# Tiruvaikāvūr, time of Nandivarman, year 22

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00143

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00143.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-10-08 12:16
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## Summary

Donation of land for maintaining a perpetuel lamp and for food-offering
to a god.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

nantipa(nma)-rājaṟku yāṇṭu Iru-patt’ iraṇṭ-āvatu

tiru-vaiykā-v-u⟨2⟩ṭaiya mahā-devaṟku tiru-non=tā-viḷakkum Amutu paṭikkum
U(paiya)m vai⟨3⟩ykka ca(n)tippeliyār
tiri-puvaṉa-mātēvi-c-caruppēti-maṅkalat⟨4⟩tu sabhaiyār pakkal poṉ
kuṭuttu-p poli-k kūlikku-c cela⟨5⟩v-āka kācu koḷḷā Ūṟkiḻ Iṟaiyili-y-āka
maṇaliṭil vēli⟨6⟩-y-āka-k koṇṭu-viṭṭa vaṇṇakka-viḷākam nilam 1 ½

I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam Oṉṟ’ a⟨7⟩raiyu⟨m⟩ Iṟakkātā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tiru-v-aṭi Iraṇṭum en
talai mēliṉa

Itu Iṟakkuvā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ taṅka⟨8⟩ḷ ammaikku-t tānē-y miṉāḷaṉ ↝

Itu kalveṭṭu-p paṭi

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ nantipa(nma)° ⬦ nanti¿pma?⟨vanma⟩° SII12; nantipa⟨nma⟩° SII34.

⟨2⟩ non=tā ⬦ nontā SII12; non=tā SII34.

⟨3⟩ ca(n)tippeliyār ⬦ ca(n)tippeliyār SII12; cantippeliyār SII34.

⟨4⟩ poli-k ⬦ poli SII12; poli-k SII34.

⟨5⟩ maṇaliṭil ⬦ maṇaliṭil SII12; maṇalīṭil SII34.

⟨7⟩ mēliṉa ⬦ mēliṉa SII12; mēlaṉa SII34. — ⟨7⟩ Iṟakkuvā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦
Iṟakkuvān SII12; Iṟkkuvān SII34.

⟨8⟩ miṉāḷaṉ ⬦ miṉāḷaṉ SII12; miṇāḷaṉ SII34.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Twenty-second year of the king Nantiparman.[1]

⟨1–7⟩ ...

⟨7⟩ ...

⟨7–8⟩ ...

⟨8⟩ This ⟨is⟩ the copy of a stone-inscription.

## Commentary

This is a later copy of an original of the 9th century, as indicated in
line 8.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1914–15 (ARIE/1914-1915/B/1914/48).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.58). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 143). Edited in Subbarayalu 2015 (SII
34.48).

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

### Primary

[SII12] 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 24, item 58.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
419–420, item 143.

[SII34] Subbarayalu, Y. 2015. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXIV:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1914. South Indian Inscriptions
34. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Page
TBC, item 48.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1914–15. G.O. No. 1260, 25th August 1915. Epigraphy.
Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant
Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the
year 1914-1915. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1915. Page 48,
appendix B/1914, item 48.

[1] Sanskrit Nandivarman.