Tirukkaḻukkuṉṟam, time of Naraciṅkapōttaracar

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00042.

Summary: Orukal Maṇḍapa pillar. Donation of land by Naraciṅkapōttaracar, the conqueror of Vātāpi, to the Perumāṉaṭikaḷ of the mūlasthāna at Tirukkaḵukkuṉṟam.

Hand description:

Reduplication of ḷ at morpheme’s boundary.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-04-18 15:14 (6764560), last modified 2025-01-11 18:26 (007a50e).

⟨1⟩ śrī{rī}

tiru-k-kaḻu-k(u)ṉṟa(ttu) pe(rumāṉ)⟨2⟩(ṉ-aṭ)ika¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩u(k)ku

kaḷa(ttū)r-kōṭṭa(t)⟨3⟩(tu) […] (tiru-k-kaḻu-k-ku)ṉṟa⟨4⟩(ttu) śrī-ma(lai) mēl ⟨5⟩ mūla-tāṉattu perumāṉ⟨6⟩n-aṭika¡(ḷ)ḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ukku valipāṭṭu-p (pu)ṟam-(ā)⟨7⟩ka vāt(ā)pi koṇṭa naraciṅka-p⟨8⟩-pōtta⟨ra⟩(car) vay⟨t⟩tatu

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ tiru-k-kaḻu-k(u)ṉṟa(ttu) ⬦ tiru-k-kaḻu-k-⟨kuṉ⟩ṟa(ttu) ARIE.

⟨5⟩ mūla-tāṉattu ⬦ (mū)la-tāṉattu ARIE • ARIE (p. 55, n. 2) notes that the character mū seems to be corrected from śrī.

⟨8⟩ pōtta⟨ra⟩(car) • ARIE (p. 55, n. 3) notes that the final character r looks like the character ḻ.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Fortune!

(1–2) To the glorious Perumāṉaṭikaḷ of Tirukkaḻukkuṉṟam.

(2–8) That which Naraciṅkapōttaracar,¹ the conqueror of Vātāpi, gave, as tax-free land (puṟam) for the purpose of worship (vaḻipāṭu), to the Perumāṉaṭikaḷ of the mūlasthāna at Tirukkaḵukkuṉṟam on the glorious hill of Tirukkaḻukkuṉṟam […] in the Kaḷattūrkōṭṭam.

Bibliography

Edited in ARIE 1932-1933. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 42).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the visual documentation published in ARIE 1932-1933.

Primary

[ARIE] ARIE 1932-1933. Annual report on South Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1933. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications), 1936. Pages 54–55, plate I.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 144, item 42.

Secondary

ARIE 1908-1909. G.O. No. 538, 28th July 1909. Epigraphy. Issuing orders on progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1908-1909. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1909. Page 65, appendix C/1909, item 65.

Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 9, item 16.

Srinivasan, K. R. 1964. Cave-temples of the Pallavas. Architectural survey of temples 1. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 103–105.

Lockwood, Michael, Vishnu Bhat A, Gift Siromoney and Dayanandan P. 2001. Pallava art. Madras, Tambaram: Tambaram Research Associates. Page 272.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Narasiṁha + Tamil Pōttaraicar. That is, the Pallava king Narasiṁha, that is, Narasiṁhavarman I Pallava.

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