# Tirumayyam, musical inscription 2

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00031

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00031.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Mentions a musical instrument.

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## Edition

### Part A

⟨1⟩ parivādinidā

### Part B

⟨1⟩ ...

## Commentary

Copies of the same inscription, likewise with a rectangular frame
(single-lined or two-lined), are found in Kuṭumiyāmalai (Pallava 23 = IP
23), Malayakkōvil (Pallava 25 = IP 25) and, again, in Tirumayyam
(Pallava 514).

## Bibliography

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 (IPS 5). Text in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 31).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2009, kindly
supplied by Valérie Gillet).

### Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & N. Swaminatha Aiyar. 1929. Inscriptions
(texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties.
Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 5, page 7.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 31,
page 123.

### Secondary

Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Chronological
list of inscriptions of the Pudukkóttai state arranged according to
dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 5, page TBC.

Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1941. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai state:
translated into English. Part I: Early, Pallava and Cola inscriptions.
Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 5, page 11.