# Tiruvaṭikai, time of Nr̥patuṅgappōttaraiyar, year 22

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00179

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00179.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Donation of gold for performing a ritual.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

nr̥⟨2⟩pat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅkap⟨3⟩pōttaraiya(r)⟨4⟩kku yāṇṭu Iru⟨5⟩patt’ iraṇṭ-āvatu

⟨6⟩ v¡i!⟨ī⟩ramādeviyā[2+] ⟨7⟩ [2+]n vāḻum tu(la)⟨8⟩(vār)muṭi pakka[2+]
⟨9⟩ po¡(n)!⟨(ṉ)⟩ [2+] tiruv¡i!⟨ī⟩ra⟨10⟩ṭṭāṉattu mahā⟨11⟩devarkku kuṭutta
⟨12⟩ poṉ Aimpatiṉ ⟨13⟩ kaḻañcu

Itiṟṟu⟨14⟩ḷ Irupatt’ (ai)ṅ⟨15⟩kaḻañci[5+] ⟨16⟩ ta[5+]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–5⟩ Twenty-second year of Nr̥patoṅkappōttaraiyar.[1]

⟨6–13⟩

⟨13–16⟩

## Commentary

⟨16⟩ SII notes: “The remaining lines are completely damaged.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1921–22 (ARIE/1921-1922/B/1921/367).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.73). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 179).

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
31, item 73.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
502–503, item 179.

### Secondary

ARIE 1921–22. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for the year 1921-1922.
Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government Press, 1923. Page 30,
appendix B/1921, item 367.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgappōttaraiyar.