Tirukkaḻukkuṉṟam, time of Naraciṅkapōttaracar

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Palaeographic description: Reduplication of ḷ at morpheme’s boundary.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00042.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00042.xml.

Version: 2026-05-10 23:43 (066b6dc), last modified 2026-05-06 08:33 (9e928b6).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī{rī} tiru-k-kaḻu-k(u)ṉṟa(ttu) pe(rumāṉ)-
⟨2⟩ (ṉ-aṭ)ika¡ḷḷ!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!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

⟨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 1932–33. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 42).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the visual documentation published in ARIE 1932–33.

Primary

[ARIE] ARIE 1932–33. 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 1908–09. 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. and C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 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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