Kāñcipuram, Ulakaḷantaperumāḷ, time of Nantippōtaraiyar, year 18

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00135.

Summary: Granting of trade permission.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (350e545), last modified (1187001).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

teḷḷāṟṟ’ erinta nan⟨2⟩ti-p-pōttaraiyarkku yāṇṭu pa⟨3⟩tin eṭṭ-āvātu

Aṉuttara-p-pal(la)⟨4⟩varaiyaṉ viṇṇappaṭṭāṟ k(ā)⟨5⟩ṭupaṭṭi-tamiḻ-p-pēraiyāṉ ā⟨6⟩ṇatti-y-āka viṭēlviṭuku kutirai⟨7⟩-c-cēriyārkku-k karuppūran talaiy⟨ā⟩⟨8⟩ka-c ceruppu-k kaṭai-y-āka Ella⟨9⟩-vyāpāramun kaṭai Eṟi vāṇika⟨10⟩ñ ceyya-p-peruvār-āka-p paṇittōm

pūmi Uḷḷa Aḷavu⟨11⟩Itaṟku sa⟨r⟩vva- (parihāra)māka-k ku⟨12⟩(ṭuttōm) Ip-paricu muṟṟuvit⟨13⟩tāṉ caṭṭaṭṭa-pōcaṉ veṇṇa(ṉ)

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–3) Eighteenth year of Nantipōttaraiyar,1 who destroyed Teḷḷāṟu.

(3–10) ...

(10–13) ...

Bibliography

Edited in MCC Magazine 8 (1890-91), p. 98-104. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 135).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Mahalingam 1988. Grantha characters not certified.

Primary

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 404–405, item 135.

Secondary

[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 225, item 567.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin.