# Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, time of Nantippōttaraiyar, year 18

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00137

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00137.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

⟨2⟩ teḷḷāṟṟ’ e⟨3⟩ṟinta nanti⟨4⟩-p-pōttaraiya⟨5⟩rkku yāṇṭu⟨6⟩10 8-Avatu

ti⟨7⟩ru-k-kaṭai-muṭi ⟨8⟩ m¿ā?⟨a⟩h¿a?⟨ā⟩-devark⟨9⟩ku Iraṇṭu
no⟨10⟩ntā-viḷakkiṉu⟨11⟩kku kuṭutta po⟨12⟩ṉ Aṟupatiṉ ⟨13⟩ kaḻañcu

Ip-po⟨14⟩ṉ koṇṭu pali⟨15⟩cai Ūṭṭiṉā⟨16⟩l nā¡ḻ!⟨ḷ⟩vāy nā⟨17⟩ḻi ney
muṭṭā⟨18⟩mai Ar{i}ccip⟨19⟩pār kaiyilē-y ⟨20⟩ kuṭuttu tiruvi⟨21⟩ḷakk’
erippō⟨22⟩m āṉōm Aṉ⟨23⟩pil sabhaiyō⟨24⟩m

Itu panmā(he)⟨25⟩śvara-⟨ra⟩[rakṣai ∥]

## Apparatus

⟨18⟩ Ar{i}ccip⟨19⟩pār ⬦ Ar{i}ccip⟨19⟩p(ā)r SII • The -ā is clear on the
stone.

⟨24⟩ panmā(he)⟨25⟩śvara-⟨ra⟩[rakṣai ∥] ⬦ panmāhe⟨25⟩śvara-⟨ra⟩kṣai ∥ SII
• The end of lines 24 and 25 has been damaged since the edition by SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–6⟩ 18th year of Nantippōttaraiyar[1] who vanquished at Teḷḷāṟu.

⟨6–13⟩

⟨13–24⟩

⟨25–25⟩

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1900–01 (ARIE/1900-1901/A/1901/283).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.503). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 137). Edited and translated i, Schmid 2014.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

### 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 312, item 503.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
408–409, item 139.

[CS] Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une reine: Śiva à
Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut
Français de Pondichéry; École française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages
300–303, item 3.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1900–01. G.O., etc., Nos. 762-63, 25th July 1901. Epigraphy.
Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1900-1901. Copy to the
Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras:
Government of Madras, Public Department, 1901. Page 26, appendix B/1901,
item 283.

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