Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Rājarāja Poṉparappiṉāṉ, no year author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00045

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase Stone inscription (wall) recording the foundation of a maṇḍapaA pillared hall. named after Poṉparappināṉ alias Rājarāja and constructed by Cuntapaṭṭaṉ alias Tillai Nāyaka Vēḷāṉ, lord of Āṟṟūr.

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svasti śrī

It-tiru-maṇṭapam Irājarāja-tēvaṉ-āṉa poṉparappaiṉāṉ

Itu ceytāṉ Āṟ ṟūr-upṭaiyāṉ cunta-paṭṭaṉ-āṉa tillai-nāyaka-vēḷāṉ

Prosperity! Fortune!

This glorious maṇḍapa is named after Poṉparappiṉāṉ alias the king Rājarāja.

He who made this is Tillai Nāyaka Vēḷāṉ alias Cuntapaṭṭaṉ,That is, Cuntarapaṭṭaṉ? But see Cuntaṉ Paṭṭaṉ in . lord of Āṟṟūr.

Compare with , also mentioning Cuntaṉ Paṭṭaṉ. It is not clear if the maṇḍapa referred to in both inscriptions is the same one as is on the wall of the mukhamaṇḍapa and on a pillar of the open maṇḍapa in front of the mukhamaṇḍapa.

It is not clear if the maṇḍapa is a gift by Poṉparappiṉāṉ who had it constructed by Cuntapaṭṭaṉ (see ) or if it is a gift by Cuntapaṭṭaṉ (see ) who had it named after Poṉparappiṉāṉ.

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/159).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), ASI estampage and transcript kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore (2025).

93 159 B/1940-1941