Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Vīrarājēndra king, year 6

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

Summary: Records an endowment of land for singing the tiruccāḻal and for offerings to the goddess in the temple of Nalla-Nāyaṉār by Kōvaṉ Vaḷaiyamaḻakiyāṉ alias Vāṇarāyappēraiyaṉ.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiri-puva¡n!a-c-cakkara-vattikaḷ śrī-vīra-rājentira-cōḻa-tēvaṟ⟨ku⟩ yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu Uṭaiyār nalla nāyanār Āḷuṭaiya nācciyāṟku-t tiruvamutu-paṭikkum tiru-c-cāḻaṟ paṭi v-iṭṭ’ amutu Uḷḷiṭṭaṉ avaiyiṟṟukku kōva¡n! vaḷaiyamaḻakiyā¡n!-ā¡n!a vāṇarāyappēraiyan viṭṭa vipavam āvatu In-nayanaṟ tēvatānaṅkaḷil muṉṉaṭi kūvi Enṟu vēli nalvaṟk’ āka-k koṇṭu varukiṟa vāku

⟨2⟩ y-aṭaṅka v-iṭṭu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār śrī-pātattilē n¡i!r vārttu-k kalveṭṭi viṭṭē¡n! Iva¡n! vaḷaiyamaḻakiyā¡n!-āṉa vāṇa-rāya-p-pēr-araiya¡n!-ēṉ Itu vilakkivā¡n! keṅkai-karaiyil āyiraṅ kurāṟ pacu konṟā¡n! pāvaṅ koḷvā¡n! vallavaraiya¡n! cattiyam śrī-māheśvara-rakṣai

Translation

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity! This is the sixth regnal year of king Tribhuvana-cakravarti Vīrarājendra-cōḻa.

⟨1⟩ The endowment (vipavam) which Vāṇarāyapēraiyaṉ, alias Kōvaṉ Vaḷaiyamaḻakiyāṉ, has allocated (is to be given) for those [ritual articles], including the food supply fixed (paṭi-v-iṭṭu) [for singing] the tiruccāḻal hymn and for the food offering (tiru-v-amutu paṭikkum) to the goddess Āḷuṭaiya-Nācciyār [of the temple of] god Nalla-Nāyanār.

⟨1–2⟩ The apportioned (koṇṭuvarukiṟa) share (vāku) is allotted to four people so that the vēli [of land is given], which was previously mentioned (muṉṉaṭi kūvi eṉṟu) as being within the temple endowments (tēvatāṉaṅkaḷil) for this god.

⟨2⟩ I have inscribed it in stone after pouring water over the sacred feet of the goddess Āḷuṭaiya Nācciyār. I, Vāṇarāyapēraiyaṉ, alias Kōvaṉ Vaḷaiyamaḻakiyāṉ, am the one declaring this:

⟨2⟩ “Let the sin of killing one thousand tawny cows on the banks of the Ganges fall upon whoever violates it,” which is under the oath (cattiyam) of Vallavaraiyaṉ.

⟨2⟩ [This is] under the protection of the holy māheśvaras (śrī māheśvara rakṣai)

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/157).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on ASI transcript kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore (2025).

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 157, appendixes B/1940-1941.

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