Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Rājarādeva Cōḻa, year 34

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: In continuation with INSTamilNadu00031. It records the endowment of 5 mās of land and the tax income granted by Irumuḍiśōḻa-Mūvaraiyaṉ Amattai of Karuppūr.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00032.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00032.xml.

Version: 2026-02-23 12:59 (39539c1), last modified 2026-02-23 12:59 (39539c1).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kulō[t]-
⟨2⟩ tuṅka-cōḻa-de-
⟨3⟩ vaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10 4-Āva(tu)
⟨4⟩ karuppūr Ar¡a!ya¡n! Iru-muṭi-[c](ō)-
⟨5⟩ ḻa-muvaraiya¡n! Amattai-y-ē¡n! na-
⟨6⟩ llūr nalla-nāyaṉāṟk(u) [nā¡n!]
⟨7⟩ [kal]-veṭṭi v-(ip)-paṭi In-nāya-
⟨8⟩ ṉār tēvatā¡n!amnallūr nila-
⟨9⟩ m munnūṟṟ’ aṟu-patu vēliyum-
⟨10⟩ (va)ṭa-[v-āṟṟaṅka]r(ai)-t tir(u)-nan=tavanam
⟨11⟩ nilam Ai-vēl(iyum) [kāccuva-ku]-
⟨12⟩ ṭi-k kaḻaṉi Ai-vēliyum n¿i?kki
⟨13⟩ nilam Aiñ¿t?u māvum In-nilaṅ-
⟨14⟩ kaḷil pāṭikāvalum Eppēṟ-
⟨15⟩ paṭ=ṭa Āyaṅkaḷum taṟi-y-iṟai k¡i!ḻ-
⟨16⟩ iṟai-p-pāṭ=ṭamum Aṭaṅka nall(a)-nā
⟨17⟩ [ya]ṉāṟku v-[iṭ]ṭēṉ Ik-kal-ve-
⟨18⟩ ṭ=ṭ’ aḻittu-k kō[ḷ]vā¡n! taṅkaḷ ammai-
⟨19⟩ ku-t tāṉē maṇavāḷaṉ Itu
⟨20⟩ śrī-māhe(śvara)-rakṣai ⁋

Apparatus

⟨6-7⟩ nāṉ kal • Reading based on ASI transcript: nānkal

⟨11-12⟩ kāccuva-kuṭi • Reading after the ASI transcript. Same village mentioned in INSTamilNadu00031.

⟨17⟩ Ik-kal-ve • Reading after the ASI transcript.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ This is the 34th year of the king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa ⟨III⟩.

⟨4–17⟩ I, Amattai, also known as Araiyaṉ Irumuṭicōḻa Muvaraiyaṉ from Karuppūr, after engraving it on stone for the Lord Nalla Nāyaṉār of Nallūr as tēvatāṉam for this Lord, after excluding

360 vēlis of land from Nallūr,
5 vēlis of land for the sacred garden on the northern bank of the river, and
5 vēlis of paddy fields from Kāccuvakuṭi,

I have given the 5 mās of land, the taxes for watching the lands ⟨pāṭikāval⟩, all types of ¿state? taxes (āyam), and minor cesses (kīḻ iṟai pāṭṭam), ⟨which include⟩ the tax on loom (taṟi iṟai).

⟨17–19⟩ Whoever destroys (aḻittu kōḷvāṉ) this inscription will become himself the husband (maṇavāḷaṉ) to his own mother (ammaikku tāṉē).

⟨19–20⟩ This is under the protection of the maheśvaras.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/146).

This edition by Renato Davalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on photos (E. Francis, 2024).

ASI transcript consulted in Mysore by Renato Dávalos (September 2025) with the kind permission of the Director of Epigraphy.

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 146, appendixes B/1940-1941.

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