Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Vīrarājēndra Cōḻa, year 6

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00037.

Summary: Registers an endowment of the village Kācccuvakkuṭi in Kīḻārāṟṟūr-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Milāṭu alias Jananātha-vaḷanāṭu, as dēvadāṉa to the temple of Nalla-Nāyaṉār by Rājarājadēvaṉ alias Vāṇakōvaraiyaṉ of Ārakalūr. This is signed at the end by Makadaināṭāḻvāṉ alias Vāṇakōvaraiyaṉ who was perhaps the donor himself or the officer who issued the order.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (12f3008), last modified (eac90f4).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svast[i] śrī

tr(i)puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩t=t(ika)⟨2⟩(ḷ) śrī-v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-rājendra-devaṟku yāṇṭu Ā⟨3⟩(ṟ-ā)vatu

mi(l)[ā]ṭ-ākiya jaṉa-nāta-vaḷanāṭ[ṭu] [kī]⟨4⟩(ḻ)-āṟṟūṟ-kūṟṟattu Ā(ra)kaḷ¿u?⟨ū⟩r-uṭaiya-nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ar⟨5⟩I(ru)rār tēvaṉ-āṉa vaṇakōvaraiya⟨6⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ na(va)l¡(u)!⟨ū⟩r Uṭaiy[ā]r nalla nāyan¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āṟku ⟨7⟩ tēva[ta]ṉam āka t(i)ru-vāyal vaittu-k ka⟨8⟩llu veṭ=ṭi-k kuṭutta Ūr āvatu

milāṭ-ākiya (ja)⟨9⟩ṉa-nāta-vaḷanāṭṭu-k k¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻāṟṟūr-kūṟṟattu-(k) ⟨10⟩ kāccuva-k-kuṭi nan-ce⟨y⟩ pu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ceyum Ivvūṟ (pa?) [1+](u?) ⟨11⟩ tēvatāṉa(mum) Aka-p-paṭa nānk’ ellaikkuḷḷ(u?)(ṟa/A) ⟨12⟩ (I)vv-ūr k(a/i)ḻaṟai (pu/pa)(pa) [1+](ṭa?)ṭ=ṭamum pa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩aṟ-k-kuṭṭaiyum pā⟨13⟩ṭikāvaluṅ keḷ [1+] (ṭa)vat’ allāt’ ākavum

Ippaṭikku ⟨14⟩ nalla-nāyaṉār śrī [1+] tattē n¿i?⟨ī⟩r vārttu kuṭuttē ⟨15⟩ ¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩[2+] (ṟu) (pakka)m [3+] makatai(nā)ṭā(ḻ)vāṉ ṉav(ar/ā)ra-ra(kṣai)

Translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

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Bibliography

Reported in Krishnamacharlu and Laksminarayan Rao 1952 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/151).

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 93, item 151, appendixes B/1940-1941.