Vilāppākkam, time of Nantippōttaracar, year 50 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00085.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Rock inscription recording the installation of an image of Poṉṉiyakkiyār and Nākaṇandi by Nāraṇaṉ (Nārāyaṇa), son of Maruttuvar of Pukaḻālaimaṅkalam.

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nanti-p-pōtt-aracarkku Ayimpat-āvatu

nāka-ṇandi-kuravar Irukka poṉṉiyakkiyār paṭimam koṭṭuvittāṉ pukaḻālai-maṅkalattu maruttuvar makaṉ nāraṇa ṉ

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In the fiftieth year of Nandippōttaracar,— Nāraṇaṉ Nārāyaṇa, the son of MaruttuvarThe word maruttuvaṉ means ‘a physician.’ In the present case it seems to be the proper name of a person. of Pugaḻālaimaṅkalam, caused to be engraved an image of Poṉṉiyakkiyār, along withLiterally: while there is present. the preceptor (gurava)On this word, which appears to be derived from the honorific plural of guru, see South-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. II. p. 251, note 3. Nāgaṇandi Nāganandin.

Fiftieth year of Nantippōttaracar.Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraicar. That is, the Pallava king Nandivarman.

Nāraṇaṉ,Sanskrit Nārāyaṇa. son of Maruttuvar of Pukaḻālaimaṅkalam, caused to be engraved this image of Poṉṉiyakkiyār accompanied with irukka the Preceptor Nākaṇandi.

nākaṇandi-kuravar Irukka. Literally: while the Preceptor Nākaṇandi is present.

Add note on the sculptures accompanying the inscription. Cf. EI.

Reported in (ARIE/1894-1895/B/1895/10).

Edited in (EI 4.14), with visual documentation and English translation. Text and summary in (IP 85).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the visual documentation published in .

85 A 136-137 10 B/1895 10