Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III, year 6th (in words)

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00036.

Summary: Records the construction of a shrine for and consecration of the image of Kṣētrapāla in the temple of Nalla-Nāyaṉār at Nallūr by Āḍavalla-Nambi of Koṭumpuṉam, who is stated also to have endowed a quarter vēli of wet land for offerings and lamps to the deity.

Hand description:

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (5fb275f), last modified (eac90f4).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

ra- rāj(e)ndra-devaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu

⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār nal=la-nāya[ṉa]r kōyililē koṭumpuṉa (va) (je)[2+]⟨3⟩(ta/n) Aṭavall(ar/ān=) (ṉ/t)am[pi] yen=ta la (yān) nal=la-nāyanāṟ-k kṣet⟨4⟩[tra]-(pāla) [3+] yāṉ (Eḻun)tar¿u?⟨i⟩(vi)ttu-k k(ōyilu)[4+]⟨5⟩tu-t tiru-v-amutu-paṭikkun= tiruviḷakku-kkum Ai(vā/var) pu(tu)[k]kuṭiyi ⟨6⟩ (l) v-iṭ=ṭa na¿n?⟨ñ⟩ce⟨y⟩ nilaṅ kāl

Itu Ivv-ūr koṭumpuṉa(m) [1+] (na) ci ⟨7⟩ [2+] tēvar ciriya malaiyamāṉum paṭaiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ceyaṅ [ko]ṇṭa ⟨8⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨9⟩ (A/vu)m a tu [3+] (kū)vāṉum paṭiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ (n/t)āṭaṉum uḷḷiṭ=ṭa koṭumpuṉa[1+]⟨10⟩rom [2+] ṇaiyar śrī-pātattē nīr vārttu kallu veṭ=ṭi [kuṭu] ⟨11⟩ ṭ=ṭōm (I)vv-aṉaivōm Itumāṟu vānta(nu/ṅ)kaḷ ammaikku [2+] ⟨12⟩[c]e [1+] ṇa vāḷan vallavaṉāyanacat=tiyam can=tirātit=ta(va)(ṟ/l) ⟨13⟩ [Itu paṉma](h)[e](śvara-rakṣai)

Translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

Sixht year of ...

Bibliography

Reported in Krishnamacharlu and Laksminarayan Rao 1952 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/150).

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

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

Secondary

[ARIE] Krishnamacharlu, C. R. and N. Laksminarayan Rao. 1952. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Delhi: Government of India. Page 92, item 150, appendixes B/1940-1941.