# Kaṇṭiyūr, time of Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman, year 21

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00171

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00171.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of land (after sale) and of gold.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-nirupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkirama-paruma⟨2⟩ṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 1-Āvatu

Avv-āṇṭu Ārkkā⟨3⟩ṭṭu-k-kūṟṟattu brahmatēyan tiru-k-kaṇṭiyūr ⟨4⟩
sabhaiyōm

Ivv-ūr-c cēri vicaiya-nal(lu)⟨5⟩ḻāṉ māṟaṅkāḷiyiṭai koṇṭa t¡i!⟨ī⟩pam
oṉṟu⟨6⟩kku-c cempoṉ campirāṇi’p paḻaṅ-kā(ci)⟨7⟩ṉōṭ’ urai y-oppatu
Ūrāṭukallāl 100 10 ⟨8⟩ ṉūṟ(ṟ’ o)ru(pa)tiṉ kaḻañcu

Ivv-ūr kāḷāpaṭāriyā⟨9⟩rkku Oḻukk’ avippuṟam-āka-p pattu-c ce(yyum)
O⟨10⟩ḻukku-p puṟam-āka Oru mā-c ceyyum (Āka patiṉ o)⟨11⟩ru mā-c ceyyum
Eṅkaḷ brahma[10+]⟨12⟩ṟuk kuṭutta nilattukk’ ellai tā(ṉai) [4+]⟨13⟩rañ
centaṉum Iva⟨14⟩ṉ (tampi ti)v¿a?⟨ā⟩kara-nak⟨15⟩kaṉu[4+]kaḷ
nilattu⟨16⟩kku-(k kiḻa)kkum paḻaiya⟨17⟩taḷi-t tēvatāṉam-āṉa ⟨18⟩
nilattukku-t teṟkum ⟨19⟩ It-tēvatāṉa nilat⟨20⟩tukkum vaḻiñcivāyk⟨21⟩ku
mē¿k?⟨ṟ⟩kum vaḻiñcivāy⟨22⟩kku vaṭakkum

Ivv-icain⟨23⟩ta peru-nāṅk’ ellai⟨24⟩yil akappaṭṭa nilam O⟨25⟩ṭṭai-c-cey
muṟṟum

⟨26⟩ Iṉṉam itaṟkēy viṟ⟨27⟩kiṉṟa nilattu⟨k⟩k’ ellai ⟨28⟩ (Ū)r-uṭaiya
perumāṉaṭi⟨29⟩kaḷ (ve)li-p peruñ-cey⟨30⟩yil ālkiṉṟa nilattukku⟨31⟩k
kiḻakkuṅ kāmakkāṇi (calā)⟨32⟩kaṉ tiru-maḻavāṭiyun tampi⟨33⟩maruṅ
kākakkāṇi centa(ṉ) brā⟨34⟩hmaṇi divākaraṉ puṇ(ṭu)m ni⟨35⟩lattukku-t
teṟku tāṉain(ta)⟨36⟩ṉ vāsudevaṉ talaiyaṉun⟨37⟩tāṉainta(ṉ) tā(mō)tira(ṉ
v)ā⟨38⟩sudevabha(ṭṭa)ṉum mōcitē⟨39⟩vaṉ tiru-ve(ṅ)kāṭaṉ
¿s?⟨ś⟩rīdha⟨40⟩nam pe(ṟṟa) nilattukkum pālā⟨41⟩ciriyaṉ (ce)ṭṭi mātēva
nilat⟨42⟩tukkumē Aṇaivāykkālu⟨43⟩kkum Iv-veli-p peruñ-ce⟨44⟩y pāyavum
vāravum-āka ⟨45⟩ v(ai)cca A(rai)kko(ṭṭivā)⟨46⟩(yk)kālukku vaṭakku [3+]
⟨47⟩ [3+] makkum

(Ivv-icai)t⟨48⟩ta (pe)ru-nāṅk’ e(llaiyill a)⟨49⟩kappaṭṭa nilan taṭi-y
ira⟨50⟩(ṇ)ṭu

ni(lan ka)ruttāka U⟨51⟩ṇṇilam oḻiv’ iṉṟi O⟨52⟩ṭṭai-c ceyyum velip ⟨53⟩
peruñ-ceyyi(l) kiḻakkaṭai⟨54⟩yavum-āka Aḷa(n)tu Araiyē⟨55⟩y oru mā
cceyyum ōḻu⟨56⟩(kk’ avi)-p-puṟamum ¿e?⟨o⟩ḻukku⟨57⟩p puṟamum
A⟨r⟩ccanā-bhoga⟨58⟩mum-āka In-ni⟨la⟩ttāl pañcavā⟨59⟩ramum Ec-cōṟum
nēr(v)ā⟨60⟩yamum veṭṭi vetiṉaiyu⟨61⟩ñ ceṉṉir-p potivi [unknown number of
lost lines]

## Apparatus

⟨7⟩ 100 10 ({symbol}) ⬦ 100 10 ({symbol}) SII.

⟨45⟩ v(ai)cca • Only the first of the two successive kompus is unclear.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 21st year of the victorious king Nirupatoṅkavikkiramaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨4–8⟩ ...

⟨8–22⟩ ...

⟨22–25⟩ ...

⟨26–47⟩ ...

⟨47–50⟩ ...

⟨50–61⟩ ...

## Commentary

⟨61⟩ The inscription stops short here. SII notes: “This inscription is
left unfinished.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1894–95 (ARIE/1894-1895/B/1895/17).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1925 (SII 5.572). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 171).

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

### Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1925. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume
V: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and
Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 5. Madras: Government
Press. Pages 226–227, item 572.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
486–488, item 171.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1894–95. G.O., &c., Nos. 855, 856, 12th October 1895.
Epigraphy. Forwarding to the Government of India report on the
Epigraphical work accomplished during 1894-95, and approving of the
programme of work for the next field season. Edited by Eugen Julius
Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1895.
Page 10, appendix B/1895, item 17.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman.