Tirukkōṭikkāval, Tirukkōṭīśvara, time of Nantippōttairayaṉ, year 19

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Later copy of an original of the 9th century, as explicitly stated at the beginning of the record, recording a donation of paddy for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00139.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00139.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī Ituvu¡m ⟨2⟩ m! oru paḻaṅ-kaṟ paṭi yā-
⟨3⟩ ṇṭu nanti-p-pōttarai-
⟨4⟩ yaṟk=ku patt’ oṉpa-
⟨5⟩ t-āvatu tiru-k-kōṭikā-
⟨6⟩ vil ciṟu-naṅkai Iśvar¿ā?-karat-
⟨7⟩ tu mahā-deva⟨r⟩k=ku tiru-viḷakki-
⟨8⟩ ṉuk=ku Āḻiciṟiyaṉ kuṭutta nel-
⟨9⟩ lu nūṟṟu-k kalam i¡ṉ-ṉ!elliṉ pa-
⟨10⟩ licaiyāl nāḷvāy Uḻak=ku ney
⟨11⟩ nontā viḷakk’ erippōm āṉōm It-
⟨12⟩ -taḷi A⟨r⟩ccippōm Āttiraiyaṉ nā-
⟨13⟩ rāyaṇaṉ E(ṟa)ṉum Ivaṉ (n)ampimārum-
⟨14⟩ I¡ṉ-ṉ!ālvōm _ (I)tu paḻaṅ kaṟ-
⟨15⟩ paṭi In=ta śrī-(v)i_(m)āṉattilē
⟨16⟩ Ē(ṟ/ṉ)a ve[ṭṭiṉa]_(mai)yi(l muṉ)-
⟨17⟩ (ṉi)vājaka[m] _ [ve]ṭṭi-k ki(ṭa)-
⟨18⟩ nta taṉi-k _ [kallā] (l U)[bhai]-
⟨19⟩ yōkam i_[llāmaiyāl]
⟨20⟩ Atu ta[vi](n=)ta_tu [I]tu
⟨21⟩ nan=til pa_[ṉmā](ye)(śva)[rar ka]-
⟨22⟩ ṭai-k= k¡u!ṭṭa-(p)e_[ṟṟār]

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩elliṉ ⬦ iṉṉelliṉ SII.

⟨11⟩ i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩nontā ⬦ tontā SII.

⟨13⟩ E(ṟa)ṉum ⬦ Eṟaṉum SII • That is eṉṉum? — ⟨13⟩ (n)ampimārum ⬦ ṟampimārum SII.

⟨16⟩ Ē(ṟ/ṉ)a ⬦ Ēṟa SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ [Prosperity! Fortune!]

⟨1–2⟩ This also ⟨is⟩ a copy (paṭi¹) ⟨of⟩ one old stone.

⟨5–9⟩

⟨9–11⟩

⟨11–14⟩

⟨14–15⟩

⟨15–20⟩

⟨20–22⟩

Commentary

⟨14–22⟩ The text is interrupted in the middle by a statue.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1930–31 (ARIE/1930-1931/B/1930-1931/27).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.55). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 139).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on 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 22, item 55.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 411–412, item 139.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1930–31. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1931. Edited by K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1933. Page 7, appendixes B/1930-1931, item 27.

Notes

1. Literally: according to.

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