Tippacamuttiram, time of Kampavarman, year 17

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Lake-bund stone inscription recording ...

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00221.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00221.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

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

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

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.
2. Literally: river-leg.
3. Literally: which sees.

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