Paṭṭattāḷ Maṅkalam grant, time of Nandivarman, year 61

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: Grantha. Some letters bear a virāma even when parts of a ligature.

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-09 12:00 (265f3f1), last modified 2025-09-06 11:21 (a62d33d).

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⟨1v1=1⟩ svast(i) śr(ī) śr¿ī?yo bha(r)ttur mmū(r)tt(ir) mmarakata-samānair bhuja-śataiś śayānasyāmbhodhāv uras(i vila)-

⟨1v2=2⟩ sat-kaustu¿h?a-ruciḥ payaḥ pātuṃ sindhor jjaladhara-ghaṭevāpsu patitā taṭid-¿yu?ktā-

⟨1v3=3⟩ bhāntī diśatu bhavatām maṃgalam asau ⁋

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⟨2r1=9⟩

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⟨2v1=17⟩ ... maṃgala-janapada-bharttūr ddattir iyam pallavendra-bhṛtyasya Ā dharaṇer ā jala-

⟨2v6=22⟩ dher ā candra-divākaraṃ stheyāT ⁋ kō-vicaiya-nan·ti-vikkirama-paru(ma)ṟ·ku yāṇ·ṭu Aṟupat·-

⟨2v7=23⟩ t-o[ṉṟ-āvatu maṅ]kala-nāṭāḷ·vāṉ· viṇ·ṇappattāl· Ālappākka-vicaiya-nallūḷāṉ ā-

⟨2v8=24⟩ ṇatti(-y-ā)ka (cō)[ḻa-nā]ṭ(ṭu)-[t] t(e)ṉ-karai Ār·vala-k-kūṟṟattu nāṭṭār kāṇ·ka ...

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⟨3r1=25⟩

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⟨3v1=32⟩

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⟨4r1=39⟩

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⟨4v1=47⟩

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⟨5r1=55⟩

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Apparatus

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⟨21⟩ iyam • The letter m bears a virāma even if part of the ligature mpa.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1922-1923 (ARIE/1922-1923/A/1922-1923/5), in Francis 2013 (IR 85).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1925–1926 (EI 18.14). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 90). Edited in Subrahmanian 1966. Sanskrit text and French translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 58).

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

Primary

[EI] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1925–1926. “Pattattalmangalam grant of Nandivarman.” Epigraphia Indica 18, pp. 115–124.

[TPC] Subrahmanian, T.N. 1966. Pallavar ceppēṭukaḷ muppatu / Thirty Pallava Copper-Plates (Prior to 1000 A.D.) Madras: Tamil Varalatru Kazhagam. [URL]. Pages 237–248.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 314–320, item 90.

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris. Pages 689–696, item 58.

Secondary

ARIE 1922-1923. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1923. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government Press, 1924. Appendix A/1911-1912/7, pp. 10, 94-95.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l'Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IV-IX 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 298–299, item IR 85.

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