# Tiruvatikai, time of Nr̥patuṅga, year 16

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00162

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00162.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Renovation and donation of gold for maintaining two perpetual lamps.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ tiru-vīraṭṭāṉa⟨3⟩m putukki Im⟨4⟩-mahādevarkku ⟨5⟩ nirupatoṅkaṟku ⟨6⟩
yāṇṭu pati¡ṉ!⟨7⟩ṉ āṟ-āvatu muta¡l!⟨8⟩l-āka

muṉaippāṭi ⟨9⟩ Āṉmūr-nāṭṭu pe⟨10⟩ruṅkuḷattūr vā⟨11⟩ḻum
muṉai-p-pēr-a⟨12⟩raiyar makaṉ mu⟨13⟩ṉaiya-kōṉ-i(ḷa)⟨14⟩varaiyaṉ
tiru⟨15⟩vīraṭṭāṉam pu⟨16⟩tukki It-tēvar ⟨17⟩ kku n¡a!⟨o⟩ntā
viḷak(kukku)⟨18⟩Ati-Araiya-maṅ⟨19⟩kalattu nakaratattār⟨20⟩kku-k kuṭutta
po⟨21⟩ṉ Oṉpatu mā(ṟi) ⟨22⟩ Eṇpatiṉ (ka)⟨23⟩ḻ¡ai!⟨a⟩ñcu (mutal)

⟨24⟩ Itaṉ pa(licai)⟨25⟩yāl(l iraṇ)⟨26⟩ṭu n¡a!⟨o⟩n(tā viḷa)⟨27⟩{k}kkukku
nāḷvāy⟨28⟩(y uri-y) ney Aḷa⟨29⟩(ntu) kuṭuppō⟨30⟩m a(ṉō)m
tiru-k-kōyi⟨31⟩l-uṭaiyār kaiyilē ⟨32⟩ (na)kara(t)tōm

I-vi⟨33⟩ḷakku nantil pal-ma⟨34⟩(he)śvara⟨r⟩ ka(ṭai kū)⟨35⟩ṭṭa-p peṟṟār

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–8⟩

⟨8–23⟩

⟨24–32⟩

⟨32–35⟩

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1902–03 (ARIE/1902-1903/B/1903/35).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 (SII 8.308). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 162).

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

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam,
Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi:
Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 167–168,
item 308.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
469–470, item 162.

### Secondary

ARIE 1902–03. G.O., etc., Nos. 655-656, 24th July 1903. Epigraphy.
Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1902-1903. Copy to the
Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture. Edited by
Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1903. Page 21, appendix B/1903, item 35.