Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, no year

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Edition

⟨Zone 1⟩

⟨1⟩ śrī(m)ēvu vaḷar tiru⟨⟨p⟩⟩po¡n! mār¡v!u pu-

⟨2⟩ ṇara nāmēvu kalaimakaḷ nala⟨⟨m peri⟩⟩tu ciṟa-

⟨3⟩ ppa vicaiyamar makaḷ velpuyattu

⟨4⟩ Iruppa Icaiyum celviyum Eṇ-

⟨5⟩ (i)cai v(i)ḷa()ka nirupa(r v)antu I-

⟨6⟩ ṟañci nī¡(n)n!ila-maṭantaiyai

⟨7⟩ tirumaṇam puṇarntu tiruvaḷar karu

⟨8⟩ [*] maṇimuṭi kavitte¡n!a maṇi-muṭi-

⟨9⟩ -cūṭi va(l)lai ¡n!ālattu palluyir-

⟨10⟩ kk’ ellām Ellaiyi(l) I¡n!pam

⟨11⟩ Iyalvinil Eyta veṇkuṭai

⟨12⟩ ni(ḻa)ṟṟa ceṅkōl ōcci vā-

⟨13⟩ ḻi pall¡u!ḻi Āḻi naṭappa cem⌈

⟨14⟩ po¡n!-v¡i!ra-siṃhāsanattu puva¡n!a-

⟨15⟩ muḻut-uṭaiyāḷoṭu v¡i!ṟṟ-run-

⟨16⟩ [ta]ruḷiya kō-v-irājasari-panma-

⟨17⟩ [r]¡n!a tiripuva¡n!a-cakravarttikaḷ śrī-ku⌈-

⟨18⟩ lōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēvarku yā-

⟨19⟩ ṇṭē [*] siṃha-nāyaṟu pūrvva-pakṣa-

⟨20⟩ [t]tu tritiyaiyum ca¡n!i-k-kiḻamaiyum pe-

⟨21⟩ ṟṟa ci(t)tirai nāḷ Uyya-k-koṇṭār-

⟨22⟩ -[va]ḷa-nāṭṭu kuṟumpūr-nāṭṭu brahma-

⟨Zone 2⟩

⟨23⟩ yam kāyākkuṭi(yāṉa U)taiya-cant(i)[ra-c]-caruppēti-(ma)[]-

⟨24⟩ kalattu mahā-sabhaiyōm In-nāṭṭu muḻ[ai]y[ū]-

⟨25⟩ [r-nāṭṭu U](ai)y(ā)r tiru-naḷḷāṟu[]ai[yār]-

⟨26⟩ [⌉yilil ula](ka)muḻutuṭaiyāḷ tirumaṇṭapat[t]ē-

⟨27⟩ [y kūṭ](ṭam) kuṟaivaṟak kūṭi-y iruntu Uṭaiyār-

⟨28⟩ tiru-[naḷ]ḷāṟuṭaiyār tiruppāl pō¡n!aka-p-

⟨29⟩ puṟa[māka] Ik-kōyilil m¡u!la¡pra!tya-(Ā)dicaṇṭē-

⟨30⟩ [śva]ra-(d)evaṟkku nāṅkaḷ Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭutta

⟨31⟩ (ni)lam āvatu Eṅkaḷūr O¡n!patāṅ kaṭṭaḷai-

⟨32⟩ yil sabhai-p potu-vāy-k kiṭanta nila[m]-

⟨33⟩ * * In-nilam Onṟ’ araiyum Iṟai-y-ili ce-

⟨34⟩ yitu kuṭuppataṟku k¡i!ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai [**]-

⟨35⟩ ṭi-vāy-k-kālukku mēṟkum te¡n!pāṟk’ el[lai]-

⟨Zone 3⟩

⟨36⟩ r[ē]ri ____________________ āl pō¡n!aka-p puṟa(m)-

⟨37⟩ namm-¿a?r Iva¡n! pakkal nāṅkaḷ koṇṭa kācu A⟨⟨y⟩⟩mpattu-

⟨38⟩ (Ā)ṟu Araiyi¡n!āl māṭai cempo¡n!

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ velpuyattuK&V; velpuṟattu V.

⟨6⟩ ¡(n)n!nila°niṉila K&V; nīnila V.

⟨9⟩ ¡n!ñālattuñālattu K&V V.

⟨13⟩ pall¡u!ūḻipallūḻi K&V V. — ⟨13⟩ ĀḻiV; yūḻi K&V.

⟨18⟩ ⟨19⟩ṇṭē [1×]⟨19⟩ṇṭu 5 K&V V.

⟨29⟩ m¡u!ūla¡pra!bhṛtya-(Ā)dicaṇṭē⟨30⟩[śva]ra°mūlapratyar yāti caṇṭe⟨30⟩śvara° K&V; mūlabhratyar Ādhi caṇṭē⟨30⟩śvara° V.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨16–21⟩ year of the glorious king ...,

⟨1–16⟩ who ...

⟨21–31⟩ The land that we have given tax-free ... is as follows:

⟨31–33⟩ ...

⟨33–38⟩ ...

Commentary

Record left incomplete. A large space has been left blank between line 35 and line 36, which could accomodate at least five lines. It appears to be a vacat as the expected full description of the boundaries of the endowed land is expected here. There is also a large space left blank in line 35

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1968–69 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/108).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 472); re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 23), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 472).

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019). Curated by Emmanuel Francis (2024), 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 472, pages 430–431.

[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 472, pages 202–203.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 23, pages 64–65.

Secondary

ARIE 1965–66. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. Edited by Govind Swamirao Gai. n.p. Page 34, appendixes B/1968-1969, item 108.