉār ...

⟨9–12⟩ In the temple of this Lord, [singing] the first decade of the Tiruvempāvai (tiruvapavai), proceeding ahead during the hunt festival, climbing the glorious car, these [prerogatives] ...

Having deposited in payment half a kaḻañcu of gold in the glorious treasure as the price [fixed] by Taṇṭēcurar,2 we have given [these prerogatives] to these, we, the tāṉattārs3 in this temple.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/143).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore, and online documentation (photo by Aragalur Pon Venkatesan, accessed 2025-11-05).

Secondary

ARIE 1939-43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu and N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 92, item 143, appendixes B/1940-1941.

Notes

  1. 1. Literally: slaves of god.

  2. 2. Sanskrit Caṇḍeśvara.

  3. 3. Temple officers.