# Malaiyaṭippaṭṭi, time of Dantivarman, year 16

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00106

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00106.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Pillar inscription recording the foundation of a temple (taḷi) and
installation of the deity ( bhaṭārar) by Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ alias
Viṭēlviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ.

## Palaeographic description

The puḷḷi is used. Medial i and medial ī are not clearly distinguished
and are interchangeable.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)(s)ti (ś)r(ī)

kō-vicaya-tanti-par(·)maṟ{k(·)}ku yāṇ·ṭu pa⟨2⟩tiṉ-āṟ-(ā)vatu

viṭēlviṭuku muttaraiyaṉ-ākiya ⟨3⟩ kuvāvaṉ· cāt·taṉ-ēṉ· Tiruvālat·tūr·
ma(lai) ⟨4⟩ taḷi-y-āka kuṭain·tu bhaṭārarai pratiṣṭhai ce⟨5⟩ytu
It·-taḷiyai [ca. 6×] -k ⟨6⟩ [ca. 5×] (kīḻ-ceṅ)kaḷi-nāṭṭu nāṭṭā⟨7⟩[ca.
8×] nāṭṭārkku ceyta (sa)⟨8⟩[ca. 15×]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (sva)(s)ti (ś)r(ī) ⬦ svasti śrī IPS.

⟨5⟩ It·-taḷiyai ⬦ Itt¿ā?⟨a⟩ḷiyai IPS. — ⟨5⟩ [ca. 6×] -k ⬦ [ca. 8×] IPS.

⟨6⟩ (kīḻ-ceṅ)kaḷi-nāṭṭu ⬦ kīḻ-ceṅkaḷi-nāṭṭuu IPS.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Sixteen year of the victorious king Tantiparmaṉ.[1]

⟨2–5⟩ I, Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ, alias Viṭēlviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ, having scooped
the hill ⟨at⟩ Tiruvāvattūr as a temple and having installed the lord
(bhaṭārar[2]), this temple […] the members of the nāṭu assembly of the
Eastern Ceṅkaḷināṭu […] that […] has done for/to the members of the nāṭu
[…]

## Commentary

Note on the identity of Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ. See IP, fn1.

Note on Ceṅkaḻināṭu. See IP, fn2.

## Bibliography

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 (IPS 18); translated
in Srinivasa Aiyar 1941 (IPS 18). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988
(IP 106).

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 11, item 18.

[IPS] Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1941. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai
state: translated into English. Part I: Early, Pallava and Cola
inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Page 20, item 18.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 348,
item 106.

### Secondary

Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Chronological
list of inscriptions of the Pudukkóttai state arranged according to
dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Page 2, item 18.

[1] Sanskrit Dantivarman.

[2] Sanskrit bhaṭṭa.