Māṅkāṭu, time of Aparājitavarman, year 3

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for a perpetual lamp and food offering to a temple god.

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

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00235.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00235.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-
⟨2⟩ [A]parājitavarmmaṟku yāṇ(ṭu)
⟨3⟩ m¡u!ṉṟ-āvatu māṅkāṭṭu-(t)
⟨4⟩ tiru-veḷḷi-k¡i!ḻ mahā(de)(va)-
⟨5⟩ rkku Oru nandā viḷakkiṟkum [***]-
⟨6⟩ (ru)m pōḻtaikku Oru tiru-v-amu[tuk]-
⟨7⟩ kum-āka-k kacci-p-pēṭṭu-(k) [***]
⟨8⟩ piṭuku taḷi-t tēva¡n!ār ma[kaḷ] [***]-
⟨9⟩ kka mahādeviyār tāyār [***]-
⟨10⟩ ri naṅkaiyār vaitta po[ṉ] [**]
⟨11⟩ patt’ iru-kaḻañcu Ip-poṉ [****]
⟨12⟩ candrādityar uḷḷa-v aḷavun [unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ tiru-v-amu[tuk]⟨7⟩kum ⬦ tiru-v-amu[3+]⟨7⟩kum SII • The restoration tiruvamutiṟkum is also possible.

⟨8⟩ ma[kaḷ] ⬦ ma[2+] SII • This restoration has been suggested by Mahalingam 1988, who further commented: “If this restoration is valid, then the present record provides an early instance of the prevalance of the institution of temple maid-servants.”

⟨10⟩ po[ṉ] [2+] ⬦ po[ṉ] [3+] SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Third year of the victorious king Aparājitavarmaṉ.¹

⟨3–11⟩ The gold that ...: twelve kaḻañcus.

⟨11–12⟩ This gold ... upto the extent of the moon and the sun.

[unknown number of lost lines]²

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1908–09 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/351).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.85). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 235).

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. Page 36, item 85.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 594–595, item 235.

Secondary

ARIE 1908–09. G.O. No. 538, 28th July 1909. Epigraphy. Issuing orders on progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1908-1909. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1909. Page 38, appendix B/1908, item 351.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Aparājitavarman.
2. SII notes: “The continuation of lines and the bottom portion of the record are built in.”

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