Piḷḷaipāḷaiyam, time of Dantivikramavarman, year [figure lost]

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of land.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00112.

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Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī] [kō-vi]caiya-tanti-vikkirama-paruma⟨r⟩kk¡i! yā[ṇṭu] [**]
⟨2⟩ [*****] [kā](ṭu-ve)ṭṭi muttaraiyaṉ viṇṇappattāl [******]
⟨3⟩ [******]ṭṭu Iṟaiyāṉ-cēri paḻan tiru-mēṟṟaḷiyum maṭamum U[******]
⟨4⟩ [*****][u]ḷḷiṭṭu catur-¡vv!aṭṭi nālu paṭṭi nilamum paḻan tirumēl[****]-
⟨5⟩ [****] parihāram-āka p¿ād?adatti ceṉ(ṟa)tu Itu kāttā¡ṉṉ! aṭi Eṉ ṟa[lai mēḻaṉa]

Translation

⟨1⟩ [Prosperity! Fortune!]

⟨1–2⟩ […] year of the victorious [king] Tantivikkiramaparumar.¹

⟨2⟩ at the request of [Kā]ṭuveṭṭi Muttaraiyaṉ

⟨3⟩ […] the ancient glorious western temple and the hermitage at Iṟaiyaṉ Cēri […]

⟨4⟩ including […] four paṭṭis (catur-¡vv!⟨pp⟩aṭṭi) ⟨that is⟩, four paṭṭis (nālu paṭṭi) of land; the ancient glorious western [temple] […]

⟨5⟩ […] with exemption (parihāram-āka²), a donation by another³ is in force (ceṉṟatu⁴) […]

⟨5⟩ The feet of he who protects this ⟨donation⟩ are [on] my [head].

Commentary

⟨2⟩ [Kā]ṭuveṭṭi Muttaraiyaṉ. Note on his identification.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1920–21 (ARIE/1920-1921/C/1921/89).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 with visual documentation (SII 12.44). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 112).

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. Page 18, item 44.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 360, item 112.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1920–21. G.O. No. 183, 23rd September 1921, Epigraphy, Annual report for the year 1920-21 of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent, Recorded. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. No place, 1921. Page 66, appendix C/1921, item 89.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Dantivikramavarman.
2. That is, tax-free.
3. Sanskrit paradatti.
4. Literally: “has gone”.

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