# Kūram, Keśavaperumāḷ temple, time of Nr̥patuṅkavikramavarman, year 17

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00164

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00164.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Sale-deed of land in the Pallava-nārāyaṇa-caturvedimaṅgala to members of
the ... (āḷuṅ-kaṇattārs) of Avani-nārāyaṇa-caturvedimaṅgala, sanctioned
by the assembly (sabhā) of Pallava-nārāyaṇa-caturvedimaṅgala.

## Palaeographic description

Example of Grantha tu and Tamil tu used alternatively for the same word
(caturvedi, line 1).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-nirupa-t¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkarama-paruma¡ṟkk!u yāṇṭu pati⟨ṉ⟩
Eḻ-āvatu

(pa)ṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu karai-nāṭṭu-p
pallava-nārāyaṇa-¿(śa)?⟨ca⟩turvvedi-maṅkalattu (sa)bhaiyōm

Em(m-ū)r kaṟkayam Iru-patt-eḻ-āyiraṅ kuḻi [ca. 5+]

Ik-kōṭṭattu [ca. 6+] Amaṉi-nārāyaṇa-¿(śa)?⟨ca⟩turvve(di)-maṅkalamum
(y)-āluṅka(ṇa)tt(ā)r-uḷ

śrī-bhālekka(ṇa) carma-kramavitta(ṉu)m [ca. 4+] rukku mu-v-āyiraṅ
kuḻiyum

(krā)ñci-k ku(ma)raṭi-c-caṭaṅkavikku A- ⟨2⟩ ¡y!⟨i⟩-(y)-āyiraṅ ku⟨ḻi⟩yum

paciṇṭi kaṇacanna-kramavittaṉukku mu-v-āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

nallūr-c caṉṉa (Ā)ticca-carma-mē veḷi [ca. 3+] rikku Ir-āyiraṅ kuḻi(yum)

muṭumpai-c cappaṭi-kramavitta-c-com(āci)kku (Ā)yiraṅ kuḷiyum

Ivar (tampi) kāḷimaṇṭai-c caṭaṅka(vi)kku Āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

[ca. 5+] ṉukku Ir-āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

kumaṭṭūr-c ca[ca. 2+]-c caṭaṅkavikku Āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

makacira poṟkāḷi bhaṭṭaṉukku Āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

[ca. 5+] yiṟ Iru-patt-eḻu maṉaiyum pāḻ [ca. 7+] ⟨3⟩ p-pāṭi Iru-patt-eḻu
(paṅ)kum maṟṟum pañcākamum-uḷḷa iṭattu Ivv-iru-patt-eḻu paṅkiṉā(lu)m
van=ta nilamum Im-mēṟ-colla-p-paṭṭa [ca. 10+] m nilava(ḻi)yāl
vilai-p-(po)ru(ḷ a)ṟa-k koṇṭu viṟ(ṟu)-k-(ku)ṭuttu-c cilālekai ceytu
kuṭuṭṭōm sabhaiyōm Ivv-iru-patt-eḻ-ā(yiraṅ kuḻiyum paṉṉi)ru-c-cāṇ kōlāl

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (krā)ñci ⬦ (krā)ñci SII IP • Possibly read (kā)ñci.

⟨2⟩ (Ā)ticca-carma-mē veḷi ⬦ (Ā)ticcacāmamē veḷi SII; (Ā)ticcacarma-(mē
vaḷi) IP. — ⟨2⟩ ca[ca. 2+]-c ⬦ ca[ca. 2+]-c SII; ca[ṉṉa]-c IP.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Seventeenth year of the victorious king
Nirupatoṅkavikkaramaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨1⟩ ...

## Commentary

Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 notes after the last word of his edition: “The
continuation is much effaced.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1899–1900 (ARIE/1899-1900/B/1900/33).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.33). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 164). Edited in Civāṉantam 2013.

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

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Government
of India, Central Publication Branch. Pages 13–14, item 33.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
472–473, item 164.

[C] Civāṉantam, Irā. 2013. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ: tokuti IV.
Kāñcipuram māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ: tokuti IV. TNSDA Epigraphical Series
43. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology.
Page 57, item 528/2013.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1899–1900. G.O. etc., Nos. 833-34, 22nd August 1900.
Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1899-1900. Copy
to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch.
Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1900. Page 50, appendix
B/1900, item 33.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman.