# Uttiramērūr, time of Dantippōttaracar, year 9

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00102

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00102.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

dan=tippōttaracarkku yāṇṭ’ oṉpat-āvatu

Ut=ta(rameru)catu(r)vvedimaṁgalattu sabhaiyōm eḻuttu-k

ka(c)cippē(ṭ)ṭup [3+] tuvāy(ccēri) cēṭṭatarayar tā⟨2⟩ṉavēntaṉ pakkal
irupatiṉ kaḻañcu poṉ koṇṭ’ emmūr ellāccērit toṟu-nilaiyum mēlait
toṟu-nilaiyum ivvaṉaittiṉālum vanta Eru-vilaiyāl vanta ⟨3⟩ māṭ’
epp¿o?⟨e⟩rppaṭṭatum ippoṉṉukk’ immāṭu vilaiy aṟutiyāy
vayiramēkataṭākattuṭk kuḻi kuttuvat’ āka Oṭṭi-k-kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōn
tāṉavēnta⟨4⟩ṉ eṉum appoṉṉum ivveru-vilaiyāl vanta dravyamum avvērikkēy
aṟam-āka-k kuṭuttēṉ sabhaiyōmum maṟṟu viniyōgañ ceyyātēy av⟨5⟩vakkālattu
vāriyarēy māsantōṟun kuḻi kut=tuvat’ ākavu⟨m⟩ paṇittōm maṟ(ṟu) viniyōgañ
ceytār paṇiyum piḻaitt’ aṟam iṟakkiṉa pāpamum paṭuvā(r-āka)⟨6⟩p paṇittōm
sabhaiyōm

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Ut=ta(rameru)catu(r)vvedimaṁgalattu ⬦ Uttaramerucaturvvedimaṁgalattu
SII. — ⟨1⟩ eḻuttuk ka(c)cippē(ṭ)ṭup ⬦ eḻuttu ka(c)ci(p)pēṭṭu SII. — ⟨1⟩
cēṭṭatarayar ⬦ cēṭṭataray(ā/ar) SII. — ⟨1⟩ tāṉavēntaṉ ⬦ (tā)ṉavēntaṉ
SII.

⟨2⟩ ellāccērit ⬦ elalāccērit IP.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Ninth year of Dantippōttaracar.[1]

⟨1⟩ Writ (eḻuttu) of We the members of the assembly (sabhā) of
Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgalam

⟨1–6⟩ ...

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1897–98 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/74).

Edited with visual documentation in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.359).
Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 102).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos
(2019).

### 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. Item 359, page 167.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 102,
pages 342–343.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1897–98. G.O. Nos. 1093-1096, 29th August 1898. Epigraphy.
Directing that the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for
1897-98 be forwarded to the Government of India, approving provisionally
his programme of work for the next fields season. Edited by Eugen Julius
Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1898.
Page 18, appendix B/1898, item 74.

[1] Sanskrit Dantin + Tamil Pōttaracar. That is, the Pallava king
Dantin.