# Kāvērippākkam, time of Kampavarman, year 17

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00220

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00220.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of gold for a daily food offering.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-kampa(va)rmma⟨r⟩(k)ku yāṇṭu patiṉ ēḻ-(āvatu)

(paṭuvūrkō)ṭṭattu-k kāvati-p-pāk⟨2⟩kam-ākiya
Avaṉi-nārāyaṇa-c-caturvveti-maṅkalattu-c ciṟṟampalattu-p peru-makkaḷ
kaṭai⟨3⟩kāṭci-y-āka-t tiru-(vā)naṅkamuti tamakkai nampirāṭṭi
viruttū(ṇar)kku vaitta poṉ [2×] Ēḻu-⟨nū⟩¡tt!⟨ṟṟ⟩u mu-p⟨4⟩-pat(t’ aṟu)
kaḻañcu

Ip-poṉṉāl vanta viruttiyāl nicati oru viruttūṇar uṇpat-āka vaittāḷ

Itu ⟨5⟩ (Ā)candrakālamum muṭṭāmai Ūṭṭuvippat-āka-(y i)p-peru-makka(ḷ
ka)ṭai-k kāṇpār āṉār

It-tarmmamuṭṭil k¿e?⟨a⟩ṅkai-y-i-⟨6⟩ṭai-k kumari-y iṭai-c ceytār ceyta
pāvam pa(ṭu)vār āṉār

Id-dharmma⟨m⟩ rakṣi⟨t⟩tār kāl eṉ muṭi mēlaṉa

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ [2×] • In SII’s edition two symbols are printed, apparently
reproducing what is visible on the stone and looking like 100 and 1. SII
notes: “This symbol probably stands for the figure 736.” As 736 kaḻañcus
is a very unusual amount, an alternative reading could be: 36 Eḻuttu
muppattāṟu. The word eḻuttu would be preceded by the figures in symbol
and by the same figures in letters.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Seventeenth year of the victorious king Kampavarmar.[1]

⟨1–3⟩ The gold that ... gave ...: seven hundred thirty-six kaḻañcus.

⟨4⟩ With the interest that came through this gold, she gave ...

⟨4–5⟩ This ...

⟨5–6⟩ If ...

⟨6⟩ The feet (kāl[2]) of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1905–06 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/391).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 with visual
documentation (SII 12.104). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP
220).

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
47–48, item 104.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 568,
item 220.

### Secondary

[ARIE] 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 391.

[1] Sanskrit Kampavarman.

[2] Note the use of the word kāl, instead of the usual word aṭi.