# Kūram, Śiva temple, time of Nr̥patuṅga, year 21

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00174

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00174.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Śiva temple pillar. Regulation by the Kūram assembly pertaining to four
kaḻañcus of gold, apparently received in donation.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

nr̥pat¡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

⟨1⟩ sabhai⟨5⟩y(ō)m • Only the kāl in (o) is unclear.

⟨10⟩ po[ṉ] ⬦ po[1+] SII.

⟨21⟩ ūṭṭuvat[-āka] [ca. 3+] ⬦ ūṭṭuvata [ca. 5+] SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Twenty-first year of Nr̥pato(ṅkar).[1]

⟨3–30⟩ ...

## Commentary

Mahalingam 1988 uncorrectly locates this inscription in the Viṣṇu temple
(Ādikeśavaperumāḷ).

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1899–1900 (ARIE/1899-1900/B/1900/37).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.39). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 174). Edited in Civāṉantam 2013.

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: Government
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.

[C] Civāṉantam, Irā. 2013. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ: tokuti IV.
Kāñcipuram māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ: tokuti IV. TNSDA Epigraphical Series
43. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology.
Page 64, item 534/2013.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1899–1900. 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. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch.
Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1900. Page 50, appendix
B/1900, item 37.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅga.