# Cāttamaṅkalam, time of Nantippōttaraicar, year 14

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00074

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00074.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Rock inscription recording ...

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

nanti-p-pōttarai⟨2⟩carkku-p patiṉāṉk-āvatu

I⟨3⟩p-paḷḷi-Uṭai-Ārai nīkki Irun⟨4⟩ta tavacikaḷukku-p piccai Eḻu ⟨5⟩
kaḻañcu poṉ Ivv-ūr antai I⟨6⟩ḷaiyār appaṇanti vaitta Aṟam

⟨7⟩ kaḻañciṉā⟨l⟩ Uḻakk’ arici muṉ kuṟaṭṭi ⟨8⟩ vaittatu

Ivv-aṟam ūrōṅ kāp⟨9⟩pōm āka Oṭṭiṉōṅ kāmakkō⟨10⟩ṭṭam aḻitta pāvam āka
Oṭṭiṟ 2 nā⟨11⟩l-vāy uḻakk’ arici-Um muṭṭiṟ kō-Iṟku ⟨12⟩ nāḷ-vāy oru kāṭi
neṟṟaṇṭam

⟨13⟩ Ip-poṉ ṟaṭṭārkkulam paṭātu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ -pōttarai⟨2⟩carkku-p ⬦ -pōttarē⟨2⟩carkku-p S; -pōttarai⟨2⟩carrkku-p
IP.

⟨5⟩ Ivv-ūr antai ⬦ Ivv-ūr āṉtai S.

⟨6⟩ appaṇanti ⬦ appaṉanti S.

⟨7⟩ kaḻañciṉā⟨l⟩ ⬦ kaḻañciṉāl S IP; kaḻañciṉā⟨l⟩ N. — ⟨7⟩ muṉ kuṟaṭṭi ⬦
muṉ kuṟaṭṭi S N; (muṉ kuṟaṭṭi) IP.

⟨9⟩ Oṭṭiṉōṅ ⬦ Oṭṭiṉāl S; Oṭṭiṉōṅ N IP.

⟨10⟩ Oṭṭiṟ 2 ⬦ N; Oṭṭiṟ S IP.

⟨11⟩ kō-Iṟku ⬦ kōka S; kōIṟku N IP.

⟨13⟩ ṟaṭṭārkkulam ⬦ paṭṭārakkulam S; ṟaṭṭārkkulam N IP.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Fourteenth year of Nantippōttaraicar.[1]

⟨2–6⟩ The pious donation (aṟam) that Antai Iḷaiyār Appananti, ⟨of this⟩
village, gave for the ascetics who reside ⟨here⟩, excluding those
belonging (uṭai) to this paḷḷi: seven kaḻañcus of gold, ⟨as⟩ alms
(piccai).

⟨7–8⟩ With one/per kaḻañcu, one uḻakku of rice … muṉ kuṟaṭṭi is to be
given/provided (vaittatu).

⟨9–⟩ This pious donation, We, the members of the ūr, shall protect, …
(oṭṭiṉōṅ).

As the sin of ruining the Kāmakkōṭṭam, … (Oṭṭiṟ = oṭṭiṉ/oṭṭil?).

Daily, one uḻakku of rice … (muṭṭiṟ = muṭṭiṉ/muṭṭil?).

To the king daily one kāṭi … (neṟṟaṇṭam).

⟨13⟩ This gold is not to befall (paṭātu[2]) to the lineage of goldsmiths
(ṟaṭṭārkkulam).

## Commentary

⟨6⟩ appaṇanti. IP: “May be read as Iḷaiyār Bavanandi.” But not granted:
there might have been one Appananti and one Pavananti.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1968–69 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/219).

Edited in Sampath 1968, in Nagaswamy 1970. Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 74). Edited in Civāṉantam 2018.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[S] Sampath, M. D. 1968. “Jaina inscriptions of Sattamangalam.” In: SOI.
No place. Page 158.

[N] Nagaswamy, R. 1970. “cāttamaṅkalam kalveṭṭukaḷ.” tamiḻikam =
Damilica (December 1970), pp. 121–127. Page 122.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
74–75, item 74.

[C] Civāṉantam, Irā. 2018. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XIII.
Tiruvaṇṇāmalai māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti II. TNSDA Epigraphical Series
52. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology.
Pages 99–100, item 244/2018.

### Secondary

ARIE 1968–69. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1968-69. Edited by
G. S. Gai. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India, 1974. Page 46,
appendixes B/1968-1969, item 219.

[1] Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraicar. That is, the Pallava king
Nandin.

[2] Literally: to happen.