Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Vīrarājēndra (Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III), year 6

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

Summary: Registers the endowment of the village named Kāccuvakkuṭi as a devadāṉam to the temple of Nalla-nāyaṉār by the well-known Bāṇa chief and magnate Āṟakaḷūr-uṭaiya Vāṇakōvaraiyār Poṉparappiṉāṉ Rājarājatēvaṉ, alias Makatai-nāṭāḻvāṉ (Skt. Makātēcaṉ).

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_INSTamilNadu00037.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00037.xml.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:52 (f13bb6a), last modified 2026-04-14 11:10 (7e39fcf).

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(ṟa)kaḷ¿u?r-uṭaiya-nāya¡n!a(r)-
⟨5⟩ I(r)ā(ja)rā(ja)-tēvaṉ-āṉa vāṇakōvaraiya-
⟨6⟩ ¡n! ē¡n! nall¡(u)!r Uṭaiy[ā]r nalla-nāyan¡n!āṟku
⟨7⟩ tēva[tā](ṉa)m āka t(i)ruvar(i)y[i]l (Iṭuvi)ttu-k ka-
⟨8⟩ llu-veṭ=ṭi-k kuṭutta Ūr āvatu milāṭ-ākiya (ja)-
⟨9⟩ ṉanāta-vaḷanāṭṭu-k k¿i?ḻārāṟṟūṟ-kūṟṟattu-(k)
⟨10⟩ kāccuvakkuṭi na¡n!-ce⟨y⟩ pu¡n!-ceyum Ivv-ūṟ pa(ṭi)
⟨11⟩ {n=}tēvatāṉa(mum) Akappaṭa nā¡n!k’ ellaikk’ uḷ(ḷum)
⟨12⟩ (I)vv-ūr k¡i!ḻ-(i)ṟai-p-paṭ=ṭamum pa¡n!aṟ-k-kuṭṭaiyum pā-
⟨13⟩ ṭi-kāvaluṅ koḷḷa kaṭavat’ allāt’ ākavum Ip-paṭikku
⟨14⟩ nalla-nāyaṉār śrī-(p)ātattē n¿i?r vārttu-k= kuṭuttē-
⟨15⟩ ¡(n)! [*] ṟu-pa(kka)m [u](ṭ)ai[yā]¡(n)! makatai-(nā)ṭ-ā(ḻ)vāṉ vā-
⟨16⟩ ṇakkōvaraiyaṉ-ē¡n! Itu panmāheśvara-rakṣai

Apparatus

⟨16⟩ ṇakkōvaraiyaṉ-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Itu panmāheśvara-rakṣai • In 2024, line 16 was covered by cement, except for a few letters at its end, engraved on the right pilaster. We follow here the ASI transcript.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ This is the sixth year of king Tribhuvana-cakravarti Vīrarājendra (Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III).

⟨3–8⟩ I, Vaṇakōvaraiyaṉ, Rājarāja-deva, Lord (nāyaṉar) and feudatory (uṭaiya) from Āṟakaḷūr situated in Kīḻāṟṟūr, a subdivision (kūṟṟattu) of the Jananātha-vaḷa-nāṭu, alias Milāṭu, have given as devadana to Nalla-nāyaṉar, Lord of Nallūr, the village (ūr āvatu) after entering it in the register of the temple (tiruvariyil) and engraving it on stone.

⟨8–10⟩ ⟨That is the village of⟩ Kaccuvakkuṭi¹, with its wet and dry lands, located in Kīḻāṟṟūr, a subdivision (kūṟṟattu) of the Jananātha-vaḷanāṭu, alias Milāṭu.

⟨10=13⟩ As regards to this village (ivvūṟ paṭi), whatever lies in the four boundaries included in the devadanam, the petty taxes (kiḻiṟai paṭṭam), tank associated ⟨taxes⟩ (paṉar kuṭṭai), and the village watching tax (pāṭikāval), shall not be taken (koḷḷa kaṭavatu allātu ākavum).

⟨13–16⟩ In this way (ippaṭikku), after pouring water on the holy feet of Nalla-nāyaṉar, I, Vāṇakōvaraiyāṉ, alias Makatai Nāṭāḻvāṉ, land-owner from * * *, have given ⟨this village⟩.

⟨16⟩ This is under the protection of the paṉmāheśvaras.

Bibliography

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

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

ASI transcript consulted in Mysore by Renato Dávalos (September 2025) with the kind permission of the Director of Epigraphy.

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.

Notes

1. Nowadays known as Kaccakuṭi, some 5km. to the north of Nallūr. The village is also mentioned in other records from this temple: INSTamilNadu00031, INSTamilNadu00032, and INSTamilNadu00033.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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This is the sixth year of king Tribhuvana-cakravarti Vīrarājendra <supplied reason="explanation">Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III</supplied>.

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