Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Vīra Rājendra, year 6

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

Summary: Vīra Rājendra = Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III. 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.

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Version: 2025-11-18 17:37 (b6137c6), last modified 2025-11-06 10:26 (9235db7).

Edition

svasti śrī vīra-rāj(e)ndra-devaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu
⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār nal=la-nāya[ṉa]r kōyililē koṭumpuṉa (va) (je) [**]-
⟨3⟩ (ta/n) Aṭavall(ar/ān=) (ṉ/t)am[pi] yen=ta la (yān) nal=la-nāyanāṟ-k kṣet-
⟨4⟩ [tra]-(pāla) [***] yāṉ (Eḻun)tar¿u?(vi)ttu-k k(ōyilu) [****]-
⟨5⟩ tu-t tiru-v-amutu-paṭikkun= tiruviḷakku-kkum Ai(vā/var) pu(tu)[k]kuṭiyi
⟨6⟩ (l) v-iṭ=ṭa na¿n?ce⟨y⟩ nilaṅ kāl Itu Ivv-ūr koṭumpuṉa(m) [*] (na) ci
⟨7⟩ [**] tēvar ciriya malaiyamāṉum paṭaiya¡n! ceyaṅ [ko]ṇṭa
⟨8⟩ [1 lost line]
⟨9⟩ (A/vu)m a tu [***] (kū)vāṉum paṭiya¡n! (n/t)āṭaṉum uḷḷiṭ=ṭa koṭumpuṉa [*]-
⟨10⟩ rom [**] ṇaiyar śrī-pātattē nīr vārttu kallu veṭ=ṭi [kuṭu]
⟨11⟩ ṭ=ṭōm (I)vv-aṉaivōm Itumāṟu vānta(nu/ṅ)kaḷ ammaikku [**]
⟨12⟩ tā [c]e [*] ṇa vāḷan vallavaṉāyanacat=tiyam can=tirātit=ta(va)(ṟ/l)
⟨13⟩ [Itu paṉma](h)[e](śvara-rakṣai)

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

Sixht year of ...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (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] 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.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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Sixht year of ...

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