Tirumukkūṭal, time of Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman, year 24

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00185.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vi-
⟨2⟩ caiya-nr̥pat¡o!ṅka-vi-
⟨3⟩ kkirama-paruma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu Iru-
⟨4⟩ pattu nāl-āvatu kāṭupaṭṭi
⟨5⟩ muttaraiyar makaṉār Ari-
⟨6⟩ kaṇṭaperumāṉārkku Ūṟṟu-
⟨7⟩ k-kāṭṭu-k-kō[ṭ]ṭattu ciyapu-
⟨8⟩ rattu sabhaiyō¡mm! oṭ-
⟨9⟩ ṭi-k kuṭutta paric-āvatu tiru-mu-
⟨10⟩ k-kūṭal viṣṇu-bhaṭāra⟨r⟩kku n¿u?n=tā-
⟨11⟩ viḷa⟨k⟩k’ erippataṟku Eṅka-
⟨12⟩ ḷ kaiyi{l}ṟ ṟanta poṉ
⟨13⟩ mu-p-patiṉ kaḻañciṉā-
⟨14⟩ lum poli-y-ūṭṭu Āṇṭu-
⟨15⟩ varai-y kaḻañciṉ vāy
⟨16⟩ m¡u!ṉṟu mañcāṭi poṉ
⟨17⟩ Āyaṉpaṭiyāl nāṟ-ka-
⟨18⟩ ḻañc-araiyālum Ēṟilu-
⟨19⟩ ñ curuṅkiluṅ kaḻañcu-
⟨20⟩ k=ku nāṟ-pati¡ṉ!āḻi-p paṭi E-
⟨21⟩ ṇṇai nūṟṟ’ eṇ-pati⟨ṉ⟩ nā-
⟨22⟩ ḻiyālum Iravum pakalu [unknown number of lost lines]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–4⟩ Twenty-fourth year of the victorious king Nr̥patoṅka-vikkirama-parumar.¹

⟨4–9⟩

⟨9–22⟩

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1915–16 (ARIE/1915-1916/B/1915/179).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.75). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 185).

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. Pages 32–33, item 78.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 515–516, item 185.

[NMG] Marxia Gandhi, N., A. Padmavathy & S. Swaminathan. 2011. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXX: Inscriptions collected during the year 1915. South Indian Inscriptions 30. New Delhi; Chennai: Archaeological Survey of India; Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu. Pages 85–86, item 102.

Secondary

ARIE 1915–16. G.O. No. 99, 29th August 1916. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1915-1916. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1916. Page 16, appendix B/1915, item 179.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman.

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