# Uttiramērūr, Vaikuṇṭhaperumāḷ, time of Nandivarman, year 24

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00078

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00078.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Larger platform, southern base.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

nan=ti-varmmarkku yāṇt’ irupattu nāl-āvatu

Uttarameru-catu(r)vvedi-maṅkalatt’ iśāna-diśai-brahmeśvara-gr̥hattu
mahādevarkku Ivv-ūr madhyasthaṉ c(a/ā)tu(r)vvaidya [ca. 3+] ⟨2⟩
perumañcikaṉ-ēṉ kurava-ciri-viṣṇukumāra-trivediyār paṅkiṉ vaḻi mutal
iṭṭu nālām pāṭakamum irāyūr-t taṭakk-aṭiyār brahmāṇiyār paṅkiṉ vaḻi
mutal iṭṭu nā[lām] ⟨3⟩ pāṭakamuṅ kuṇṭūr-k kantama-c-caṭaṅkaviyār paṅkiṉ
vaḻi mutal iṭṭ’ iraṇṭām pāṭakamum i¡(m)!⟨m-m⟩(u/ū)ṉṟu pāṭakamum yāṉ ivar
pakkal vilaikku-k koṇṭ’ uṭaiyaṉ Avippuṟam-āka-k ku⟨4⟩ṭuttēṉ

ivaṟṟiṉ bhogattāl nityamu-n-nāḻi Arici ney-y uṭppaṭa Iraṇṭu poḻutun
tiru-v-amirtu kāṭṭuvāṉ āka-p paṇittōm

im-m(u/ū)ṉṟukkum epp¿o?⟨ē⟩rppaṭṭa Iṟaiyu⟨5⟩m oḻintōm

brā(hma)ṇaṉ ārādhitt’ uṇpāṉ āka-p paṇittōm

mahāsabhaiyōm

im-maṇḍapattiṉukk’ ācā(r)yyaṉ kārīśvara-sūnu-vastuvidyāmayan= nak=kaṉ
eḻuttu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ nan=ti-varmmarkku ⬦ nan=ti-vanmarkku SII. — ⟨1⟩ Uttarameru° ⬦
Ut=tarameru° SII. — ⟨1⟩ catu(r)vvedi ⬦ caturvvedi SII. — ⟨1⟩ [ca. 3+] ⬦
[ca. 1+] SII. — ⟨1⟩ c(a/ā)tu(r)vvaidya ⬦ cāturvvaidya SII.

⟨2⟩ °viṣṇukumāra° ⬦ °viṣṇukumāra° SII.

⟨4⟩ nityamu-n-nāḻi ⬦ nitya⟨m⟩munnāḻi IP • That is, nityam munnāḻi.

⟨5⟩ ārādhitt’ ⬦ ārāditt’ IP • The latter reading is most probably a
typo. — ⟨5⟩ ācā(r)yyaṉ ⬦ ācāryyaṉ SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Twenty-fourth year of Nantivarmmar.[1]

⟨1–4⟩ To the Mahādeva of the Īśānadiśā-brahmeśvaragr̥ha (the temple of
the Lord of Brahmā in the north-east direction) in
Uttaramēru-caturvedimaṅgala; I, Perumañcikaṉ, caturvaidya ⟨and⟩
madhyastha of this village; after giving (iṭṭu[2]) a capital from (vaḻi)
a share ⟨of⟩ the honourable Kuravaciri Viṣṇukumāra Trivedin, ⟨his⟩
fourth plot; after giving a capital from a share ⟨of⟩ the honourable
Brahmin lady, ⟨wife of⟩ of the honourable Taṭakkaṭi of Irāyūr, ⟨her⟩
fourth plot; after giving a capital from a share ⟨of⟩ the honourable
Kantamaccaṭaṅkavi of Kuṇṭūr, ⟨his⟩ second plot; these three plots, me
(yāṉ) having bought (vilaikku-k koṇṭu[3]) ⟨them⟩ from these ⟨three⟩
(ivar), I have given ⟨them⟩ as avippuṟam ⟨for⟩ the Lord (uṭaiyaṉ, i.e.
Mahādeva of the Īśānadiśā-brahmeśvaragr̥ha).

⟨4⟩ With the revenue (bhogattāl) of these (ivaṟṟiṉ), we have ordered
that there be permanenty (nityam) one who offers (kāṭṭuvāṉ) glorious
amr̥ta (tiru-v-amirtu) twice ⟨a day⟩ up to (uṭpaṭa[4]) three nāḻis
(munnāḻi) of rice and ghee.

⟨4–5⟩ For these three ⟨plots⟩ we have exempted (oḻintōm[5]) taxes, of
whatsoever kind.

⟨5⟩ We have have ordered that there be a Brahmin feeding the Lord ⟨when⟩
worshipping.

⟨5⟩ ⟨So did We,⟩ We, the members of the great assembly (mahāsabhaiyōm).

⟨5⟩ Writing ⟨of⟩ Vastuvidyāmaya, son of Kārīśvara, the ācārya ⟨attached⟩
to this maṇḍapa.

## Commentary

⟨4⟩ tiru-v-amirtu, "glorious amr̥ta", is usually translated as “sacred
food-offerings”.

⟨5⟩ The maṇḍapa is the Vaikuṇṭaperumāḷ itself. Cf. Gros, etc. Not a
temple properly at that period, but the assembly hall. If a temple
nonetheless, also the assembly hall.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1897–98 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/72).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.356). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 78).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos
(2019).

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VI: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Government of India,
Central Publication Branch. Page 356, item 166.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
256–257, item 78.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1897–98. G.O. Nos. 1093-1096, 29th August 1898. Epigraphy.
Directing that the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for
1897-98 be forwarded to the Government of India, approving provisionally
his programme of work for the next fields season. Edited by Eugen Julius
Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1898.
Page 18, appendix B/1898, item 72.

[1] Sanskrit Nandivarman.

[2] Literally: after placing.

[3] Literally: having got a price for.

[4] Literally: so as to include.

[5] Literally: we have excepted, cleared.