# Māṅkāṭu, time of Aparājitavarman, year 3

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00235

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00235.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## 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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya⟨2⟩[A]parājitavarmmaṟku yāṇ(ṭu) ⟨3⟩ m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟ-āvatu

māṅkāṭṭu-(t) ⟨4⟩ tiru-veḷḷi-k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ mahā(de)(va)⟨5⟩rkku Oru nandā
viḷakkiṟkum [3+]⟨6⟩(ru)m pōḻtaikku Oru tiru-v-amu[tuk]⟨7⟩kum-āka-k
kacci-p-pēṭṭu-(k) [3+] ⟨8⟩ piṭuku taḷi-t tēva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār ma[kaḷ] [3+]⟨9⟩kka
mahādeviyār tāyār [3+]⟨10⟩ri naṅkaiyār vaitta po[ṉ] [2+] ⟨11⟩ patt’
iru-kaḻañcu

Ip-poṉ [4+] ⟨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.

[1] Sanskrit Aparājitavarman.

[2] SII notes: “The continuation of lines and the bottom portion of the
record are built in.”