# Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Nr̥patuṅgavarman, year 18

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00168

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00168.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of gold for supplying food offerings.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicai⟨2⟩ya-nr̥patuṅka-va⟨r⟩mma⟨r⟩k=ku ⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu patiṉ eṭṭ-āvatu

⟨4⟩ [t]iru-v-oṟṟi(yū)[r]-p-puṟattu ⟨5⟩ (m)aṇali sabhaiyōm ⟨6⟩
(E)mm¡u!⟨ū⟩r-uṭaiya mahāde⟨7⟩[va](r)k=ku Umpaḷa-nāṭṭu
viṭē⟨8⟩[l]-(vi)ṭuku pallavarai⟨9⟩(yar) [devi]yāri[ṟ] paḻiya⟨10⟩[n] pilli
kuṭutta po⟨11⟩ṉ Ūrkkaṟ cemmai ⟨12⟩ (ayṅ)-kaḻañcu I⟨13⟩(y poṉayṅka)⟨ḻañcu
po⟩⟨14⟩ṉ koṇ[ṭu celu]tta⟨15⟩k kaṭavōm āyiṉa pari{c}⟨16⟩cāvatu

cen-neṟ kuttaṟ ⟨17⟩ (pa)ḻa-v arici karu-nāḻiyiṉā[l]⟨18⟩(nā)-ṉāḻiyum
Uḻak=ku ne⟨19⟩yyum ¿ā?⟨a⟩ṭukk’ ilaiy(u)m ai⟨20⟩ntu k(ā)yum
nālu-paḻa⟨mu⟩m saṅ⟨21⟩ki(rā)n=ti-tōṟum muṭṭāmai ⟨22⟩ [ni]l(ai)-p
poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka-t ti⟨23⟩ṅkaṭoṟum āka kuṭup⟨24⟩pōm āṉōm muṭṭuvatā⟨25⟩yiṟ
dhammāsanattu nicati nā(lē)⟨26⟩[kā]l kāṇam paṭuvō{m}⟨27⟩m āṉōm paṭṭum
po⟨28⟩li-y-[ū]ṭṭu muṭṭāmai (caṉ) [unknown number of lost lines]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ °va⟨r⟩mmak=ku ⬦ °varmmak=ku SII •

⟨12⟩ (ayṅ)° ⬦ °(ayṅ) SII • SII notes: “Engraved over an erasure.”

⟨13⟩ (poṉayṅka) ⬦ (poṉayṅka) SII • SII notes: “Engraved over an
erasure.”

⟨25⟩ dhammāsanattu ⬦ dhammā¿dha?⟨sa⟩nattu SII •

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nr̥patuṅkavarmmar[1]

⟨4–16⟩

⟨16–28⟩

## Commentary

⟨28⟩ SII notes: “The slab is broken at this place and the continuation
of the inscription is lost.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/162).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.70). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 168).

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. Page
30, item 70.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
481–482, item 168.

### Secondary

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 24, appendix B/1912, item 162.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅkavarman.