# Tiruccāṉūr, time of Dantivikrama, year 51

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00111

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00111.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Donation of 30 kaḻañcus of gold for maintaining a permanent lamp.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

ko-vicaiya-danti-vikrama¡r!⟨ṟ⟩ku yāṇṭu ¿a?⟨ai⟩mpatt-oṉṟ-āvatu

tiru-ve(ṅ)⟨2⟩kaṭa-k-kōṭṭattu-k kuṭavūr-nāṭṭut ti⟨ru⟩-c-cōkiṉūr-t
tiru-vēṅkaṭattu (E)m-perumāṉaṭikaḷuk⟨3⟩ku Eḻunt-aruḷuvitta
tiru-v-iḷaṅkōyi(ṟ) perumāṉaṭikaḷukku-c cōḻa-nāṭṭu-(c) cōḻaṉār ⟨4⟩
Ulaka-perumāṉār vaitta tiru-viḷakku mutal mu-p-patiṉ kaḻañcu

im-mutalukk-āka-k karukki⟨5⟩paṭṭi Ip-poṉṉukku-k koṇṭu ku⟨ṭu⟩ttu-t
tiru-viḷakku vaippittōm ↝

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Fifty-first year of the victorious king Dantivikramaṉ.[1]

⟨1–4⟩ ...

⟨4–5⟩ ...

## Commentary

⟨2⟩ Note on Kuṭavūr-nāṭu.

⟨3⟩ Note on tiruviḷaṅkōyil.

⟨4⟩ Note on Ulaka-perumāṉār.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/B/1904/262).

Edited and translated in TTDI, with visual documentation . Edited in
Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.43). Text and summary
in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 111).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### 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. Pages
17–18, item 43.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
358–359, item 111.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1903–04. G.O., etc., Nos. 678, 679, 12th August 1904.
Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1903-1904. Copy
to the Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture.
Edited by V. Venkayya. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department,
1904. Page 42, appendix B/1904, item 262.

[1] Sanskrit Dantivikramavarman.