Paḷḷikoṇḍa, time of Nantipōttaraiyar, year 2

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⟨1⟩ śrī nanti-pō-

⟨2⟩ ttarayar⟨k⟩ku 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 by Emmanuel Francis

⟨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 1925-1926 (ARIE/1925-1926/B/1925/4752).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 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. 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 1925-1926. 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.