Tippacamuttiram, time of Kampavarman, year 17

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Edition

⟨Face A⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-ka-

⟨2⟩ mpa-vikkirama-parumaṟku yā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu patiṉ ēḻ-āvatu

⟨4⟩ Innāṭṭ-uṭaiya pṛthi¡ya!-

⟨5⟩ ṅkaraiyarum Ivar tē-

⟨6⟩ viyār Ilāṭa-p-peruntē-

⟨7⟩ viyārum taṅkaḷ maka(ṉ/ḷ)

⟨8⟩ Ayyak=kuṭṭi Aṭikaḷukku ⟨Face B⟩

⟨9⟩ Ivv-iruvarum ceyta

⟨10⟩ ¡dhammam! valivalak=ka-maṅka-

⟨11⟩ lattu Ērik=kuk= kaṇṭa Ā-

⟨12⟩ ṟṟu-k=-kāl Ik-kāl viḻu-

⟨13⟩ -p-pērararaiya¡n! I-¡dha-

⟨14⟩ mmam! Itu Irakṣippā¡ṉ-

⟨15⟩ ṉ! aṭi Eṉ muṭi mēl

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ maka(ṉ/ḷ)maka(ḷ) JS.

⟨10⟩ ¡dhammam!dharmmam⟩dha(r)mmam JS.

⟨13⟩ I-¡dhammam!dharmmam⟩I-dha(r)mmam JS.

⟨14⟩ Irakṣippāṉ¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ aṭi ⬦ Irakṣippāṉ(ṉ a)ṭi JS.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Seventeenth year of the victorious king Kampavikkiramaparumaṉ.1

⟨4–12⟩ The pious act that Pṛthiyaṅkaraiyar, the lord of this province/region (nāṭu) and his wife Ilāṭapperuntēviyār, both of them, did for their venerable son Ayyakkuṭṭi: a canal (āṟṟu-k-kāl2) which feeds (kaṇṭa3) the lake/tank of Valivalakkamaṅkalam.

⟨12–13⟩ This canal (ik-kāl) is [named after/owned by] Viḻuppērararaiyaṉ.

⟨13–15⟩ This pious act (id-dhammam, that is, id-dharmam), the feet of its protector are above my head.

Commentary

Note on "venerable son Ayyakkuṭṭi". Could be "venerable daughter". Cf. EI.

Note on Pṛthiyaṅkaraiyar = Pṛthivīgaṅga. Cf. EI for discussion and identification of people mentioned.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-1943 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1939-1940/174).

Edited in Sundaram 1959–1960, with visual documentation. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 221).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on visual documentation published in Sundaram 1959–1960.

Primary

[JS] Sundaram, J. 1959–1960. “Tippasamudram inscription of Kampa-vikramavarman, year 17.” EI 33, pp. 23–26. Pages 23–26.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 221, pages 569–570.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1939-1943. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu and N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 52, appendixes B/1939-1940, item 174.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.

  2. 2. Literally: river-leg.

  3. 3. Literally: which sees.