# Tillaisthānam, time of Nantippōtaraiyar, year 10

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00122

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00122.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 gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

## Palaeographic description

Medial i and ī interchangeable.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

yaṇ⟨2⟩ṭu pa[t]t-āvatu

tiruṉe⟨3⟩ttāṉattu m¿a?⟨ā⟩-tē⟨4⟩varkku tellāṟṟ’ e⟨5⟩⟨ṟi⟩nta
na⟨n⟩t¿a?⟨i⟩-pōttarai⟨6⟩yar tiru-viḷakku ku⟨7⟩ṭutta
t¡īy!⟨ī⟩-p-pōkku⟨8⟩cem-poṉ Aṟu-pati⟨9⟩ṉ kaḻañcu

Itaṉā¡ll!⟨l⟩ ā⟨10⟩ṇṭuvarai palicai ⟨11⟩ ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩el Aṟu-patiṉ ⟨12⟩ kalam

Itaṉā¡ll!⟨l⟩u⟨13⟩m pakalum-āka ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ica⟨14⟩ti Uri-y ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩e⟨y⟩
tiru⟨15⟩k-kōyil-uṭaiyā⟨16⟩ṉukku Aḷa¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tu ku⟨17⟩ṭuttu n¿e?⟨o⟩¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tā
v¿ī?⟨i⟩⟨18⟩ḷakku Eri{p}ppō⟨19⟩m āṉōm perum⟨20⟩[pu]liyūr sabhai⟨21⟩[yō]m

Itu pa⟨22⟩[ṉmā](h)[e]c(u)va⟨23⟩[ra-rakṣai]

## Apparatus

⟨6⟩ tiru-viḷakku ku⟨7⟩ṭutta ⬦ tiru-viḷakku⟨k⟩(ku) ⟨ku⟩⟨7⟩ṭutta SII.

⟨21⟩ pa⟨22⟩[ṉmā](h)[e]c(u)va⟨23⟩[ra-rakṣai] ⬦
pa⟨22⟩[ṉmā]h[e]śuva⟨23⟩[rakṣai] SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Tenth year.[1]

⟨2–9⟩ ...

⟨9–12⟩ ...

⟨12–21⟩ ...

⟨21–23⟩ This ⟨pious deed is under⟩ the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1894–95 (ARIE/1894-1895/B/1895/52).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1925 (SII 5.609). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 122).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

### Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1925. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume
V: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and
Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 5. Madras: Government
Press. Page 243, item 609.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
380–381, item 122.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1894–95. G.O., &c., Nos. 855, 856, 12th October 1895.
Epigraphy. Forwarding to the Government of India report on the
Epigraphical work accomplished during 1894-95, and approving of the
programme of work for the next field season. Edited by Eugen Julius
Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1895.
Page 11, appendix B/1895, item 52.

[1] This is most probably the regnal year of tellāṟṟ’ eṟinta
nanti-pōttaraiyar mentioned in lines 4-6.