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. Likely 12th century according to Vijayavenugopal et al. 2026.

On the jagati of the south base of the mahāmaṇḍapa.

Palaeographic description: The āytam is represented by a character resembling x.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00810.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00810.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ […] tiru-veḵkā Āḻvār kaṉmikaḷō(m) [*] ntu [***************] nāṅkaḷum kāñcipura […]

⟨2⟩ […] vilai-y-āvaṇam āvat’ ākavum Ituvē poruḷ mā vaṟuti po(ru) [*******] t’ ākavum Ituva(l)latu vēṟu poruḷ mā […]

Commentary

Before on the left on the same base is another fragment (INSTamilNadu00804), which is possibly its beginning.

Bibliography

Not reported in ARIE 1920–21.

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

This 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. Page 12, item 10.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy and Vigneshwaran Muralidaran. 2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram. Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Page 24, item 10.

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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