# Ciṟṟūr plates, time of Nr̥patuṅga, year 6

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00152

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00152.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

### Plates

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

du⟨r⟩bbhedan timiraṁ yad anya-mahasām ad¡o!⟨au⟩ n¿a?⟨i⟩rasyāntara⟨ṁ⟩
⟨1v2=2⟩ śuddha-jñāna-dr̥śo nidarśśya nayati svarggāpavargg¡o!⟨au⟩ punaḥ
jyoti⟨1v3=1⟩s tat paramaM vidhatr̥-jagatas sarvvasya śarvvāhyayaM
viśva-vyāpy avina-⟨1v4=4⟩śvaran nirupaman niśreyasāyastu vaḥ ↝

⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=⟩

11. ...

śrī-rāṣṭrakūṭa-nr̥pateḥ punar ā¿n?⟨t⟩majāyān
tasmād a⟨2v9=25⟩bhūn nr̥pa-śatārccita-pāda-pa¿t?⟨d⟩maḥ
rājyā-virājita-jagat-tritayo yaśobhis
t(u)⟨Page 3r⟩⟨3r1=26⟩ṁgo nr̥peṣu nr̥patuṁga Iti śrutākhya⟨ḥ⟩

⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=26⟩ ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v1=⟩ ...

18. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

nākrāmanty āpagendrās sakala-kula-giri-śreṇi-sambhāra-gurvv(ī)⟨3v5=39⟩m
urvvī¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ sarvvān na yāvad yuga-vigama-calottuṁga-vīc(ī)-kalāpāḥ
sa⟨3v6=40⟩mparkkaṁ dvadaśārkair ggagana-talam ¿ī?⟨i⟩daṁ yāti yāvan na so
’yan
dharmmas sad-varddha⟨3v7=41⟩mānaḥ praśamita-sakalopaplavas tāvad āstāM ∥

19. Āryā

kr̥tavān akr̥taka-hr̥da⟨ya⟩ḥ
kr̥tī kr̥ta⟨3v8=42⟩-jñaḥ kaviḥ kumārākhyaḥ
vidyā-nady-ambunidhiḥ
praśasta-śīlaḥ praśasti-m imāM ↝

20. Anuṣṭubh

praśasti⟨3v9=43⟩r iyam utkīrṇṇā
śilpinānalpa-buddhinā
nampa-nāmnā lipi-jñena
kūpa-grāma-ni- ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=44⟩ vāssinā ↝

kō-vicaiya-nr̥patuṇkapanmaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟāvatu kāṭupaṭṭi (mu)- ⟨4r2=45⟩
ttar(ai)yaṉ viṇṇappattāl ... ⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨4v1=⟩ ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r1=⟩

⟨Page 5v⟩

## 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, IV^(ème)-IX^(ème) 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.