# Cāttamaṅkalam, time of Nantipōttaraicar, year 33

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00082

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00082.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-pōttaraicarku muppattu mūṉṟ-āvatu

cāttamaṅkalattū⟨2⟩r-ōm ērikku-p peyta Aṟam īttaṅ kāṭṭu Aṟa-p-puṟam
iraṇṭu paṭṭiyu⟨3⟩m iḷa-makkaḷ paṭṭi Iraṇṭuṅ kūṭṭum yirappumm iḷa-makkaḷ
kāṇamuma⟨4⟩(t)tu nellum pānilai mūṉṟu maṉaiyum kīḻē ceṟuvu mutukāṭ⟨5⟩ṭ’
aka-p-paṭṭa paṉai-y nilam it-taṉaiyum ērikkum peyta Aṟam
it-ta⟨6⟩ṉaiyumaṉṟāṭuvār nāyakarallā Iḷa-makkaḷ nāyakar itaṉ ṟalai
vir⟨7⟩ppaṉ uḷaṉāyilum koḷḷaluṟuvāṉ uḷaṉāyilum nūṟu kaḻañcu ⟨8⟩ poṉ
kōyiṟkku ture [1+] koḷḷa ōṭṭiṉōm ūrōmum iḷa-makkaḷum

⟨9⟩ ivv-aṟattu mēl aṉṟi-p pēciṉāṉ kaṅkai-y iṭai-k kumari Aṭai-c
ceytā⟨10⟩ṉ ceyta pāvam-āka ōṭṭiṉōm (kaṭava) [2+] tum Itta [2+] ṭamai
Ākum

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ kāṇamuma⟨4⟩(t)tu ⬦ kāṇamuma⟨4⟩(t)tu N; kāṇamu⟨4⟩(mattu) IP.

⟨4⟩ pānilai ⬦ pānilai N; (pānilai) IP.

⟨7⟩ uḷaṉāyilum ⬦ uḷaṉāyilum N; uḷaṉayilum IP • IP’s reading appears to
be the result of a typo.

⟨8⟩ ture [1+] ⬦ ture [1+] N; (ture) [1+] IP • IP also considers the gap
of one character as unclear.

⟨9⟩ Aṭai-c ⬦ Aṭai-c N; A{yi}ṭai-c IP • IP reads a(yi)ḍai, which I
interpret as surplus, but what his parentheses means is in fact unclear.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Thirty-third year of Nantippōttaraicar.[1]

⟨1–8⟩

⟨9–10⟩

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1968–69 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/225).

Edited in Nagaswamy 1970. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 82).
Edited in Civāṉantam 2018.

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

### Primary

[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
277–278, item 82.

[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 101–102, item 245/2018.

### Secondary

ARIE

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