# Kīḻūr, time of Nr̥patuṅgavikrama, year 18

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00165

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00165.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of gold for settting up and maintaining a garden.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-nirupatoṅka-vikkirama-⟨r⟩kki ⟨yā⟩ṇṭu pati¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩
eṭṭ-ā⟨2⟩(vatu)

milāṭṭu kuṟukkai-k-kūṟṟattu tiru-k-kōva¡ll!⟨l⟩ūr tiru-viraṭṭā⟨3⟩(ṉat)tu
mātēvar (ti)ru-nan=ta-vāṉan ceyvittum pū-mara-naṭu(vu) vaittu ⟨4⟩
(ni)r-iraikkavu⟨n⟩ tiruttavum Iṭṭa cūṭimaṭaiviṭuvāṉ uḷḷiṭṭu muva⟨5⟩r-t
tiru-k-kōvalūr nakarattār vaḻi Āṇṭu varai (E)ṇ kaḻacāv-¿a?⟨ā⟩ka⟨6⟩[2+]ṉ
koṟṟum pu(ṭa)vaikkum poli-Ūṭṭiṉāl ceñtālap⟨7⟩[2+] palar kūṟṟa [3+]
m(ā)yilaṅkai vicaiyanalluḻāṉ-āyi⟨8⟩ṉa [2+]ṉ māyāṉ vaitta poṉ
viṭēlvi⟨9⟩ṭuku tuḷai-y iṭṭa cem-poṉ mu-p-patt’ iru-kaḻañcu

⟨10⟩ Itu pa⟨ṉ⟩māyeśvara-rakṣai ⁓

## Apparatus

⟨5⟩ kaḻacāv-¿a?⟨ā⟩ka ⬦ kaḻacāvaka SII; kaḻaicāv-¿a?⟨ā⟩ka IP.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nirupatoṅkavikkirama.[1]

⟨2–9⟩

⟨10⟩ This ⟨is⟩ under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE1901-19024 (ARIE/1901-1902/B/1902/297).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.926). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 165).

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. Page 455, item 926.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
474–475, item 165.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1901–02. G.O. Nos. 763, 764, 6th August 1902. Epigraphy.
Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1901-1902. Copy to the
Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras:
Government of Madras, Public Department, 1902. Page 18, appendix B/1902,
item 297.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikrama.