Paḷḷikoṇḍa, time of Nantipōttaraiyar, year 2

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⟨1⟩ śrī nanti-pō-

⟨2⟩ ttarayarkku yā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āvatu

⟨4⟩ Amaṉi-kaṅkaraiyar

⟨5⟩ makaṉ celva-vā-

⟨6⟩ ṇa-rayaṉ vittū-

⟨7⟩ r āṇṭu ceyvit-

⟨8⟩ ta muka-maṇṭaka-

⟨9⟩ m

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Second year of Nantipōttaraiyar.1

⟨4–9⟩ This is the mukhamaṇḍapa that Celvavāṇarayaṉ, the son of Amaṉikaṅkaraiyar had made when ruling over Vittūr.

Commentary

⟨1⟩ On Nandivarman = Nandivarman III Pallava. See SII and IP.

⟨5⟩ On Celva-vāṇa-rayaṉ, son of Amaṉi-kaṅkaraiyar. See SII.

⟨6⟩ On Vittūr = Viccūr. See SII and IP.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1925–26 (ARIE/1925-1926/B/1925/4752).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar and Krishnamacharlu 1943 with visual documentation (SII 12.45). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 114).

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

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. and 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 45.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 362, item 114.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1925–26. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1926. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government of India, 1927. Page 19, appendix B/1925, item 475.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin.