# Ceṉṉivāyakkāl, time of Nantippōtairayar, year 21

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00141

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00141.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a Brahmin during a
raid on a maṭha.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

teḷ⟨2⟩ḷāṟṟ’ eṟintu ⟨3⟩ rājya(mu)ṅ ko⟨4⟩ṇṭa
nanti-p⟨5⟩-pōttaraiyar⟨k⟩⟨6⟩ku yāṇṭu Iru⟨7⟩patt-oṉṟ-āvatu

⟨8⟩ parāntakapurat⟨9⟩tu Aṟinti⟨10⟩kai-Īśvaragr̥⟨11⟩haṁ śāsana⟨12⟩t=tāl
uṭaiyo⟨13⟩rum [4+] ⟨14⟩ [4+] taḷi⟨15⟩yilāt’ āki niṉṟa bhaṭṭar-ēṉ
māvali-y-ani⟨16⟩yasthānam-āḷvāṉ cē(vaṇaṟ kuṇṭu) ko⟨17⟩ṇṭu vantu maṭamuñ
cuṭṭu-k kātta ś¿i?⟨rī⟩-gura⟨18⟩varaiyum eṟintu Ivar śiṣyan Oru
brā⟨19⟩hmaṇaṉ cattimuṟṟa-t-tēvan ṟuṇṭu pa⟨20⟩ṭṭāṉ valluva-(ṉāṭ)ṭāṉ

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–7⟩ Twenty-first year of Nantippōttaraiyar[1] who destroyed Teḷḷāṟu
and took the kingdom/assumed sovereignty.

⟨8–20⟩ ...

## Commentary

This appears to be a later copy of an original of the 9th century, as
indicated by Cōḻa-period placenames (updated to the time of the copy).

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1928–29 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/144).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.56). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 141).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### 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
23, item 56.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
415–416, item 141.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1928–29. Annual report on epigraphy for the year 1928-1929.
Edited by S. V. Viswanatha. Madras: Government Press, 1930. Page 18,
appendixes B/1928-1929, item 144.

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