Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar, time of Rājendra II, year 8

Editors: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00108.

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (12f3008), last modified (eecdbd5).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩(U)ṭaiyār śrī-rājen¿t?⟨d⟩ra-deva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 8-Āvatu

Ati[rā]jaja⟨Zone 2⟩-vaḷanāṭ[ṭ]u [mu]ḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu brahmatēyam śrī-A(ru)moḻi-deva-caruppēt[i]-maṅ⟨ka⟩lattu mahā-sabhai(yōm) ⟨2⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩Ivv-āṭṭai tulā-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-pakṣattil navamiyum tiṅka(ḷ) ki⟨ḻa⟩mai[yum] ⟨Zone 2⟩ peṟṟa catai[ya]tti (ñ)ā(ṉṟu) Iv-ūr śrī-rājen¿t?⟨d⟩ra-cōḻa-viṇṇakar Āḻvār kōyilil kūṭṭam kuṟai⟨3⟩⟨Zone 1⟩vaṟa-k kūṭi Irun=tu [paṇ]i-(p) paṇiyāl-p paṇittu tiru-naḷ⟨ḷ⟩āṟ-uṭaiya ma⟨Zone 2⟩hādevar m¡u!⟨ū⟩labh¡ra!⟨ṛ⟩[tyar ca]ṇṭēcuvara-devar pakka[l] nāṅkaḷ koṇṭa kācu ⟨4⟩ ⟨Zone 3⟩[8] 10

Ik-kācu Eṇpatu [ca. 9+] lam ko ⟨Zone 4⟩ [ca. 3+] ⟨Zone 5⟩ [ca. 4+] makku Irājen¿t?⟨d⟩ra-cōḻaṉ vā⟨y⟩kkālukku vaṭakku m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu Ira(ṇṭā)[ñ] ⟨Zone 6⟩ caturattu mēṟ⟨5⟩⟨Zone 3⟩[1+] (ya/y) nila nālu mā I¡ṉ!⟨n⟩-ni(la) [ca. 3+] [ni]la mā [ca. 1+] [ca](ṇ)ṭēcura [1+] ⟨Zone 4⟩ [ca. 3+] ⟨Zone 5⟩ [ca. 4+] kam-āka can¿t?⟨d⟩rādittaval Iṟai-y-ili (ce) ce⟨y⟩tu kuṭut[ta] [ca. 2+] ṭai nāṅkaḷ (ko)[ca. 2+] [E]⟨Zone 6⟩ṇpatu (E)ṇpa[tu]⟨6⟩⟨Zone 7⟩ṅ koṇṭu tiru-⟨na⟩ḷḷāṟ-u[ṭ]ai[ya]-t[ē]var m¡u!⟨ū⟩lapiritiyar ca[ṇṭē⟨Zone 8⟩cura]⟨Zone 9⟩ (t)-tēvar tekku I¡ṉ!⟨n⟩-nilam Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭuttōm Im-mahāsabhaiyōm⟨Zone 10⟩[…]⟨7⟩⟨Zone 7⟩ku veḷḷā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ veṭṭi-v (u)ḷḷa(tu) Eppēṟpaṭṭa Iṟai-y-ācci (nila) ⟨Zone 8⟩ [ca. 3+] ⟨Zone 9⟩ m nāṅkaḷ-ē-y Iṟu⟨k⟩ka kaṭavōm āka Iṭṭu Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭuttōm mahāsabhai[m]⟨Zone 10⟩[…]⟨8⟩⟨Zone 7⟩[ca. 2+] ttu karuvarai pōy niṉṟār ntrānum muṭṭiyampākkattu [ca. 2+] ⟨Zone 8⟩ [ca. 3+] ⟨Zone 9⟩ kōvin=ta-dacappiriyarum miḻalai śrī-turai-s[u][nta]rarum Eḻumaḷ¡u!⟨ū⟩r tiru-vāṉan=ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ar tēva [ca. 3+] ⟨Zone 10⟩ […]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °maṅ⟨ka⟩lattu ⬦ °maṅkalattu K+V V.

⟨3⟩ [ca]ṇṭēcuvara-devar ⬦ caṇṭēśvara-devar K+V V V.

⟨6⟩ tiru-⟨na⟩ḷḷāṟ-u° ⬦ […] K+V; tirunaḷḷāṟu V.

⟨7⟩ veṭṭi-v (u)ḷḷa(tu)[…] ḷḷa […] K+V; veṭṭi Uḷḷa V. — ⟨7⟩ Iṟu⟨k⟩ka ⬦ K+V; Iṟukka V.

⟨0⟩ ntrānum ⬦ K+V; śrītaranum V.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) 8th year of the glorious Rājendra, the lord.

(1) This year, ... [there are] 80 gold coins that We, the members of the great assembly of ...

(2–4) […] these gold coins...

(4–8) ...

Commentary

Bibliography

First edited in Kuppusamy and Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 458). First translated in Kuppusamy et al. 2010 (PI 458). Re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 8), with photos.

This edition revised by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019). Review and updates (based on photos by N. Ramaswamy), encoding, critical apparatus and translation by Emmanuel Francis (2020).

Primary

[K+V] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. and G. Vijayavenugopal. 2006. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part I: Introduction and texts with notes = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Item 458, pages 406–407.

[K+al] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. and G. Vijayavenugopal. 2010. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part II: Translation, appendices, glossary and phrases, [and] preface = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Item 458, page 192.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 8, pages 30–31.

Secondary

Gai, Govind Swamirao. N.d. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. n.p. Page 86, appendixes B/1965-1966, item 440.