Taṇṭanttōṭṭam plates, time of Nandivarman, year 58

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00089.

Hand description:

tṣ for kṣ.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (61a9e6c), last modified (c535aa0).

Edition

Seal

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Plates

I. uncertain

[…] ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1=1⟩ jayan datṣiṇāśāM

abcd
II. Upajāti

bhuraṇyu-tejāḥ punar āvir āsīd

a

araṇya-saṃsthāpita-śatru-lokaḥ

b

śaraṇya-bhūtaś śara⟨1r2=2⟩ṇonmukhānāṃ

c

hiraṇyavarmmā jagatāṃ hitāya

d
III. Mandākrāntā

śrīmān dhīmā¿n?⟨ñ⟩jitaripugaṇastejasāndhāma rājā

a

tīro⟨1r3=3⟩pāntasthitajayagajassāgarāṇāñcaturṇṇā{n}m

b

āsīdāśāparitatayaśā nandivarmmeti nāmnā

c

jātastasmātsa⟨1r4=4⟩miti mahita¿ḥ?⟨s⟩sar⟨v⟩vaś¿ā?⟨a⟩straprayogaiḥ

d
IV. Vasantatilakā

⟨2⟩ rājāhvayo yamanamanna mṛtāṁśureko

a

yasmai jagatyakara⟨1r5=5⟩do viṣayopyamartyaḥ

b

yasminnagamyamavati ¿t?⟨k⟩ṣitimindrakalpe

c

prasthānavartma narakam· prati ca prajānām·

d
V. Sragdharā

ya⟨1r6=6⟩ssaccakrasya bharttā haririva vibudhāśśakravadyaṁ śrayante

a

yenābhūdbhūssanāthā sucaritamamalaṁ ro⟨1r7=7⟩cate cāru yasmai

b

yasmādbhīrekadhīrādyudhi paranṛbhujāṁ yasya kīrtyā daśāśās

c

(saṁ)pūrṇṇā⟨ḥ⟩ śrīśca yasmi⟨Page 1v⟩⟨1v1=8⟩nnivasati sucirantyaktacāpalyadoṣā

d
VI. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

Udvegaḥ pavane vane capalatāsaṁgaḥ kalāvat·¿t?⟨k⟩ṣa⟨9⟩yaḥ

a

pa¿t?⟨k⟩ṣe śuklavivar{j}ja¿y?⟨k⟩e viṣadharādhikyannidāghātyaye

b

nistriṁśagrahaṇam bhaṭeṣu marutāñcitre ⟨10⟩ vimānasthitir

c

yyasminvipravaradviṣaśca bhujagā Eva ¿t?⟨k⟩ṣitiṁ śāsati{ḥ}

d
VII. Āryā

dhatte gaṁgādapahṛtam

a

ugro⟨11⟩dayakaustubhaṁ gaḷābharaṇaṁ

b

svahṛdayasaṁnnihitācyuta-

c

śayanamivāhīndramurasā yaḥ

d
VIII. Pr̥thvī

svabha⟨12⟩rturiva yammado jaya Ivāṁgavā¿n?⟨ñ⟩jaṁgamo

a

girīndra Iva paṭṭavarddhana Iti dvipendrobhajat·

b

savibhrama⟨13⟩paribhramadbhramarabṛndagaṇḍūṣita-

c

¿t?⟨k⟩ṣaranmadaviśeṣaśeṣakṛtamaṇḍagaṇḍasthalaḥ

d
IX. Āryā

ra¿t?⟨k⟩ṣitasa⟨t⟩tvacchā⟨14⟩yaḥ

a

priyasatyo ji(ṣṇu)racyuta⟨ḥ⟩ śrīmān·

b

yaḥ khalu narakāntātmā

c

haririti bahumanyate vibudhaiḥ

d
X. Mandākrāntā

⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=15⟩ tasmai nivedya vidhināṣṭaśatatrayāya

a

vedatrayasmṛtijuṣām· viduṣāndvijānām·

b

nāmnā dayāmukha Itī⟨16⟩mamadāpayattaṁ

c

grāmaṁ kṛtī kṛtadayāmukhamaṁgalākhyam·

d
XI. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

Asyājñaptir abhūt sa Eva matimān dharmmārttha⟨17⟩kāmopadhā-

a

śuddha(ś śuddha)-caritra-pātram amadas svāmy-eka-bhakti-vrataḥ

b

sat-sāmānya-dhanaś ca dharmma-śara⟨18⟩ṇas sa(M)bandhi-niryyantr¿i?⟨a⟩ṇaḥ

c

kośā{d}dhya¿t?⟨k⟩ṣaniyoga-karmma-kuśalaḥ kulyaḥ kumārāhvayaḥ

d
XII. Mandākrāntā

yo ⟨19⟩ goṣ-padāvadhim api pradadāti bhūmiṁ

a

yo vā haraty agaṇayan paripākam ugraM

b

Ā-candra-tāram adhiti⟨20⟩ṣṭhata Eva tau dvau

c

nākaukasāñ ca sadanan narakañ ca ghoraM

d
XIII. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

dharmmaṁ śarmma-kṛtam mayā kṛtam imaṁ ⟨21⟩ sāmrājya-dī¿t?⟨k⟩ṣāvrato

a

ra¿t?⟨k⟩ṣaty a¿t?⟨k⟩ṣata-la¿t?⟨k⟩ṣaṇaṁ tṣiti-tale yaḥ ¿t?⟨k⟩ṣatra-cūḷā-maṇiḥ

b

mūrddhany atra muku⟨Page 2v⟩⟨2v1=22⟩nda-vandya-caraṇa-dvandvaṁ vihāyāpareṣv

c

ajñāta-praṇat¿o?⟨au⟩ vase¿n?⟨t⟩ pada-yugan tasyety avocan nṛpaḥ

d
XIV. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨23⟩ gāvaḥ pāvana-sarva-gātra-śucayaḥ kāmāya vas santu yāḥ

a

śuddhiṁ svām iva darśayanti hi payo-vyājā⟨24⟩d duhānā⟨s⟩ svayam

b

mānyāḥ pāntu mahī-surāś ca bhavato vāgāyudhā⟨s⟩ svarggiṇāṁ

c

ye yāge ’py amṛtāśi⟨25⟩nāṁ sva(ha)viṣā santoṣam ātanvate

d
XV. Āryā

paramottarakāraṇikasyākṛta kavitā-svayam-vṛta⟨26⟩varasya

ab

Uttarakāraṇikākhyas tanayaḥ parameśvaraḥ praśastim imām

cd

kō-vicaiya-nanti-vikkirama⟨2v6=27⟩...

Commentary

The set is incomplete: one plate at least at the beginning, one plate between plates 2 and 3, one plate between plates 5 and 6, one plate between plates 8 and 9, one plate between plates 10 and 11.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1911-1912 (ARIE/1911-1912/A/1911-1912/7), in Francis 2013 (IR 84).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1916 (SII 2.99). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 89). Sanskrit text and French translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 57).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1916. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume II, Part V: Pallava copper-plate grants from Velurpalayam and Tandantottam. Including title page, preface, table of contents, list of plates, addenda and corrigenda, introduction and index of Volume II. South Indian Inscriptions 2.5. Madras: Government Press. Pages 517–535, item 99.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 289–313, item 89.

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris. Pages 678–688, item 57.

Secondary

ARIE 1911-1912. G.O. No. 919, 29th July 1912. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1911-1912. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1912. Page 11, appendixes A/1911-1912, item 7.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l'Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Pages 297–298, item IR 84.