Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, Kullotuṅga Cōḻa king, year 22

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00047.

Summary: Records a similar appointment by the tānattār of the temple, of Āḻvi Vaḷaiyamaḷakiyāḷ Patineṇpūmi-Naṅkai, a dēvaraḍiyāḷ, to sing the Tiruvempāvai (iraṇṭām-tiruppāṭṭu) and to dance before the deity on specified occasions, for three kaḻañju of gold received by them.

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 (a71a405).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tirubhuvaṉa-c-(cakk)ara-va⟨r⟩tt(i)ka⟨2⟩ḷ śrī-kulōttuṅka-(c)ōḻa-tēvaṟku yā(ṇ)⟨3⟩ṭu 2 10 2 Āvatu Uṭaiy(ār) nalla nāyanār kō⟨4⟩[yil][1 lost line]⟨5⟩ṉ pati[ṉ]eṇ-pū(mi) naṅkai In{ā}-nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ar kōyil (tiru)⟨6⟩v¡a!⟨e⟩mpā(v)ai [I](ra)ṇṭā[m] tiru-p-pāṭṭu pāṭavum tiruvem(pai/pāvai) ⟨7⟩ Iravō

[1+]m pātt¡u!⟨āya⟩[1+] (I)-k kaṭavaḷ ākavum tiruvemp(ai/āvai) ⟨8⟩ Iraṇṭā[m] (p)[āṭṭu pā]ṭavōr-k kaṭavaḷ āka Ippaṭikku In-[nā]⟨9⟩yaṉār c¿i?⟨ī⟩-pa[ṇṭāra]tt’ oṭukkiṉa veṭṭu māṟi po(ṉ) mu-(k- ka)⟨⟨ḻañ⟩⟩⟨10⟩⟨⟨cum⟩⟩ c¿i?⟨ī⟩-paṇṭ(ārat)t’ aṭukka * * * * * Āti-caṇṭēcura-tē(va) ⟨11⟩ t(i/a)ru(varu) [2+][2+] (Aṭu/varu)kku kā [2+][1+] (ku)ṭuttōm I¡ṉ!⟨n⟩-nāyanā⟨12⟩r kōyil tāṉattōm

⟨⟨ ⟨13⟩ [3+] ṉa ga tu ⟨14⟩ leka [1+] mu Iva ⟨15⟩ [1+] ka ka ta ya ta ya⟩⟩

Bibliography

Reported in Krishnamacharlu and Laksminarayan Rao 1952 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/161).

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 94, item 161, appendixes B/1940-1941.