Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Vīrarājēndra Cōḻa, year 6

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

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.

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

⟨1⟩ svast[i] śrī tr(i)puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩t=t(ika)-
⟨2⟩ (ḷ) śrī-v¿i?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?r-uṭaiya-nāya¡n!ar-
⟨5⟩ I(ru)rār tēvaṉ-āṉa vaṇakōvaraiya-
⟨6⟩ ¡n!-ē¡n! na(va)l¡(u)!r Uṭaiy[ā]r nalla nāyan¡n!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?ḻāṟṟūr-kūṟṟattu-(k)
⟨10⟩ kāccuva-k-kuṭi nan-ce⟨y⟩ pu¡n!-ceyum Ivvūṟ (pa?) [*](u?)
⟨11⟩ tēvatāṉa(mum) Aka-p-paṭa nānk’ ellaikkuḷḷ(u?)(ṟa/A)
⟨12⟩ (I)vv-ūr k(a/i)ḻaṟai (pu/pa)(pa) [*](ṭa?)ṭ=ṭamum pa¡n!aṟ-k-kuṭṭaiyum pā-
⟨13⟩ ṭikāvaluṅ keḷ [*] (ṭa)vat’ allāt’ ākavum Ippaṭikku
⟨14⟩ nalla-nāyaṉār śrī [*] tattē n¿i?r vārttu kuṭuttē
⟨15⟩ ¡(n)![**] (ṟu) (pakka)m [***] makatai(nā)ṭā(ḻ)vā-
⟨16⟩ ṇa-k-kōvaraiyaṉ-ē¡n! Itu panmāheśvara-rakṣai

Apparatus

⟨16⟩ ... • The line 16 is presently (2024) lost coverer by cement, except for a few letters at its end, engraved on the right pilaster.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/151).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore.

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

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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