Kūram, time of Nṛpatuṅga, year 21
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00174.
Summary: Śiva temple pillar. Regulation by the Kūram assembly pertaining to four kaḻañcus of gold, apparently received in donation.
Hand description:
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
Version: (350e545), last modified (ee4d0a2).
Edition
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī
nṛpat¡o!⟨u⟩⟨2⟩(ṅkarkku) yāṇṭu Iru⟨3⟩-patt’ oṉṟ-āvatu
⟨4⟩ kūrattu sabhai⟨5⟩y(ō)m eḻuttu
O⟨6⟩ymā-n(ā)ṭṭu perā⟨7⟩yūr-nāṭṭu nallā⟨8⟩yūr peruñci[ca. 4+]⟨9⟩[ca. 4+] pakkal nāṟ-⟨10⟩kalañcu po[ṉ]
[ca. 2+] ⟨11⟩ [ca. 6+] I⟨12⟩[ca. 2+] cāṉa [ca. 4+] ru⟨13⟩ṭṭa[ca. 6+]⟨14⟩kaḻit[ca. 7+]⟨15⟩ṇṭa mu-p-patu[ca. 2+] ⟨16⟩ [ca. 10+] ⟨17⟩ [ca. 10+] ⟨18⟩ [ca. 10+] ⟨19⟩ [ca. 10+] ⟨20⟩ [ca. 10+]⟨21⟩ṭṭi-y ūṭṭuvat[-āka][ca. 3+]⟨22⟩ttōm Ūṭṭa[ca. 2+]⟨23⟩vitaṉāl vanta [ca. 3+] ⟨24⟩ [ca. 2+] Avvavv-āṭṭai [ca. 4+] ⟨25⟩ [ca. 3+] kay-āka-p paṇit⟨26⟩(tō)m sabhaiyō(m)[ca. 2+]
⟨27⟩-p paṇikka-v eḻuti [ca. 3+] ⟨28⟩ Ivv-ūr (ma)dhyasthan [ca. 3+] ⟨29⟩ [ca. 2+] vinīta¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩[ca. 3+]⟨30⟩ṭṭi-p-pōttaṉ [ca. 4+]
Apparatus
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
Bibliography
Reported in Hultzsch 1900 (ARIE/1899-1900/B/1900/37).
Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.39). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 174).
This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).
Primary
[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 15, item 39.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 492–493, item 174.
Secondary
[ARIE] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1900. G.O. etc., Nos. 833-34, 22nd August 1900. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1899-1900. Copy to the Government of India. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 50, appendix B/1900, item 37.
Notes
- 1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅga.
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Prosperity! Fortune!
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Commentary
Mahalingam 1988 uncorrectly locates this inscription in the Viṣṇu temple (Ādikeśavaperumāḷ).