# Satyavēṭu, time of Aparājitavarman, year 4

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00237

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00237.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of land as arcanābhoga to a temple god.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ kō-A⟨pa⟩rā¿y?⟨j⟩ita-paṟmaṟku yāṇ⟨3⟩ṭu nāl-āvatu

paiyyūr-iḷaṅ⟨4⟩kōṭṭattu-t tekkūr-nāṭ⟨5⟩ṭu-t tiru-mataṅkaṉ paḷ⟨6⟩ḷi
mahādevaṟku In-nāṭ⟨7⟩ṭut tuṟaiyūr-p (po)ṉṉu⟨8⟩m puravu¡mm!⟨m⟩ aṭaṅka
Arccanā⟨9⟩-bhogam-āka-k kuṭuttēṉ ⟨10⟩ cera-nāṭ-uṭaiya kumāran⟨11⟩tai
kuṟumpar ātitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āki⟨12⟩ya kāṭupaṭṭi-p pērarai⟨13⟩yaṉ-ēṉ

It-taṉma⟨14⟩m rakṣittāṉ aṭi-y eṉ ⟨15⟩ ṟalai m¿a?⟨ē⟩laṉa

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–3⟩ Fourth year of the king Aparājitapaṟmaṉ.[1]

⟨3–13⟩ I have given to the Mahādeva of the Tirumataṅkaṉ Paḷḷi in the
Tekkūrnāṭu in the Paiyyūriḷaṅkōṭṭam as arcanābhoga ... , I, Kāṭupaṭṭi
Pēraraiyaṉ alias Kumārantai Kuṟumpar Ātittaṉ, lord of the Cēranāṭu.

⟨13–15⟩ The feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1911–12 (ARIE/1911-1912/C/1912/31).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.86). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 237).

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. Pages
36–37, item 86.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
598–599, item 237.

### Secondary

ARIE 1911–12. G.O. No. 919, 29th July 1912. Epigraphy. Recording the
progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1911-1912. Edited by H. Krishna
Sastri. No place, 1912. Page 43, appendix C/1912, item 31.

[1] Sanskrit Aparājitavarman.