Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Rājendra II, year 8

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal (vija), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00109.

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Edition

⟨1⟩  ⟨Zone 1⟩ [s](v)asti śrī tirum[ātar] […] […] ⟨Zone 2⟩ […] […] ⟨Zone 3⟩ […] [irumuṭicōḻa ṉeṉṟum] p¿e?rumuraṭ ṭa¡n![tirut tampiyar] taṉṉ[uḷ ⟨Zone 4⟩ veṉ]ṟiko[ḷ] [mummuṭic] ⟨Zone 5⟩ cōḻaṉai Aṭutiṟal [cōḻa-p]āṇṭiyan eṉṟum kōḻimaṉ toṭukaḻal v¡i!ra-cōḻaṉaip paṭipuka(ḻ)
⟨2⟩  ⟨Zone 1⟩ -[k] kō-p-para[k]ēsariva(nma)r-ā¡n!a Uṭaiyār śrī-rā[je]n¿(t)?(ra)-devarkku yāṇṭu 8 Āvatu (je)ya(ṅ-koṇṭa){(ṇa)}-cōḻa-va(ḷa)-
⟨9⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩[āṭṭu m]uḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu bra(n/h)man=tē[yam] (ti)ru-naḷḷāṟṟu tiru-na⟨ḷ⟩ḷāṟ-u(ṭ)aiyār [.]i […] ⟨Zone 2⟩ […] ⟨Zone 3⟩ (k)āśyapaṉ celva-naḷḷāṟu-tē(vaṉum) ... ... Ip-pari-
⟨13⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩cu kallilum cempilu⟨m⟩ veṭṭi-k koḷḷa-p pe […] t t¡i!ṭṭu-k= kuṭut[t]ōm ⟨Zone 2⟩ śiva-brā(n/h)maṇar(ō)⟨Zone 3⟩(m)
⟨14⟩ ...

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–8⟩ [meykkīrtti of Rājendra II Cōḻa]

⟨8⟩ 8the year of ...

⟨8–14⟩ ...

Bibliography

First edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 459). First translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 459). Re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 9), with photos.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Revised and curated by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (N. Ramaswamy, 2016).

Primary

[K&V] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & 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 459, pages 407–408.

[K&al] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & 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 459, pages 192–194.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 9, pages 32–33.

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