Vaḻuvūr, Vīraṭṭāṉēśvara temple, time of Tribhuvanacakravartin Rājādhirāja, year 5 author of digital edition Renato Davalos Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00164

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tribhuvanṉa-ścakravarttikaḷ śrī-rāja dhirāja-devaṟku yāṇṭu 5-Āvatu

kaṟkaṭaka-nāyaṟṟu pūrva pakṣattu trayōdaśiyuñ canikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa kēṭṭai nāḷ Innṉṉam Im-mūlaṅkuṭaiyānṉ nañcamutu ceytāṉ tiruvātavūr āḷi ṉāyaṉārkku mārkaḻi-t ti ruvātiraiyinṉ aṉṟu tiruvaempāvai kēṭpitt-aruḷa Eḻuntaruḷukaikkkum paṅkuni-t tirunāḷiṟ pattakaḷ tiruna ru-p paḷḷittāmam tiruviḷakk-eṇṇai y-amutu paṭi y-uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭuvanṉ avaiyiṟṟukku

vēṇṭunṉa kācu patinṉ oṉṟē kālukku-p policaikku Iṟṟai nāḷāṟ śrī-paṇṭarāttu Oṭukkinṉa kācu 30 Ik-kācu kuttiṅkaḷ Araikkāl cinnṉṉam policai y-āka

vanta kācu patinṉ oṉṟē kāl Ik-kācu-p paṭi ṉ oṉṟē m Aṇṉṟāṭu tēvakanṉmikaḷ ñ śrī-māheśvara-k kaṇkāṇi ceyvārkaḷ ṭu Itirunāḷāl * Eḻuntaruḷuvikka-k kaṭavōm ānṉamaikku kālveṭṭu

considers this as the final punctuation of the inscription Tamil Nadu 163, which ends in the same epigraphical line, right before the present inscription. But as the former inscription itself starts with the same punctuation, it makes sense to consider that this is the initial punctuation of the present inscription.

5th year of the glorious king Rājādhirāja, emperor of the three worlds.

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Reported in (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/421) and in (SII 38.421).

Edited in , with facsimile (EI 40.64B).

This edition by Renato Davalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on and photos (E. Francis, 2024).

479 421 49 B/1912 421