Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, no king, no year

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

Summary: Fragment. King’s name and year lost, if any. Time of Rājendra II Cōḻa according to Vijayavenugopal et al. 2026, since it is found near INSTamilNadu00803 of that king.

On the jagati of the south base of the mahāmaṇḍapa.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00804.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00804.xml.

Version: 2026-07-09 16:43 (fddfc67), last modified 2026-06-30 10:04 (f286a91).

Edition

⟨1⟩ […] raiyaṉ rājarājaṉ (tēvārattu) brāhmaṇan Oṉpatu […]

⟨2⟩ […] ṉ cey nilaṅ kku vilai pattu-k kācu nāṟpatu kai […]

⟨3⟩ […] nilaṅkaḷ Ellai [*] tta kācu nūṟu Ik-kācu nūṟum tiru-veḵkā Āḻvār (paṇṭ?) […]

⟨4⟩ […] ceytu kuṭuttōm rājarājen¡t!ra-caruppēti-maṅkalattu mahā-sabhaiyōm I […]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (tēvārattu) ⬦ ce [1+] va [1+] ttu V1 V2.

⟨3⟩ tiru-veḵkā • The āytam is represented by a character resembling x.

Commentary

Further right on the same base is another fragment (INSTamilNadu00810), which is possibly its continuation.

Bibliography

Not reported in ARIE 1920–21.

Edited in Vicayavēṇukōpal & Irāmacāmi 2024 and Vijayavenugopal et al. 2026.

This revised digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (Babu N. Ramaswamy, 2024).

Primary

[V1] Vicayavēṇukōpal, Kō. & Nā. Irāmacāmi. 2024. kāñcipuram coṉṉa vaṇṇam ceyta perumāḷ koyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Putucēri: Pirañcu Āciyaviyal Āyvakam. Pages 7–_, item 4.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy & Vigneshwaran Muralidaran. 2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram. Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Pages 13–14, item 4.

Secondary

ARIE 1920–21. G.O. No. 183, 23rd September 1921, Epigraphy, Annual report for the year 1920-21 of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent, Recorded. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. No place, 1921.

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