Kāvērippākkam, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year [figure lost]

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation (?). The inscription is incomplete.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00169.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00169.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī nirupa-toṅka-varmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu pati[ṉ]-[**][-ā]-
⟨2⟩ vatu paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu māṅkāṭu-nāṭṭu viṭēlviṭuku [***]-
⟨3⟩ yamattu sabhaiyōm Ik-kōṭṭattu-k kāviti-p-pā[kkam āki]-
⟨4⟩ ya Amani-nārāyaṇa-c-caturvveti-maṅkalam yāḷu[ṅkaṇat]-
⟨5⟩ tāruḷ Aṅkāṇacca(n){yai} vasan=tayājiyār pa [unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ nirupa° ⬦ nirupa° SII • SII notes: “The letter pa is engraved below the line.” — ⟨1⟩ pati[ṉ][2+][ā]⟨2⟩vatu ⬦ pati[3+]⟨2⟩vatu SII.

⟨2⟩ viṭēlviṭuku ⬦ viṭēlviṭuku SII • SII notes: “The letter ṭu is engraved below the line.”

⟨3⟩ sabhaiyōm ⬦ sabhaiyōm SII • IP notes: “The letter m engraved below the line.” — ⟨3⟩ kāviti-p-pā[kkam āki]⟨4⟩ya ⬦ kāviti-p-pā[kkam āki]⟨4⟩ya SII.

⟨4⟩ yāḷu[ṅkaṇat]⟨5⟩tāruḷ ⬦ yāḷu[4+]⟨5⟩tāruḷ SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ …teenth year of Nirupatoṅkavarmar.¹

⟨2–5⟩

Commentary

⟨1–2⟩ Note on the lost year: between 11th and 19th.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1905–06 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/394).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.82). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 169).

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

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 35, item 82.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 483, item 169.

Secondary

ARIE 1905–06. G.O. No. 492, 2nd July 1906. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1905-1906, and directing that the report be forwarded to the Government of India. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1906. Page 25, appendix B/1905, item 394.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅkavarman.

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