# Taḷavāṉūr, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 15

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00128

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00128.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Agreement concerning a donation of gold.

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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) [ca. 4×] (ma)kaṉ
te⟨7⟩[ca. 10+] ⟨8⟩ [ca. 10+] ⟨9⟩ (m)ula(ṅkūr-p) pur(ai)car ⟨10⟩
mōṭa¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ 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 (iṭai[2]) 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.

[1] Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.

[2] Literally: in the place of.