Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, time of Nantippōttaraiyar (?)

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Purchase and donation of a land for feeding the god of Tirukkaṭaimuṭi.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00146.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00146.xml.

Version: (95a9465), last modified (95a9465).

Edition

⟨Zone 1: Pillar, upper square portion, face 1⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ tiru-k-kaṭai-

⟨3⟩ -muṭi-p perumā-

⟨4⟩ ṉaṭikaḷukku

⟨5⟩ viṟai-k-katti-

⟨6⟩ -pāṭi-cēri A-

⟨7⟩ ṟukai vāṇi-

⟨8⟩ kaṉ kumā⟨ra⟩ṉ a-

⟨9⟩ ḻiyā nilai-

⟨10⟩ puṟa-k-kiḷiy(ū)r-

⟨Zone 2: Same pillar, middle octagonal portion, adjacent faces 1 and 2⟩

⟨11⟩ ⟨ṉā⟩ṭṭu cu(r)ai-

⟨Zone 3: Same pillar, upper square portion, face 2, adjacent to face 1⟩

⟨12⟩ -k-kuṭi Ūrār-iṭai

⟨13⟩ eṇ kaḻañ-

⟨14⟩ cu poṉ

⟨15⟩ ṉukku vilai

⟨16⟩ koṇṭa pūmi

⟨17⟩ nilaṅ kā-

⟨18⟩ l perumā-

⟨19⟩ ṉaṭikaḷukku

⟨20⟩ Uccampō-

⟨21⟩ tai tiru-v-ami-

⟨Zone 4: Same pillar, middle octagonal portion, adjacent faces 3 and 4⟩

⟨22⟩ ⟨ti⟩ṉukku (v)ai-

⟨Zone 5: Same pillar, middle octagonal portion, adjacent faces 2 and 3⟩

⟨23⟩ tta A‡rici nā-

⟨24⟩ ṭuri ne‡y A-

⟨25⟩ rai-p ‡ piṭi-

⟨26⟩ yum ‡ āka ka-

⟨27⟩ ṇṭa‡tu I-

⟨28⟩ ta⟨ṟ⟩kku ‡ kaṭai-k

⟨29⟩ kūṭṭu‡m paṉ-

⟨30⟩ mayē‡śva-

⟨31⟩ rark‡ku vai-

⟨32⟩ tta n‡el ka-

⟨33⟩ lam ‡ I¡ñ!-ni-

⟨34⟩ lattu‡kku nā-

⟨35⟩ ṟṟu-k kā‡l-

⟨Zone 6: Same pillar, lower square portion, face 1⟩

⟨36⟩ Oru mā Itu

⟨37⟩ paṉmāhe-

⟨38⟩ śvarar irakṣai

⟨39⟩ Itu rakṣittā-

⟨40⟩ r aṭi eṉ talai-

⟨41⟩ mēlaṉa

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ kumā⟨ra⟩ṉ ⬦ kumāraṉ SII.

⟨10⟩ °kiḷiy(ū)r ⬦ °kiḷiyūr SII • In in yū, the supplementary mark that distinguishes u from ū is not visible as the character is too long for the available written area.

⟨11⟩ cu(r)ai ⬦ cu⟨rai⟩ SII.

⟨22⟩ (v)ai⟨23⟩tta ⬦ ⟨vai⟩⟨23⟩tta SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–36⟩

⟨36–41⟩

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1900–01 (ARIE/1900-1901/A/1901/302).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.524). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 146). Edited and translated in 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 318, item 524.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 426–428, item 146.

[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 306–308, item 6.

Secondary

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 27, appendix A/1901, item 302.