# Tirukkōṭikkāval, Tirukkōṭīśvara, time of Nantippōttairayaṉ, year 19

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00139

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00139.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

Ituvu¡m⟨2⟩m!⟨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?⟨a⟩-karat⟨7⟩tu mahā-deva⟨r⟩k=ku
tiru-viḷakki⟨8⟩ṉuk=ku Āḻiciṟiyaṉ kuṭutta nel⟨9⟩lu nūṟṟu-k kalam

i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩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!⟨n-n⟩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!⟨ū⟩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 (paṭi[1]) ⟨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.

[1] Literally: according to.