# Tirukkōṭikkāval, time of Nr̥patuṅga, year 22

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00178

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00178.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of gold for performing rituals (hiraṇyagrbha and tulābhāra).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

Ituvu¡mm!⟨m⟩ oru paḻaṅ-kal paṭi

yāṇṭu I(rupa)tt’ iraṇ{ṭ}ṭu

nr̥pat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-mahārāja⟨r⟩ deviyār viramahādeviyār hiraṇyagarbhamu⟨m⟩
tulāpāra[mum] pukka poṉṉil tiru-k- koṭikāvil mahā[9+]⟨2⟩tta poṉ Aimpatiṉ
kaḻañcu

Itaṉil Iru-patt’ aiṅ-kaḻañcu poṉṉiṉ palicaiyāl nicati Iru-nāḻi Ariciyum
Oru piṭi neyyum taḷi Arcci⟨p⟩pār kai mahā[9+]⟨3⟩l nicati Uḻakku ney taḷi
Aṟcippār kai¡yy!⟨y⟩ilē no¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tā-viḷakki⟨ṉu⟩kku kuṭu⟨p⟩pōm āṉōm
tirukkoṭikā-v-āṉa kaṇṇamaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

Itu paḻaṅ-kal paṭi

I[9+]⟨4⟩Ubhaiyogam illāmaiyil Atu tavintatu Itu muṭṭil paṉmāyeśvarar
kaṭaikkūṭṭa-p peṟṟār

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ yāṇṭu I(rupa)tt’ iraṇ{ṭ}ṭu ⬦ (Irupattiraṇ){ṭ}ṭu SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ This also ⟨is⟩ a copy of an old stone.

⟨1⟩ Twenty-second year.

⟨1–2⟩

⟨2–3⟩

⟨3⟩ This ⟨is⟩ the copy of the old stone.

⟨3–4⟩

## Commentary

This is a later copy of an original Pallava inscription.

⟨1⟩ Note on the king of the year.

⟨3–4⟩ This phrase pertains to the time of the copy.

⟨4⟩ SII notes: “The inscription is built in at the right end.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1930–31 (ARIE/1930-1931/B/1930-1931/38).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.74). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 178).

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

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
32, item 74.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
501–502, item 178.

### Secondary

ARIE 1930–31. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year
ending 31st March 1931. Edited by K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer. Calcutta:
Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1933. Page 8, appendixes
B/1930-31, item 38.