# Kāvērippākkam, time of Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman, year 25

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00186

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00186.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Donation of gold for supplying oil.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī]

kō-vicaiya-nirupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkirama-pa[nmarkku] yāṇṭu Irupatt’
aint-āvatu

[9+] ⟨2⟩ [3+]m-ākiya Avani-nārāyaṇa-c-cat¿i?⟨u⟩(rvēti-ma)ṅkalattu
sabhaiyōm [8+] ⟨3⟩ [3+]āka maṭattu caṭṭa-p-peru-makkaḷukku maṭa⟨t⟩tu
[5+] Uḻakk’ eṇṇaikku vēṇṭum [10+] ⟨4⟩ [3+](kar) Āḷvāṉ nicati Uḻakk’
eṇṇaiyu [8+] kal Ivar pakkal poṉ ko(ṇ) [10+] ⟨5⟩ [2+] [I]vv-āṇṭu
cilālekai cey(ti) [6+] Ip-paṇiyāl ivv-āṭṭai [7+] ⟨6⟩ [3+] yati uḻakk’
eṇ(ṇai)yum Ūr Āḷvāṉē Aṭṭuva [5+] cilālēkai ce⟨y⟩tu kuṭuttōm

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Twenty-fifth year of the victorious king
Nirupatoṅka-vikkirama-pa[nmar].[1]

⟨1–6⟩

## Commentary

SII notes: “The inscription is damaged in the middle and is built in at
the right and left ends.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1905–06 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/397).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.79). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 186).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).
Lost portions supplied compared to SII’s edition.

### 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
34, item 79.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 517,
item 186.

### Secondary

ARIE 1905–06. G.O. No. 492, 2nd July 1906. Epigraphy. Recording the
annual report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1905-1906, and directing that
the report be forwarded to the Government of India. Edited by V.
Venkayya. No place, 1906. Page 25, appendix B/1905, item 397.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman.