Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Vīrarājēndra Cōḻa, year 6 author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis Margherita Trento DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00037

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase Registers the endowment of the village named Kāccuvakkuṭi as a devadāṉam to the temple of Nalla-nāyaṉār by the well-known Bāṇa chief and magnate Āṟakaḷūr-uṭaiya Vāṇakōvaraiyār Poṉparappiṉāṉ Rājarājatēvaṉ, alias Makatai-nāṭāḻvāṉ Skt. Makātēcaṉ.

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svasti śrī

tripuvaṉa-c-cakkara-vart=tika ḷ śrī-viīra-rājendra-devaṟku yāṇṭu Ā ṟ-āvatu

milāṭ-ākiya jaṉa-nāta-vaḷanāṭṭu kīḻ -Āṟṟūṟ-kūṟṟattu Āṟakaḷuūr-uṭaiya-nāyanṉar Irājarāja-tēvaṉ-āṉa vāṇa-kō-v-araiya nṉ-ēnṉ nalluūr Uṭaiyār nalla-nāyannṉāṟku tēvataṉam āka tiru-variyil Iṭuvittu-k ka llu-veṭ=ṭi-k kuṭutta Ūr āvatu

milāṭ-ākiya ja ṉa-nāta-vaḷanāṭṭu-k kiīḻār-āṟṟūṟ-kūṟṟattu-k kāccuva-k-kuṭi nanñ-cey punṉ-ceyum Ivv-ūṟ paṭi n=tēvatāṉamum Aka-p-paṭa nānṉk’ ellaikk' uḷḷum Ivv-ūr kiīḻ-iṟai-p paṭ=ṭamum panṉaṟ-k-kuṭṭaiyum pā ṭi-kāvaluṅ koḷḷa kaṭavat’ allāt’ ākavum

Ip-paṭikku nalla-nāyaṉār śrī-pātattē niīr vārttu-k= kuṭuttē nṉ ṟupakkam-uṭaiyānṉ makatai-nāṭ-āḻvāṉ vā ṇa-k-kō-v-araiyaṉ-ēnṉ

Itu panmāheśvara-rakṣai

... In 2024, the line 16 was covered by cement, except for a few letters at its end, engraved on the right pilaster. We follow here the ASI transcript.

Prosperity! Fortune!

This is the sixth year of king Tribhuvana-cakravarti Vīrarājendra.

I, Vaṇakōvaraiyaṉ, Rājarāja-deva, Lord nāyaṉar and feudatory uṭaiya from Āṟakaḷūr situated in Kīḻāṟṟūr, a subdivision kūṟṟattu of the Jananātha-vaḷa-nāṭu in Milāṭu, have given as devadana to Nalla-nāyaṉar, Lord of Nallūr, the village ūr āvatu after entering in the register of the temple tiruvariyil and engraved on stone.

That is the village of Kaccuvakkuṭi, with its wet and dry lands, located in Kīḻāṟṟūr, a subdivision kūṟṟattu of the Jananātha-vaḷa-nāṭu in Milāṭu.

As regards to this village ivvūṟ paṭi, whatever lies in the four boundaries included in the devadanam, the petty taxes kiḻiṟai paṭṭam, tank associated taxes paṉar kuṭṭai, and the village watching tax pāṭikāval, shall not be taken koḷḷa kaṭavatu allātu ākavum.

In this way ippaṭikku, after pouring water on the holy feet of Nalla-nāyaṉar, I, Vāṇakōvaraiyāṉ, alias Makatai Nāṭāḻvāṉ, land-owner from * * *, have given this village.

This is under the protection of the paṉmāheśvaras.

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/151).

This edition by Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, and Margherita Trento, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), and ASI transcript.

ASI transcript consulted in Mysore by Renato Dávalos (September 2025) with the kind permission of the Director of Epigraphy.

93 151 B/1940-1941