Uttiramērūr, Sundaravaradaperumāḷ temple, time of Rājarāja I Cōḻa, year 24

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Distinction between Grantha tu and Tamil tu.

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

Repository: Uttiramērūr (tfa-uttiramerur-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSUttiramerur00062.

File path: DHARMA_INSUttiramerur00062.xml.

Version: 2026-09-29 11:10 (4b97baa), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (4b97baa).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiru-makaḷ pōla-p peru-nila-c-celviyu¿ṉ? taṉakkē y-ur(i)mai pūṇṭamai ma¡n!akkoḷa-k kāntaḷūr cālai kalam aru(t)t-aruḷ(i) vēṅkai-¿ṉ?āṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyum nuḷampa-pāṭiyu(n=) taṭikai-pāṭiyuṅ kuṭa-malai-nāṭuṅ kollamuṅ kaliṅkamum Eṇ-ṭicai pukaḻ tara Īḻa-maṇṭalamum Iṟaṭṭapāṭi Ēḻ’ arai y-ilak=kamun tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ-k= koṇṭa ta¡nn! eḻil vaḷar ūḻiyuḷ E-

⟨2⟩ llā yāṇṭu¿ṉ? toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭē ceḻiyarai-t tēcu koḷ śrī-kō-rāja-rāja-kesari-pa⟨r⟩mmār-āṉa śrī-rāja-rāja-tēva⟨r⟩k=ku yāṇṭu 2 10 4 vatu kāliyūr-k=-kōṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟu Ut=tara-meru-c-catu⟨r⟩vveti-maṅkalattu śrī-veli-viṣṇu-gr̥hat=tu veḷḷ(ai)-mūrtti Āḷvāruk=ku veṇkuṉṟa-k=-kōṭṭat=tu-p peru-nakara-nāṭṭu-p peru-nakara-veḷḷāḷaṉ koññ Ampalavaṉ toṅkal-ēṉ vaicca tiru-nan=tā-viḷak=ku Oṉṟi¿n?āl āṭu 9 10 2-

⟨3⟩ [I]t-toṇṇūṟṟu Iraṇṭukkum Ivv-ūr ⟦[…]⟧

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ perunakaranāṭṭup perunakaraveḷḷāḷaṉ koññ • ASI transcript: perunakarnāṭṭup perunakar veḷḷāḷaṉ koñ(ñi)

⟨3⟩ Ivv-ūr ⟦[…]⟧ • The inscription INSUttiramerur00098 has been engraved over the deleted portion.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ …

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1922–23 (ARIE/1922-1923/C/1923/192).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on ASI estampage and transcript “AR_C0192_1922-23” available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (accessed 2026-06-19).

Secondary

ARIE 1922–23. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1923. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government Press, 1924. Page 79, appendix C/1923, item 192.

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