Toṇṭūr, time of Dantivikramavarman, year 6

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Rock inscription recording the donation of ...

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00100.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00100.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaya-tanti-vik=kirama-parumaṟk=ku yāṇṭ’ āṟ-āvatu ciṅka-puranāṭṭu-k= kīḻvaḻi
⟨2⟩ Aruvākūrōṅ kai-y eḻuttu viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar ēṟṟuk=kuṉṟaṉār (bha)ṭṭārik=ku-p pati-
⟨3⟩ ṉaṟu kaḻañcu poṉ ko [****] (po)māy itaṉ poli-y-ūṭṭu-t tamak=ku viṭai pōy-p-paṭṭa
⟨4⟩ Utāraṭiyaiyum nampi [******] ñ cārtti viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar vaitta tāṉam nicati nā-
⟨5⟩ ṉāḻi Arici tēci-kappāṭu [****] m āṉōm aruvākūrōm Ipparic’ ūraik= koṇṭ’ iyaṟṟu-vataṟk=ku
⟨6⟩ vārika-p-paṭṭōm kāśyaparu(m) [***] ṇi paiyarum eṅ kuṭiyil nāyakañ ce(y)tār iyaṟṟuvār-āka A-
⟨7⟩ maintōm Aṭṭi-muṭṭiyataṉāṟk=kāṟ-p-palicai Ēṟṟi viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar akattārk=ku-k= kuṭuppō-
⟨8⟩ m āṉōm itaṟ ṟiṟampil uṇṭikaiyum paṭṭikaiyuṅ kāṭṭātē nālē kāl mutal-āka Iyṟ ṟaṇṭap-
⟨9⟩ paṭa Oṭṭik=kuṭuttōm aruvākūrōm

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (bha)ṭṭārik=ku-p • The reading (pa)ṭṭārik=ku-p is also possible.

⟨5⟩ ūraik= koṇṭ’ ⬦ ūraikekāṇṭ’ SII; ūraik koṇṭ’ IP • We follow here the suggestion of Mahalingam.

⟨6⟩ kāśyaparu(m) ⬦ kāśyaparu(m) SII. — ⟨6⟩ [3+]ṇi paiyarum ⬦ [4+]paiyarum SII. — ⟨6⟩ iyaṟṟuvār-āka ⬦ iyaṟṟuv(ā)r-āka SII • The letter vā is clear on the stone.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Sixth year of the victorious king Tantivikkiramaparumaṉ.¹

⟨1–2⟩ Handwriting of ...

⟨2–8⟩ ...

⟨8–9⟩ ...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1915–16 (ARIE/1915-1916/C/1916/283).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 with visual documentation (SII 12.42). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 100).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos (2008).

Primary

[SII] 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 42, plate V.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 338–339, item 100.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1915–16. G.O. No. 99, 29th August 1916. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1915-1916. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1916. Page 92, appendix C/1916, item 283.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Dantivikramavarman.

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