Taḷavāṉūr, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 15

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Agreement concerning a donation of gold.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00128.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-
⟨2⟩ -nanti-vikkirama-(p)-
⟨3⟩ -paruma⟨r⟩(kku) yāṇṭu pati-
⟨4⟩ ṉ aint-āvatu veṇ-
⟨5⟩ pēṭṭu vāḻum taḷi-Uṭai(ya)
⟨6⟩ (kā)ḷa(ya I) [****] (ma)kaṉ te-
⟨7⟩ [**********]
⟨8⟩ [**********]
⟨9⟩ (m)ula(ṅkūr-p) pur(ai)car
⟨10⟩ mōṭa¡ṉṉ! iṭai-k ka-
⟨11⟩ ḻañcu-(p po)ṉ muta-
⟨12⟩ l koṇṭu Ip-po [ca. 4 lost lines]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–4⟩ Fifteenth year of the victorious king Nantivikkiramaparumar.¹

⟨4–12⟩ […], the son ⟨of⟩ […], the lord of the temple (taḷi-y-uṭaiya), who lives in Veṇpēṭu […] with (koṇṭu) the capital (mutal) ⟨of one⟩ kaḻañcu ⟨of⟩ gold ⟨deposited⟩ with (iṭai²) Puraicar Mōṭaṉ ⟨of⟩ Mulaṅkūr, this gold […]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1904–05 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/49).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.52). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 128).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos.

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 21, item 52.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 390, item 128.

Secondary

ARIE 1904–05. G.O. No. 518, 18th July 1905. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for the year 1904-1905, and directing that the report be forwarded to the government of India. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1905. Page 32, appendix B/1905, item 49.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.
2. Literally: in the place of.

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