Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, 9th year

Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, 9th year author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis Margherita Trento DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00030

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Unfinished. Seems to record sale of rights [prob. of singing] to the dēvaraḍiyāḷ named Mādumai alias Kōvaṇavarkulā

Consonants aligned horizontally rather than vertically in Grantha ligature sva. No distinction between Tamil e and ē, o and ō.

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svasti śrī

tiri-puvapāṉa-c-cakkara vaṟtikaḷ śrī-koulōttuṅka-cō ḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 9-Āvatu

U ṭaiyār nalla-nāyanār kōyili l tēvar Aṭiyāḷ mātum -Āṉa kōvaṇavarkulāvukku tairuvaem pāvai mutal-pāṭṭun tiru-vēṭṭai munnṉṉēṟavum tiru-t-tēr munṉṉēṟavu m Ivai Āṇṭu māṟi-c cem

mātum mātumai Āṇṭu māṟi-c cem The inscription appears to stop short here. The intended, but never inscribed text is probably similar to that found in lines 11-12 of inscription Tamil Nadu 29: Ivai Āṇṭu māṟi cempāti.

Prosperity! Fortune!

9th year of ...

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Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/144).

This edition by Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, and Margherita Trento, based on autopsy, 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.

92 144 B/1940-1941