Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Rājarādeva Cōḻa, year 19 author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis Margherita Trento DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00031

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DHARMAbase Registers the gift of the whole village of Nallūr consisting of 360 vēli of land and of other pieces elsewhere amounting to ten vēli and odd with their income in taxes like mākkalam, āyam and kīḻiṟaipāṭṭam for the requirements of the temple of Nallanāyaṉār at Nallūr by Āḷappiṟandāṉ Mōgaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ.

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svasti śrī

rāja-rāja-de vaṟku yāṇṭu 10 9 Āvatu

Āḷappiṟan=tān mōkaṉ-āṉa kā ṭavarāyaṉ-ēṉ nallūr Uṭai yār nalla-nāyaṉāṟku tiruppa ṇikkum tiru-p-paṭimāṟṟukkum ā ka v-iṭṭaṉ nallūr āllai Aṭa ka nilam munnūṟṟ’ aṟu-patu vēli yum vaṭa-v-āṟṟaṅkarai-t tiru-nan=tava ṉam 5 vēliyum kāccuva-k-kuṭi yil nilam Ai-vēliyum vali yōcaiyil nilam muṉṟu māvum puñcaṉūril nilam sama yar putu-k-kuṭi nilam 1/5-m nakari nilam 1/4-m Āka In-nilaṅkaḷil pā ṭi-kāval uḷḷiṭ=ṭa mākkal naku ḷam maṟṟuḷ ḷa Āyaṅkaḷum It-tiruvēllaiyil kācu taṟi-y-iṟai Uṭpaṭ=ṭa kīḻ iṟai-p pāṭṭa ṅkaḷum Aṭaṅka nalla-nāyanārukku v-iṭṭēṉ

Itu panmāheśvara-rakṣai

Āyaṅkaḷum It-tiruvēllaiyil Reading based on ASI transcript: Āyaṅkaḷum Ittiruvēlliyil mā taṟi-y-iṟai Uṭpaṭ=ṭa Reading after ASI transcript. Aṭaṅka Reading after ASI transcript.

Prosperity! Fortune!

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Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/145).

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.

92 145 B/1940-1941