Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya, year 15

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

Summary: ARIE (standardised): “Begins with the historical introduction samastajagadādhāra, etc. Records a royal order making a tax-free dēvadāna endowment of the village Nallūr to the temple of Nalla-Nāyaṉār for the maintenance of a service in the name of the king and for the (expenses of the) festival in the month of Tai.”

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_INSTamilNadu00041.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00041.xml.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:52 (f13bb6a), last modified 2026-03-24 13:32 (4a2acf7).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī svasti samasta-jagadādhāra (soma)-kula-tilaka madhurā-puri-mādhava keraḷa-vaṃśa-ni(r)mmū-
⟨2⟩ lana laṃkā-[dvī]paluṇṭhana dv(ī)tiya-rāma coḷa-kula śaila-kul(ī)śa ka(r)ṇṇāṭa-rāja-vidrāvaṇa kāṭaka-karikū¿ṭh?aṃ pākala
⟨3⟩ vividha-ri(pu)-durgga-ma(r)ddana vīra-kaṇṭha gopāla-[vi]pula-dāvadahana kāñcīpura-varādhīśvara gaṇapati-hariṇa-śārdūla
⟨4⟩ nellūra-p(ura) viracita-vīrābhiṣeka praṇata-(rāja-pra)tiṣṭhāpaka mahārājādhirāja parame(śva)ra kōccaṭapaṉma-
⟨5⟩ (r-āṉa) tribhuvaṉa-ścakravat=tikaḷ śrī-sundara-pāṇṭiya-tēvaṟk=ku yāṇ(ṭu) 10 5 Āvatu puraṭṭ(ā)t[i]-mātattu pras(ā)-
⟨6⟩ dañ cetaruḷiya tiru-muka-p-paṭ[i] y-aruḷi-c ceyal nallūr-uṭaiyār nalla ṉāyaṉār kōyil tāṉattāṟ-ā-
⟨7⟩ (na) nammuṭaiya pērāl patiṉañc-āvatu mutal kaṭṭiṉa cantikkum tai-t-tiru-ṉāḷukkum Uṭal āka Iṉṉāya-
⟨8⟩ ṉār tiru-ṉāmattu-k-kāṇi tēvatānam-āṉa nallūr naṉcey-puṉceyum kācāya vaṟkamum Uḷḷiṭṭa A-
⟨9⟩ ṉaittu vaṟkamum mutal aṭaṅka Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka patiṉ aiñcāvatu mutal tantōm Ippaṭikku
⟨10⟩ Ivv-ōlai muṭipāṭ’ āka-k koṇṭu kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷka Ivai cuntara-pāṇṭi-
⟨11⟩ (ya)-viḻupparaiyaṉ Eḻuttu Itu paṉmāheśvara-rakṣai ௳

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune! Prosperity!

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Commentary

On the south wall of the mukhamaṇḍapa, left of the door, top of the wall, above INSTamilNadu00042.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/155).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024, 2025, 2026), photos (E. Francis, 2024; R. Dávalos 2026).

ASI transcript consulted in Mysore in January 2026 by Renato Dávalos, with the kind authorisation of the Director of Epigraphy.

ASI 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 93, item 155, appendixes B/1940-1941.

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Ippaṭikku

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Ivai cuntara-pāṇṭi

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Prosperity! Fortune! Prosperity!

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