Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar, no king, no year

Editors: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00116.

Language: Tamil.

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

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

Edition

⟨Zone 1⟩ ⟨1⟩ [ca. 5×] māṭṭā(mai)⟨2⟩yil-k kaṭamaikku (tiru-na)⟨3⟩ḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār m¡u!⟨ū⟩[la]-(bhṛ)⟨4⟩tyyar śrī-caṇḍe(śva)ra⌈⟨5⟩-devaṟku nāṅkaḷ E[1×]lai ⟨6⟩ niṟaintāṉ [1×]t⟨7⟩tukku maṭa[4×] k[1×]⟨8⟩śiva-yōg(i)ka(ḷ amutu cey)⟨9⟩kaikku Ivv-ūr iṭākaḷūr nāṭuṭai⟨10⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ paṭṭar ceyvikkiṟa maṭattu⟨11⟩kku maṭa-p-puṟam-āka nāṅkaḷ (I)⟨12⟩(ṟai)-y-ili ceytu koṭutta cu(ṅ)⟨13⟩ka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tavirtta cōḻa-viḷākattu⟨14⟩kku nilam āvatu

Iv(v)-ūr-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pi⟨15⟩ṭākai putta-k-kuṭi[yi]l nā[1×]⟨Zone 2⟩⟨16⟩paṭṭa ni⟨17⟩lam vē⟨18⟩li

In-ni⟨19⟩lam (v)ēli⟨20⟩yum I(ṟai)⟨21⟩yili cey⟨22⟩tu ko[ṭut]⟨23⟩tōm

śrī-ca⌈⟨24⟩ṇḍeśvara⟨25⟩[ca. 5+] ⟨26⟩ [ca. 5+] ⟨27⟩ [ca. 5+] ⟨28⟩ In-nila(m) ⟨Zone 3⟩ ⟨29⟩ Iṟai-y-ili cey⟨30⟩tu koṭuttu Iṭā⟨31⟩kaḷūr nāṭuṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ paṭṭa⟨r⟩ ⟨32⟩ pakkal nāṅkaḷ ko⟨33⟩ṇṭa nellu <undefined> ⟨34⟩ <undefined>

In-nellu<undefined>⟨35⟩<undefined> ḷattukkuṅ kala⟨36⟩ttū-p patakk-āka-p po⟨37⟩linta palicai nellu ⟨38⟩ Iru-nūṟṟ’ eṇpati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨39⟩ kalam

In-nell iru-nū⟨40⟩ṟṟ’ eṇpati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kalamum ⟨41⟩ Ācan¡t!⟨d⟩ratāram Iṟai-y-ili ⟨42⟩ A¡n!⟨ṉ⟩upavitt’ in-nāṭu⌈⟨43⟩[ṭ]ai [ca. 2+] n pa(ṭṭār)[ca. 2+]⟨44⟩[ca. 12+]⟨45⟩[ca. 12+]⟨46⟩[ca. 12+]⟨47⟩[ca. 12+]⟨48⟩[ca. 10+]yum Ā[ca]⟨49⟩[n¡t!⟨d⟩ratā]ram [i](ṟai)-y-ili ve

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Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–14) The land ... that we have given tax-free as land free of assesment for a maṭam ... is [as follows]:

Bibliography

Reported in Gai N.d. (ARIE/1965-1966/B/1965-1966/443).

Edited (lines 28ff. only) in Kuppusamy and Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 499); re-edited (44 lines) in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 16), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy et al. 2010 (PI 499).

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019). Curated by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on photos (N. Ramaswamy, 2016).

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 499, pages 479–480.

[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 499, pages 220–21.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 16, pages 48–49.

Secondary

Gai, Govind Swamirao. N.d. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. n.p. Page 87, appendixes B/1965-1966, item 443.