Toṇṭūr, time of Dantivikramavarman, year 6

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Rock inscription recording the donation of ...

Language: Tamil (tam).

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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 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. 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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