# Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, time of Nantippōttaraiyar (?)

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00146

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00146.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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

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## 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!⟨n⟩-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.