# Tippacamuttiram, time of Kampavarman, year 17

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00221

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00221.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Lake-bund stone inscription recording ...

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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 pr̥thi¡ya!⟨vī-ka⟩⟨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!⟨dharmmam⟩
valivalak=ka-maṅka⟨11⟩lattu Ērik=kuk= kaṇṭa Ā⟨12⟩ṟṟu-k=-kāl

Ik-kāl viḻu⟨13⟩-p-pērararaiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

I-¡dha⟨14⟩mmam!⟨dharmmam⟩ Itu Irakṣippā¡ṉ⟨15⟩ṉ!⟨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 Pr̥thiyaṅkaraiyar, the lord of this
province/region (nāṭu) and his wife Ilāṭapperuntēviyār, both of them,
did for their venerable son Ayyakkuṭṭi: a canal (āṟṟu-k-kāl[2]) which
feeds (kaṇṭa[3]) 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 Pr̥thiyaṅkaraiyar = Pr̥thivīgaṅga. 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.

[1] Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.

[2] Literally: river-leg.

[3] Literally: which sees.