Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Jaṭāvarman Tribh. Sundara-Pāṇḍya king, year 15

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00041.

Summary: 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.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (489a8d4), last modified (eac90f4).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [śubham a]stu

samasta-jagadādhāra [2+] k-kula-tilaka-madhurā-puri [3+] (keraḷa?)-vaṃśa [1+] (ma ma mru?)⟨2⟩la n laṃkā [1+] pa lya ṇaṃ nad … ma yo ḷa ku [3+] śa la ku laṃ śa ka [3+] ja(pid) rāvaṇa … kala ⟨3⟩ … da n virakaṇaṃ gop … [c]u la dā [1+] da ha na kā [1+] pura parām … t-kula ⟨4⟩ ... [vī]r(ā)bhiṣeka … ti kṣā pakka maha …

⟨5⟩[tē]vaṟku [yāṇ](ṭu) [15] Āvatu puraṭṭ(ā)t[i]( m) [2+] ttu [3+] ⟨6⟩ (ṭu n)=tu t’ a(ru)ḷiya tiru-mukappaṭ[i] [2+] [c]i [1+] … c[U](yi)l nallūr-uṭaiyār nalla ṉāyaṉār kōyil tāṉattāṟ ⟨7⟩ [1+] (na)mmaṭai … kaṭṭiṉa canti-(t t) [4+] na ta na ṉāḻukku m [3+] k Iṉ [2+] ⟨8⟩ [1+] ta ru ṉā m(u)ttu (kk) [4+] va tā y(ā) [2+] n [2+] r na [1+] mi [4+] mi ca yu m [3+] yavaṟ ka (ṭum) Uḷḷa [4+] ⟨9⟩ (Uṉa)ttu (vaṭu)ka mummuca(l) aṭaṅka [I]ṟai-y-ili-y-āka pativaṉañ cāva [2+] mutal tanattōm Ippa[ṭi]kku ⟨10⟩ Ivv-ōlai piṭipāṭ’ āka-k ko(ṇ)ṭu kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭi-[k] koḷka

Ivai cuntara-pā(ṇ)ṭi⟨11⟩(ya)-viḻuppāraiyaṉ Eḻuttu

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/1940-1941/155).

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 155, appendixes B/1940-1941.