# Lālkuṭi, time of Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman, year 2

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00149

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00149.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of gold for annual festival food-offering.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaya-nirupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkirama-parumarkku yāṇṭu 2⁓ṇṭ-āvatu

Iṭaiyāṟṟu-nāṭṭu-t tiru-t-tava-t-tuṟai mahādeva(rkku) ⟨2⟩ I¡ñ-ñ!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu
kavira-p-poṟ-kaṭṭiyūr-Uṭaiyāṉ pūti kaṇṭaṉ ci(t)tirai-viṣu tiru-viḻāvukku
tāyārai-c cārtti v¿a?⟨ai⟩tta poṉ (pati)⟨3⟩ṉ kaḻ¿a?⟨ai⟩ñc’ arai

Ip-poṉ patiṉ kaḻ¿a?⟨ai⟩ñc’ arai poṉṉuṅ I¡(ñ)-ñ!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu muttaiyil
sabhaiyōṅ koṇṭu ca¡ṉ!⟨n⟩(tirātittava)⟨4⟩Āṭṭāṇṭu-toṟuñ cittirai-viṣu
tiru-viḻāvukku nārāya-n(āḻi)yāl Eḻu nāḷaikkum nicati kalavarai Arici
patt-e(ṭṭu-k kuttal) ⟨5⟩ [ma]ṭāvil Aṭṭum paricē Eḻu nāḷ muṉt’ uṟa
śrī-kōyilukkē (koṇ)ṭu ceṉṟu Aḷappōm āṉōm

Aḷavōmāyi(l muṭṭ’ ira)⟨6⟩[ṭṭi] panmāheśvarar· taṇṭi-k-koḷḷa Oṭṭi-k
kuṭuttōm t-tiru-t-tava-(t-tu)ṟai mahādevarkku muttaiyil sabhaiyōm

Itu (pa)(nm)āheśva(ra-rakṣai)

## Apparatus

⟨5⟩ (koṇ)ṭu ⬦ (ko)⟨ṇ⟩{ṭ}ṭu SII.

⟨6⟩ t-tiru° ⬦ tiru° SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2⟩ Second year of the victorious king nirupatoṅka-vikkirama-parumar.[1]

⟨1–3⟩

⟨3–5⟩

⟨5–6⟩

⟨6⟩ This ⟨is⟩ under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1928–29 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/122).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.61). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 149).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s)
and photos (2016, kindly supplied by Valérie Gillet).

### 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
25, item 61.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
435–436, item 149.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1928–29. Annual report on epigraphy for the year 1928-1929.
Edited by S. V. Viswanatha. Madras: Government Press, 1930. Page 16,
appendixes B/1928-29, item 122.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman.