Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 22

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00176.

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (f2f3eaa), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨Zone 1: Pillar, upper square portion, face 1⟩ ⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī]

⟨2⟩ kō-vicaya⟨3⟩-niru-pat¡o!⟨u⟩⟨4⟩ṅka-vaṉma⟨5⟩ṟku Irupa⟨6⟩tt’ iraṉ⟨7⟩ṭ-āvatu nāḷ ⟨8⟩ patiṉ oṉṟi⟨9⟩ṉāl

⟨Zone 2: Pillar, middle octagonal portion, face 1⟩ ⟨10⟩ koṇ⟨11⟩ṭa nāṭu⟨12⟩ṭaiya ⟨13⟩ veṭṭu⟨14⟩vati⟨15⟩yarai⟨16⟩yar ti⟨17⟩ru-k-kaṭai⟨18⟩muṭi mā⟨19⟩tēvar⟨20⟩⟨k⟩ku non⟨21⟩tā viḷa⟨22⟩kk’ erip⟨23⟩pataṟku ⟨24⟩ kuṭutta ⟨25⟩ poṉ ⟨Zone 3: Pillar, lower square portion, face 1⟩ ⟨26⟩ paṉṉiru-kaḻa⟨27⟩ñcu

Itu paṉ⟨28⟩māyeśvarar (i)⟨29⟩rakṣai

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(2–9) Twenty second year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavarman

(10–27)

(27–29)

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 522); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 176); edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (up to line 25) and on previous editions (from line 26 onwards).

Primary

[KVSA] 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 317, item 522.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 496–497, item 176.

[CS] Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une reine: Śiva à Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry; École française d'Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 308–310, item 7.

Secondary

Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1901. G.O., etc., Nos. 762-63, 25th July 1901. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1900-1901. Copy to the Government of India. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 27, appendix A/1901, item 301.