# Akaḷūr, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 50

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00084

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00084.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Rock inscription recording the construction of a sluice (tūmpu), the
provision for its maintenance and a donation to the bhaṭarar.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

kō-vic¡ay!a-nanti-vi⟨2⟩kkirama-paṉmarukku yāṇ⟨3⟩ṭu Aimpat-āvat(iṉ)

(karē) Aka⟨4⟩ḷūr-t tūmpu kampayaṉā⟨5⟩r iṭuvittār

Ip-pēr-ērik⟨6⟩{(ka/k)}ku-p paṭṭi-k kāṭi pērūr ⟨7⟩ (Unaruma) paṭṭiyil
(tuna)⟨8⟩nāḻi vaittu-k kuṭuttār paṭā⟨9⟩ra⟨r⟩kku kampai⟨10⟩yara⟨iya⟩ṉ

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °vicaya° ⬦ °vijaya° S IP; °vicaiya° D.

⟨2⟩ °paṉmarukku ⬦ S IP; °parumaṟku D.

⟨3⟩ Aimpatāvat(iṉ karē) ⬦ Aimpatāvatiṉ karē S; Aimpatāvat(iṉ karē) IP;
Aimpatāvatiṉ karai D • IP suggests to read aimpatāvatu karai-

⟨5⟩ Ippērērik⟨6⟩{(ka/k)}kup ⬦ Ippērērik⟨6⟩{(ka/k)}kup S;
(I/i)ppērērik⟨6⟩{(ka/k)}kup IP; (I/i)vērik⟨6⟩kup D.

⟨6⟩ pērūr ⬦ pērūr S IP; vaittār D.

⟨7⟩ (Unaruma) ⬦ Unaruma S; (Unaruma) IP; (ū/u)rārum D • D’s reading
makes sense, but need to be confirmed from the original. — ⟨7⟩ (tuna) ⬦
tuna S; (tuna) IP; mun D • IP suggests to read mun- or ain-. The reading
mu-n-nāḻi is indeed meaningful.

⟨8⟩ vaittuk ⬦ vaitta {t} S; vaittuk IP D. — ⟨8⟩ paṭā⟨9⟩rakku ⬦
paṭā⟨9⟩rakku S IP; pa⟨9⟩[9+] tārarkku D • D’s reading stops here. His
edition has thus 9 lines, instead of 10.

⟨9⟩ kampai⟨10⟩yara⟨iya⟩ṉ ⬦ kampai⟨10⟩yaraṉ S; kampai⟨10⟩yara⟨ya⟩ṉ IP; D.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Fiftieth year of the victorious king Nantivikkiramapaṉmar.[1]

⟨3–5⟩

⟨5–10⟩

## Commentary

See also inscription Pallava 430.

It is not clear which edition is to be taken as reference. Sampath or
Dayalan? It is not clear if Dayalan had a fresh reading of the
inscription or simply edited the previous editions.

## Bibliography

Edited in Sampath 1968. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 84).
Edited in Dayalan 2005.

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 161.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
281–282, item 84.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Page 1276, item
41.

[1] Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.