Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, no king, no year

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

Summary: In continuation with INSTamilNadu00031 and related also to INSTamilNadu00032. It seems that the donor's name, Dharmaputtiraṉ, may be an alternative alias for Kāṭavarāyaṉ, who is said to have donated to the village of Nallūr. This record would therefore expand the purpose of the endowment, which was originally intended for sacred services and food offerings, to include the expenses of temple worship (arccana-bhoga).

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_INSTamilNadu00033.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00033.xml.

Version: 2026-02-24 10:05 (9580c96), last modified 2026-02-24 10:05 (9580c96).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī] [nallū]-
⟨2⟩ r na(l)[la] (nāya)ṉāṟku
⟨3⟩ A(r)ccana-pōkam-āka dha(n)[ma]-pu-
⟨4⟩ ttira¡n! v-iṭṭa ni(lam) nal(lūr na)[ṟ]-
⟨5⟩ pāṟk’ el(l)ai (cu)ṟṟum ēṭu-
⟨6⟩ [m] (nava-k-kiraka-k kuḷam) [O¡n!patum A]
⟨7⟩ [kappaṭi nilam munnūṟṟ’ aṟu-patiṟṟu vē]-
⟨8⟩ liyum vaṭa-v-āṟṟaṅkarai-t tiru-nan=tā-
⟨9⟩ ṉam Ai-vēliyum k¿k?ccuva-k-kuṭi [ni]-
⟨10⟩ lam Ai-vēliyum Āka na(lla) n[ā]
⟨11⟩ ya(nāṟku) [v-iṭṭa nilam muṉṉūṟ]
⟨12⟩ ṟ eḻu patiṟṟu vēli I[tu panmā]
⟨13⟩ heśvara-rakṣai <gomutra>

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī nallūr • Reading after ASI transcript.

⟨3⟩ pōka • Reading after ASI transcript. — ⟨3⟩ dha(n)[ma]-pu • Reading after ASI transcript.

⟨6⟩ m navagrāka-k kuḷam Onpatum A • Reading after ASI transcript.

⟨7⟩ kappaṭi nilam munnūṟṟ’ aṟu-patiṟṟu vē • Reading after ASI transcript.

⟨11⟩ v-iṭṭa nilam muṉṉūṟ • Reading after ASI transcript.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity!

⟨1–4⟩ ⟨I⟩, Dhanmaputtiraṉ, have given the land to serve as endowment for the requierements of temple worship (arccana-bhoga) for the god Nalla-Nāyaṉār of Nallūr:

360 vēlis including the four boundaries of Nallūr, the surrounding high areas (cuṟṟu mēṭum), and the nine ponds for the Navagrahas (navakkiraka kuḷam oṉpatum)
5 vēlis of land for the sacred garden on the northern bank of the river
5 vēlis of land from the village Kāccuvakuṭi

⟨10–12⟩ ⟨I have given this⟩ land amounting to 370 vēlis of land for the God Nalla Nāyaṉār.

⟨12–13⟩ This is under the protection of the paṉmaheśvaras.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/147).

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 147, appendixes B/1940-1941.

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