Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Kampavarman, year 1[.]

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Transaction by the assembly of villagers (ūrārs) concerning a donation of gold for conducting worship.

Palaeographic description: Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00219.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00219.xml.

Version: 2026-05-10 23:43 (066b6dc), last modified 2026-05-06 08:33 (9e928b6).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti) śrī (kō-vi)c(aiya)-ka(mpava)rmmaṟku yāṇṭu pa-
⟨2⟩ [****](ṟā)vatu puḻaṟ-kōṭṭattu-p puḻaṉāṭṭu-t tiru-v(o)-
⟨3⟩ [ṟṟiyūrp]puṟattu vaikkāṭṭ’ urōṅ kai-¡yy!-eḻuttu (muka)-
⟨4⟩ [****]r makaḷ kō-nāṭṭu-k koṭumpāḷūr viṭēlviṭuku I--
⟨5⟩ [ḷaṅkō-vē](ḷār) tēvi pūti Aṟintikai tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr mahāde-
⟨6⟩ [varkku] caṅkirānti-tōṟum patt’ eṭṭ-āka-k kuttal paḻa-
⟨7⟩ [*****](ḷum) māvukku ¿añ?-patiṉāḻiyum ¿añ?patu vāḻai-
⟨8⟩ [*****]m patiṉ pala-c carkkaraiyum Aṭaikkāy ami-
⟨9⟩ [rtu](kku ve)ṟṟilaiyuṅ kāyum it-taṉaikkum-āka vai-
⟨10⟩ [tta poṉ] Ūrkkaṟ cem-poṉ Iru-patt-eḻu kaḻañcu Iv-
⟨11⟩ [virupa]tt’ ēḻu kaḻañcuṅ koṇṭu kaṭavōm vaiyk(k)-
⟨12⟩ [āṭṭ’ ū](rōm) (i)ppoṉṉukku-k kaḻañciṉ vāy m¡u!ṉṟu
⟨13⟩ [mañ]cāṭi-p-poṉ palicaiyāl āṇṭu varai nāṟ-
⟨14⟩ [kaḻa]ñcē-y oru mañcāṭi-p po¿ṉṉ?-āka Ivv-āṭṭai-v
⟨15⟩ [vai]yyāci-t tiṅkaḷ mutal-āka Āṟ-āṟu tiṅka-
⟨16⟩ ḷil iru-kaḻañcēy{yā}yum mā-p poṉ-
⟨17⟩ (ṉu)ṅ koṇṭu ceṉṟu tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr āṇikk¡i!ḻē
⟨18⟩ [**]ṭṭu-k kuṭuppōm āṉōm iṭṭu-k kuṭōmāyil ip-
⟨19⟩ [po]¡ṉṉ!ukku-t talai-c-cēmāṭu cōmatēvaṉ pira-
⟨20⟩ [**]tāya-p pāṭṭa nel nāṟ-patiṉ kāṭiyu muṭi cūṭṭup-
⟨21⟩ [*]ṭṭa ne¡ll! irupatiṉ kāṭiyu muḻapaṭṭi-p pāṭṭa ne-
⟨22⟩ ¡(l)l! irupatiṉ kāṭiyum vaikkāṭu kiḻā¿rar? āy Ēt-
⟨23⟩ [ta-p] pulattiṉ nel nūṟṟ’ iru-patiṉ kāṭiyum-ā-
⟨24⟩ [ka iru]-nūṟṟu-k kāṭi nellilum Āṟ-āṟu tiṅ-
⟨25⟩ [*******] cey Ayntu mā-
⟨26⟩ [**********] (paṭṭa) Ākattā

Apparatus

⟨16⟩ iru-kaḻañcēy{yā}yum mā-p poṉ • SII suggests to emend to iru-kaḻañcēy arai mā-p poṉ.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ ...th year of the victorious king Ka(mpavar)maṉ.¹

⟨2–3⟩ Handwriting of we, the villagers of ...

⟨3–10⟩ The gold that ... gave ...: twenty-seven kaḻañcus of fine gold ...

⟨10–12⟩ We, the villagers of Vaikkāṭu, are bound to take² these twenty-seven kaḻañcus.

⟨12–18⟩ We have become those who will give ...

⟨18–25⟩ ...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/174).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar and Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.103). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 219).

This edition (with further text restorations) by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. and C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 46–47, item 103.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 566–567, item 219.

Secondary

ARIE 1912–13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Page 25, appendix B/1912, item 174.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavarman.
2. That is, to manage.

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