Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Vīrarājendra (Kulotttuṅga III), year 6

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

Summary: It records the construction of the temple and the consecration of the kṣetrapāla by Āṭavalla Nampi, who also gave a quarter of wetland from the neighbouring village for a sacred lamp and food offerings.

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_INSTamilNadu00036.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00036.xml.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:52 (f13bb6a), last modified 2026-04-16 09:19 (6778d31).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vīra-rāj(e)ndra-devaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu
⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār nal=la-nāya[ṉa]r kōyililē koṭumpuṉavan= tēva-
⟨3⟩ ¡n! Aṭavallā¡n!= nam[pi]ye¡n!= nal=la-nāya¡n!āṟ-k(u) kṣet-
⟨4⟩ [tra]-(pāla)-p p[i]ḷḷaiyāṉ (E)ḻuntar¿u?(vi)ttu-k k(ōyilu)[m eṭuppi]-
⟨5⟩ ⟨t⟩tu-t tiru-v-amutu-paṭikkun= tiruviḷakku-kkum Aivar-pu(tu)[k]kuṭiyi
⟨6⟩ (l) v-iṭ=ṭa na¿n?ce⟨y⟩ nilaṅ kāl Itu Ivv-ūr koṭumpuṉa(va)¡n! ci-
⟨7⟩ ṅka(n)=tēvar ciriya malaiyamāṉum paṭaiya¡n! ceyaṅ [ko]ṇṭa-
⟨8⟩ [malaiyamāṉum tēvan=tirucciṟṟampala-malaiyamāṉum]1
⟨9⟩ [Amattai]-(kū)vāṉum paṭiya¡n! nāṭaṉum uḷḷiṭ=ṭa koṭumpuṉa(va) Ū-
⟨10⟩ rōm [piḷ]ḷaiyar śrī-pātattē nīr vārttu kallu veṭ=ṭi [vi]-
⟨11⟩ ṭ=ṭōm (I)vv-aṉaivōm Itumāṟu vānta(nu/ṅ)kaḷ ammaikku-[t]
⟨12⟩ tā[ṉ]ē [ma]ṇavāḷa¡n! vallavaraiya¡n! cat=tiyam can=tirātit=ta(va)(ṟ/l)
⟨13⟩ [ṟ paṉma](h)[e](śvara-rakṣai)

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ This is the sixth year of king Vīrarājendra (Kulottuṅga III).

⟨2–6⟩ I, Koṭumpuṉavantēvaṉ Aṭavallaṉ Nampi, have set up the guardian deity (kṣetrapāla piḷḷai) for the god Nalla-nāyaṉār of Nallūr, built the shrine (kōyilum eṭuppitu), and endowed a quarter of wet-land in Aivarputukkuṭi² for the sacred lamp (tiruviḷakku) and for the food offering (tiruvamutu paṭi) in the temple of the Lord Nalla-nāyaṉār.

⟨6–11⟩ We, the residents of Koṭumpuṉavam,³

Koṭumpuṉavaṉ Ciṅkantēvar Ciriya Malaiyamāṉ,
Paṭaiyaṉ Ceyaṅkoṇṭa Malaiyamāṉ,
Tēvatirucciṟṟampala Malaiyamāṉ,
Amattai Kūvāṉ, and
Paṭiyaṉ Nāṭaṉ,

have given this village (itu ivvūr) after we, such people (ivv-aṉaivōm), poured water on the holy feet of the deity (piḷḷai).

⟨11–12⟩ Whoever alters this (itu māṟuvāṉ) will become the husband of his own mother (ammaikku tāṉē).⁴

⟨12⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the oath (cattiyam) of Vallavaraiyaṉ.

This will be under the protection of the Śaiva devotees as long as the sun and the moon remain.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/150).

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

Secondary

[ARIE] 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 150, appendixes B/1940-1941.

Notes

1. Line 8 is covered by cement. Reading from ASI transcript
2. Aivatukuṭi is an adjacent village that is situated to the north of Nallūr.
3. We have not been able to identify the village referred to in this record. However, some 30km. east, also on the Manimuktha river, lies the present-day village of Koṭumaṉūr, probably the best candidate for Koṭumpuṉavan.
4. Same imprecation appears in INSTamilNadu00031.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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