# Kāñcipuram, time of Dantivarman, year 17

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00107

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00107.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of a golden plate by the Pallava king Dantivarman and of gold
by Avanicandra to the god ( bhaṭār) of the Parameśvaraviṣṇugr̥ha.

## Palaeographic description

The puḷḷi is used erratically.

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## Edition

‡ ⟨1⟩ dan=tiva(r)mma-mahārājarkku yāṇṭu pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ eḻ-āvatu

parameśvara-viṣṇugr̥ha[ttu] ‡ bhaṭārkku dan=ti ‡ [va](r)mma-mahārājar
kuṭutta poṉ-bhājanam ōṉṟiṉāl pati ‡ ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ āyira-k-kaḻañ ‡ [cu]

[ca. 1+] Avanicandrar ko¡ṉ!⟨ṇ⟩·ṭu va¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tu kuṭut(·)ta
m¡u!⟨ū⟩-(v-āy)i(ra-k-kaḻañcu)

poṉṉāl nicati taṅkaḷ [ca. 7+] (kkā) ‡ […] ‡ ⟨2⟩ piṭṭaṭiyum
covaṟṟampaiy·yar· nāraṇakuṭṭiyum Avani(ca)[ndra] ‡ [rk]ku karaṇam-ākiya
‡ koṟṟampaṭaitta(ṉā)r· ceṭṭutāḻiyum I¡ṉ·-ṉ!⟨n·-n⟩ālvarum ‡
mahā-nagarattā ‡ r-{a-y-}umi(ñi)yi-na⟨l⟩lūr-kiḻavar-{a-y-}um
keśava-k-kō(ṭṭ) […] ‡ […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ bhaṭārkku • There is a space left blank before this word at the
beginning of this facet of the stone. — ⟨1⟩ -[cu] [ca. 1+] Avani- • This
gap, possibly a punctuation sign, might also be a space left blank.

⟨2⟩ piṭṭaṭiyum ⬦ yum SII IP. — ⟨2⟩ covaṟṟampaiy·yar· ⬦ covaṟṟam paiyyar
SII; covaṟṟam payyar IP. — ⟨2⟩ Avani(ca)[ndra] ‡ [rk]ku • There is
possibly one more character lost before [rk]ku at the beginning of this
facet of the stone. — ⟨2⟩ koṟṟampaṭaitta(ṉā)r· ⬦ koṟṟampa(ṭai)ttadira
SII IP. — ⟨2⟩ nagarattā ‡ r-{a-y-}umi(ñi)yi-na⟨l⟩lūr ⬦
nagarattār-{a-y-}umi (Ā)yi-nalūr SII; nagarattār-{a-y-}um{i} (Ā)yi-nalūr
IP • SII notes that there is an -i engraved above the character (Ā),
whereas IP understood that this note applies to the preceding character
mi. The character read (Ā) could also be read (ñi). The name of the
village would then be Miñilinallūr, its m having been absorbed in sandhi
with the preceding word.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Seventeenth year of the great king Dantivarman.

⟨1⟩ One golden plate ⟨of⟩ ten thousand kaḻañcus, that the great king
Dantivarman gave to the god (bhaṭār) of the Parameśvaraviṣṇugr̥ha.

⟨1⟩ Three thousand kaḻañcus, that Avanicandra brought.

⟨1–2⟩ With this gold, themselves […] kkāpiṭṭaṭi, Covaṟṟampaiyyar,
Nāraṇakuṭṭi, Koṟṟampaṭaittaṉār, the accountant (karaṇam) of Avanicandra,
these four persons[1]; the Mahānagarattārs, the lord of Miñiyi-nallūr,
Keśava-k-kō[2] […]

## Commentary

Krishna Sastri 1923 notes about lines 1 and 2 that: “The continuation of
this line and of the next, covering more than half of the inscription,
has been chiselled off.”

On Avanicandra, see Mahalingam 1988, p. 349, n. 4.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/34).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.132). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 107).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy, photos and
published visual documentation.

### Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume
IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government
Press. Page 8, item 132, plate I.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
349–350, item 107.

### Secondary

ARIE 1887–88 (1/3). G.O. No. 424, 20th April 1888. Archaeology.
Recording letter from the Director-General forwarding Dr. Hultzsch’s
progress report from 21st September 1887 to 31st January 1888. Edited by
Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1888. Page 5, appendixes I/1887-1888, item 34.

[1] As suggested by Mahalingam 1988, these four persons seem to be in
charge of the donation, to provide daily offerings to the god.

[2] As suggested by Mahalingam 1988, these persons seem to be in charge
of the supervision of the donation.