# Uḻalūr, time of Nantippōttaraiyar

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00094

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00094.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Land donation.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

nanti-p⟨2⟩pōttaraiyar koṭukka-p-pi⟨3⟩ḷḷaika¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ukku Uḻalū¡rr!⟨r⟩
¿u?⟨ū⟩rār makaḷmai paṭi ⟨4⟩ perumāṉaṭika¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ukku viṇṇappañ ce⟨5⟩ytu
sa(r)vva-parihāram koṇṭu koṭu⟨6⟩ttōm mēlālum
koṭukka-p-pi⟨7⟩¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩aika¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ itu k(ā)tt(ā)r Aṭi muṭi mēliṉa ⟨8⟩
koṭukka-p-piḷḷaikaḷ paṇiyāl mā⟨9⟩ṇikka-p-paṇṭāraṅ-kāppāṉ ⟨10⟩
ciṅkaḷamey{ar}-kāppaṉ Arituṭṭa⟨11⟩ṉ vantu ceyvittatu

## Translation

Prosperity! Fortune!

To the koṭukkappiḷḷais (koṭukkappiḷḷaikaḷ) ⟨at the service of⟩
Nantippōttaraiyar[1]:

"⟨We,⟩ the ūrārs of Uḻalūr, according to (paṭi) the makaḷmai, after
having made a request to the lord (perumāṉaṭikaḷukku), we have given
with (koṇṭu) all immunities."

As per the above (mēlālum), the koṭukkappiḷḷais:

"The feet of he who protects this (donation) are on ⟨our⟩ heads
(literally: tufts)."

At the order (paṇi-y-āl) of the koṭukkappiḷḷais, (this is) what
Arituṭṭaṉ, the guard (kāppāṉ) of the gem-treasury (māṇikka-p-paṇṭāram)
and guard of the body of the Siṁhala ⟨king⟩ [OR: the Siṁhala body-guard
from] (ciṅkaḷa-mey-kāppaṉ), after coming, had made.

## Commentary

⟨2, 6⟩ koṭukkappiḷḷaikaḷ: ...

⟨3⟩ makaḷmai: i.e. makaṇmai or makaṉmai, a tax? I.e. what is given is a
tax? According to sonship? Cf. piḷḷai = "son" of NP?

⟨10⟩ ciṅkaḷamey{ar}-kāppaṉ: ...

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1898–99 (ARIE/1898-1899/B/1899/17).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.453). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 94).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2008[2]).

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VI: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Government of India,
Central Publication Branch. Page 87, item 453.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 330,
item 94.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1898–99. G.O., &c., Nos. 922-23, 19th August 1899.
Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1898-99. Copy to
the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch.
Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1899. Page 23, appendix
B/1899, item 17.

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

[2] Partial coverage.