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

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

Summary: A fragment of the meykkīrtti of Vīra Rājendra Cōḻa (first fragment) and description of the boundaries of given land (second fragment). King’s name and year lost, if any.

On the jagati of the north base.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00805.

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Version: 2026-05-06 08:34 (1bab47a), last modified 2026-05-06 08:34 (1bab47a).

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First fragment

⟨1⟩ […] vu kāṇātu Avaṟ colliya nāḷin mēl Oru tiṅkaḷ pāttirunta pi¡nn!ai pē [**] va [********************] (yum) m¡u!varun ta¡n!itta¡n!i mutukiṭa-p porutu (Ira) [***] Ēḻ-arai Ilakkamum muraṭṭ¿e?ḻi […]

⟨2⟩ […] ṭakki muḻaṅkeri yūṭṭi veṅkata-p-puli Ēṟa viyantu viḷaiyāṭa tuṅka-pa(ttirai) [********************] piraṭṭa¡n!ai valla [****] (cuntara)-k kaṇṭikai cūṭṭi ku kaḷattā [**********] tan puri […]

⟨3⟩ […] ḻaikkaiyil pi(ḻ)ai(t ti) [*****] ṟiya Ōṭi¡n!a paricoru pala(kai) [*************************] ṭṭi-p pērttu-t tān kai koṇṭa vēṅkainaṉ mīṭṭuk (koṇṭa) […]

Second fragment

⟨1⟩ […] pāṟk’ ellai pañcava¡n!-mātēvi-vatikku mēṟkum mēl-pāṟk’ ellai kō [**********] mātēvar kōyil […]
⟨2⟩ […] kiḻakkum te¡n!-pāṟk’ellai vikkirama-cōḻa-p-perun-teru [**] vaṭakkum vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai pirama [****] mātēvar kōyi(l) […]
⟨3⟩ […] (kku-t teṟ?)kum In-nāṟ-pāṟk’ ellai v-uṭpaṭa nila mikuti-k kuṟai [********************] […]

Bibliography

Not reported in ARIE 1920–21.

Edited in Vicayavēṇukōpal and 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. and Nā. Irāmacāmi. 2024. kāñcipuram coṉṉa vaṇṇam ceyta perumāḷ koyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Putucēri: Pirañcu Āciyaviyal Āyvakam. Pages 8–9, item 5.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy and Vigneshwaran Muralidaran. 2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram. Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Pages 14–16, item 5.

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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