# Toṇṭūr, time of Dantivikramavarman, year 6

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00100

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00100.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Rock inscription recording the donation of ...

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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 [4+] (po)māy itaṉ poli-y-ūṭṭu-t tamak=ku viṭai pōy-p-paṭṭa ⟨4⟩
Utāraṭiyaiyum nampi [6+] ñ cārtti viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar vaitta tāṉam nicati
nā⟨5⟩ṉāḻi Arici tēci-kappāṭu [4+] m āṉōm aruvākūrōm Ipparic’ ūraik=
koṇṭ’ iyaṟṟu-vataṟk=ku ⟨6⟩ vārika-p-paṭṭōm kāśyaparu(m) [3+] 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.

[1] Sanskrit Dantivikramavarman.