Parameśvaramaṅgalam, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman (?), year 15

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Construction of a shrine, setting up of a cult image and endowment of paddy for maintaining perpetual lamps and for worship.

Palaeographic description: Medial i and ī are interchangeable.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00159.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00159.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī yāṇṭu patiṉaint-ā-

⟨2⟩ vatu parameśvara-maṅ⟨ka⟩lattu śai-

⟨3⟩ leśvarattu gaṇa¡v!at¡ī!-bhaṭārarai ¡vaiy!-

⟨4⟩ ttu-k kōyi¡ll! eṭuppitt(ā)r taṇṭiya-

⟨5⟩ ṅ-kiḻār pāṇṭ¿a?ya-kramavittar{r} brāhma-

⟨6⟩ ṇi tēvaccāṉi tāṉ eṭuppitta taḷik-

⟨7⟩ ku A(r)ccanā-bhoga¡mm!-āka vaitta nel

⟨8⟩ mutal nāṟpatiṉ kāṭi Ivaittil va-

⟨9⟩ (r)ddhamānaṁ koṇṭu tiṅkaḷ nā¡l! avi-

⟨10⟩ yum Anti-viḷakkum A(r)ccanaiyu-

⟨11⟩ m Ip-paricu vaḻuvāmai-c cey-

⟨12⟩ vōm āka in-nāṟpatiṉ k¿a?ṭiyum

⟨13⟩ koṇṭōm taḷi-y-uṭai¡yy!-ā¿ka? civa-

⟨14⟩ catti civa-kurava civa-nakka civa-kāma ci [unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ gaṇa¡v!⟨p⟩at¡ī!⟨i⟩-bhaṭārarai ⬦ gaṇavati-bhaṭārarai SII; gaṇa¡v!⟨p⟩ati-bhaṭārarai IP.

⟨4⟩ eṭuppitt(ā)r ⬦ eṭuppitt¿a?⟨ā⟩r SII; eṭuppitt(ā)r IP.

⟨5⟩ pāṇṭ¿a?⟨i⟩ya-kramavittar{r} ⬦ pāṇṭiya-kramavittar SII IP.

⟨9⟩ nā¡l!⟨ḷ⟩ avi⟨10⟩yum ⬦ nālvi⟨10⟩yum SII; nā¿lv?⟨l a⟩vi⟨10⟩yum IP.

⟨13⟩ taḷi-y-uṭai¡yy!⟨y⟩-ā¿ka?⟨r⟩ ⬦ taḷi-y-uṭai¿yy?⟨y⟩-ā¿ka?⟨r⟩ SII IP.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Fifteenth year.1

⟨2–8⟩

⟨8–11⟩

⟨11–12⟩

⟨12–14⟩ These fourteen kāṭis, We have taken them, We ... Ci[va] […]

Commentary

The inscription is incomplete. IP notes: “Probably a few more letters are wanting. The significance of these names is not clear. They were probably the taḷi uḍaiyār (temple priests), as stated in l. 13.”

According to IP: “This gives the earliest reference to the setting up of the image of god Ganapati, during the Pallava period.”

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/258).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.68). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 159).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and photos.

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. Pages 28–29, item 68.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 464–465, item 159.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1912–13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Page 34, appendix B/1912, item 258.

Notes

  1. 1. Presumably of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, of which see ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/258.