# Kāvērippākkam, time of Nr̥patuṅgavarman, year [figure lost]

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00169

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00169.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation (?). The inscription is incomplete.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

nirupa-toṅka-varmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu pati[ṉ]-[2+][-ā]⟨2⟩vatu

paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu māṅkāṭu-nāṭṭu viṭēlviṭuku [3+]⟨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.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅkavarman.