Piḷḷaippākkam, time of Nṛpatuṅga, year 20

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ nṛ{ru}pa(t)¡(o)!-

⟨3⟩ ka(r)kku yāṇ-

⟨4⟩ ṭu Iru-pat-āva-

⟨5⟩ tu Iv-vūṟ ṟa-

⟨6⟩ (la)ttu (ne)¡ll! a-

⟨7⟩ (ṭ)ṭuvār kaṅkai-

⟨8⟩ Iṭai kumari-

⟨9⟩ yiṭai-c cey-

⟨10⟩ tār ceyta

⟨11⟩ pāvam paṭuvā-

⟨12⟩ r (ne)¡ll! aṭṭi-

⟨13⟩ ṉārum aṭṭav uṭaṉ-

⟨14⟩ paṭṭāruñ [**]-

⟨15⟩ ta [***]

⟨16⟩ [*****] […]

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–5⟩ Twentieth year of Nṛpatuṅkar.1

⟨5–12⟩ Those who dump paddy on the premises [talam] of this village will encur the sin done by those who did [sin] between the Ganges and Kanniyakumari.

⟨12–16⟩ ...

Commentary

⟨16⟩ IP notes: “Letters at the end of the inscription have been chiselled away.”

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1929-1930 (ARIE/1929-1930/B/1929-1930/175).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12.72). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 170).

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

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 31, item 72.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 484–485, item 170.

Secondary

ARIE 1929-1930. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1930. Edited by K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1932. Page 20, appendixes B/1929-1930, item 175.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅka.