# Kunnāṇṭārkōyil, time of Tantipōttaraiyaṉ, year 5

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00099

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00099.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Foundation of a pond.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-tanti⟨2⟩-pōttaraiyaṟku yāṇṭu 5-Ā⟨3⟩vatu

māṟappiṭuviṉār-āyiṉā pē⟨4⟩rati Araiyarkaḷ aṭiyāṉ vāli vaṭu⟨5⟩kaṉ-āyiṉa
kalimūrkka-Iḷavaraiyaṉ ⟨6⟩ ceyta kuḷam vāli Ēri

Ik-kuḷa⟨7⟩m ¿l?⟨r⟩akṣittā¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ aṭi Eṉ ṟalai ⟨8⟩ m¿o?⟨ē⟩laṉa

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ -pōttaraiyaṟku ⬦ ppōttaraiyaṟku IPS; pōttaraiyaṟku SII. — ⟨2⟩
5-Ā⟨3⟩vatu ⬦ 5 Ā⟨3⟩vatu IPS; 5 ñ(cā)⟨3⟩vatu SII.

⟨8⟩ m¿o?⟨ē⟩laṉa ⬦ mē{ra}laṉa IPS; mēlaṉa SII • The original incorrect
spelling cannot be mera, as this inscription makes the distinction
between medial ā and ra. Both IPS and SII read a piḷḷaiyār cūḻi after
this final word, but there is no punctuation mark on the stone.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1–3⟩ 5th year of the victorious king Tantippōttaraiyaṉ.[1]

⟨3–6⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the pond that Kalimūrkka-Iḷavaraiyaṉ, alias Vāḻi
Vaṭukaṉ, a servant of the honourable king Pērati, alias Māṟappiṭuviṉār,
made; ⟨its name is⟩ the Vāli tank.

⟨6–7⟩ The feet of he who protects this pond are on my head.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1914–15 (ARIE/1914-1915/B/1914/348).

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 (IPS 17). Text and
summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 99). Edited in Subbarayalu 2015 (SII
34.348).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

### Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & N. Swaminatha Aiyar. 1929. Inscriptions
(texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties.
Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Page 10, item 17.

[IPS] Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1941. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai
state: translated into English. Part I: Early, Pallava and Cola
inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Pages 19–20, item 17.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 337,
item 99.

[SII] Subbarayalu, Y. 2015. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXIV:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1914. South Indian Inscriptions
34. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Page
321, item 348.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1914–15. G.O. No. 1260, 25th August 1915. Epigraphy.
Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant
Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the
year 1914-1915. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1915. Page 37,
appendix B/1914, item 348.

Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
17, item 41.[2]

[1] Sanskrit Dantin + Tamil Pōttaraiyaṉ. That is, the Pallava king
Dantin, that is, Dantivarman Pallava.

[2] Summary only.