Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 18th

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00038.

Summary: Gift of millet received in specified quantity on each vēli of land in the tēvatāṉam village from the tenants as the pāṭikāval fee by Rājarājadēvaṉ Poṉparappiṉān Vāṇakōvaraiyaṉ for offerings to god Poṉ-parappīśvaraṃ-uṭaiya-Nāyaṉār set up as an āśrayaliṅga in the temple by Tillaināyaka-vēḷāṉ.

Hand description:

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svast[i] śrī

[kāruvūrum īḻamum] (matu)[raiyum pāṇṭi]yaṉai ⟨2⟩ [mu]ṭi-t talaiyuṅ koṇṭ-aruḷ¿a?⟨u⟩m śrī-kulōttuṅka-cō[ḻa]-t[ē]vaṟ⟨3⟩ku yāṇṭu 10 8-Āvatu

śrī-muṭi-[k]oṇṭa-cōḻa-c-caturvvedi-maṁ⟨4⟩(ga)lattu vaṭa-piṭākai nalla [U]ṭaiyār [6+] (cai) ⟨5⟩ [7+] (Ā)śrayali[ṃ]gam-āka t[i]l(l)lai-(nāya)ka-vēḷā(ṉ) Eḻun[t-a]⟨6⟩ruḷi-vitta poṉ[pa]rappiśvaram-uṭaiya nāyaṉāṟku (I)⟨7⟩vv-ūr nalla nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ar tēvatāṉa-nāṉk’ ellai-k ku(ṭa?)⟨8⟩ṭ=ṭa nilattu mo (ṇṭa) ṭ=ṭi kāval [2+] liyāy In-nila ⟨9⟩ (2/U) (m/ḻ)a [1+] ⟨10⟩ [1+] li Iru-tūṇi-p patakk’ āka vanta va [1+] (ku) koṇṭu Ip- ⟨11⟩ (po)ṉ-parappīśvaram-uṭaiyaṉāṟku ti[ru]ppaṭi-māṟṟu candrāti⟨12⟩[t]tavarai celvat’ āka I⟨n⟩-nāyaṉār śrī-pāta [1+]ta n¿i?⟨ī⟩r vārttu-k kalveṭ=ṭi-k kuṭut(t)ēṉ Irā(ja)(ja)⟨13⟩t[ē]van pona-ppiṉa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vāṇakōva[r]ai[ya](ṉ-ē)¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩ (kotu/kēṭṭa)(ai) (vallavaṉ) [1+] (ṉ) [1+] tiy(u)m

It(u) ⟨14⟩ […]

Apparatus

⟨13⟩ It(u) ⟨14⟩ […] • We expect here a variant of the usual closing formula Itu paṉmāheśvara-rakṣai.

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/1940-1941/152).

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 152, appendixes B/1940-1941.