# Kīḻūr, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 11

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00124

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00124.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of gold for maintaining perpetual lamps.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

(kō)-vicaiya-nanti-vikkirama-paruma⟨2⟩ṟku (yā)ṇṭu patiṉ oṉ(ṟ-ā)vatu

malāṭṭu-k ku⟨3⟩ṟukkai-k-kūṟṟattu-t tiru-k-kōvalūr-t ti⟨4⟩ruvīraṭṭāṉattu
mātēvarku nantā viḷa⟨5⟩kk’ i(ravu)m pakalu¡mm!⟨m⟩ iraṇṭu viḷakk’
erippata⟨6⟩ṟ(ku viṭēlvi)ṭuku I(ḷaṅkō) Ati-Araiyaṉ āyi⟨7⟩[ṉa] [9+]
vikramapūti makaḷ viṭē⟨8⟩[l-viṭuku] [6+] [ā]yiṉa cāttaṉ maṟavaṉ ṟēvi
pūti ⟨9⟩ [10+] viṭēlviṭuku kallā⟨l⟩ ni⟨10⟩[10+] ṉ ṉiṟai nārpatt’ eṇ
ka⟨11⟩[ḻañcu] [5+] [pali]cai kaḻañciṉ vāy-t tiṅ⟨12⟩[8+] [a]ṭṭuvat’ āka
tiru-k-kōvalūr ⟨13⟩ [nakara]ttār [kai]y v¿ai?⟨a⟩ḻi ⟨vai⟩ttatu

## Apparatus

⟨6⟩ āyi⟨7⟩[ṉa] ⬦ āyi⟨7⟩[1+] SII.

⟨7⟩ viṭē⟨8⟩[l-viṭuku] ⬦ viṭē⟨8⟩[4+] SII.

⟨10⟩ ka⟨11⟩[ḻañcu] ⬦ ka⟨11⟩[3+] SII.

⟨13⟩ [nakara]ttār ⬦ [3+]ttār SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Eleventh year of the victorious king Nantivikkiramaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨2–13⟩

## Commentary

Compare with INSPallava00129.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1901–02 (ARIE/1901-1902/B/1902/295).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.924). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 124).

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

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Government
of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 455, item 924.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
384–385, item 124.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1901–02. G.O. Nos. 763, 764, 6th August 1902. Epigraphy.
Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1901-1902. Copy to the
Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras:
Government of Madras, Public Department, 1902. Page 18, appendix B/1902,
item 295.

[1] Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.