Ciṟṟūr plates, time of Nṛpatuṅga, year 6

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: Grantha. Some letters bear a virāma even when parts of a ligature.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00152.

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⟨1v1=1⟩ svasti śrī du⟨r⟩bbhedan timiraṃ yad anya-mahasām ad¡o! n¿a?rasyāntara⟨ṃ⟩

⟨1v2=2⟩ śuddha-jñāna-dṛśo nidarśśya nayati svarggāpavargg¡o! punaḥ jyoti-

⟨1v3=1⟩ s tat paramaM vidhatṛ-jagatas sarvvasya śarvvāhyayaM viśva-vyāpy avina--

⟨1v4=4⟩ śvaran nirupaman niśreyasāyastu vaḥ ↝

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⟨2v1=⟩ śrī-rāṣṭrakūṭa-nṛpateḥ punar ā¿n?majāyān tasmād a-

⟨2v9=25⟩ bhūn nṛpa-śatārccita-pāda-pa¿t?maḥ rājyā-virājita-jagat-tritayo yaśobhis t(u)-

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⟨3r1=26⟩ ṃgo nṛpeṣu nṛpatuṃga Iti śrutākhya⟨ḥ⟩

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⟨3v1=⟩ ... nākrāmanty āpagendrās sakala-kula-giri-śreṇi-sambhāra-gurvv(ī)-
⟨3v5=39⟩ m urvvī¿ḥ? sarvvān na yāvad yuga-vigama-calottuṃga-vīc(ī)-kalāpāḥ sa-
⟨3v6=40⟩ mparkkaṃ dvadaśārkair ggagana-talam ¿ī?daṃ yāti yāvan na so ’yan dharmmas sad-varddha-
⟨3v7=41⟩ mānaḥ praśamita-sakalopaplavas tāvad āstāM ∥ kṛtavān akṛtaka-hṛda⟨ya⟩ḥ kṛtī kṛta-
⟨3v8=42⟩ -jñaḥ kaviḥ kumārākhyaḥ vidyā-nady-ambunidhiḥ praśasta-śīlaḥ praśasti-m imāM ↝ praśasti-
⟨3v9=43⟩ r iyam utkīrṇṇā śilpinānalpa-buddhinā nampa-nāmnā lipi-jñena kūpa-grāma-ni-

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⟨4r1=44⟩ vāssinā ↝ kō-vicaiya-nṛpatuṇkapanmaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟāvatu kāṭupaṭṭi (mu)-

⟨4r2=45⟩ ttar(ai)yaṉ viṇṇappattāl ...

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Apparatus

Plates

⟨41⟩ °sakalopaplavas ⬦ °sakalopadravas R IP B.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1978–79 (ARIE/1978-1979/A/1978-1979/3), in Francis 2013 (IR 90).

Edited in Ramesan 1972. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 152), with many mistakes. Sanskrit text and French translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 61), with mistakes inherited from Mahalingam 1988 (IP 152) corrected, whereas the original text is in fact correct.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

Primary

[R] Ramesan, N. 1972. “The Chitrur plates of Pallava Nṛpatunga Varma.” In: Studies in medieval Deccan history: Based on two new unpublished copper plate inscriptions of the Hyderabad State Museum. Archaeological Series 29. Hyderabad: Government of Andhra Pradesh, pp. 1–76.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 440–450, item 152.

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris. Pages 719–731, item 61.

Secondary

ARIE 1978–79. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1978-79. Edited by K. G. Krishnan. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1987. Appendix A/1978-1979/3, pp. 4-5, 19.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l’Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l’Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Pages 301–302, item IR 90.

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