Vaḻuvūr, Vīraṭṭāṉēśvara, time of Tribhuvanacakravartin Rājādhirāja, year 5

Editors: S. Swaminathan, Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00164.

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (4a0c02e), last modified (8a79c5d).

Edition

⟨1⟩ || tribhuva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-{ś}cakrava⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-rāj(ā) ⟨2⟩ dhirāja-(d)evaṟku yāṇṭu 5-Āvatu

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Apparatus

⟨1⟩ || EI considers this as the final punctuation of the inscription Tamil Nadu 163, which ends in the same epigraphical line, right before the present inscription. But as the former inscription itself starts with the same punctuation, it makes sense to consider that this is the initial punctuation of the present inscription.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–2) 5th year of the glorious king Rājādhirāja, emperor of the three worlds.

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Bibliography

Reported in Krishna Sastri 1913 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/421) and in Swaminathan 2019 (SII 38.421).

Edited in Swaminathan 1998, with facsimile (EI 40.64B).

This edition by Renato Davalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Swaminathan 1998 and photos (E. Francis, 2024).

Primary

[EI] Swaminathan, S. 1998. “Two Chōḷa inscriptions from Vaḻuvūr.” EI 40, part VII, October 1974, pp. 293–298.

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVIII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1912. South Indian Inscriptions 38. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Page 479, item 421.

Secondary

Krishna Sastri, H. 1913. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. No place. Page 49, appendix B/1912, item 421.