Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Aparājitavarman, year 4

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

Palaeographic description: The puḷḷi in the form of a wavy wedge is used almost consistently. Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00238.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00238.xml.

Version: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (6edbbfa).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-Aparāji-
⟨2⟩ (ta)-va(r)mmaṟku yāṇ·ṭu nāl-āvatu peru-naṅ(·)-
⟨3⟩ k(ai) makaṉ(·) vayira-mēkaṉ-ākiya vāṇa-kō-
⟨4⟩ (-v-a)rayar bhogi Amat·ti-y-āyiṉa kuṟu-
⟨5⟩ (mpa)-kōḷali tiru-v-oṟ·ṟiyūr mahāde-
⟨6⟩ vark(·)k’ oru nandā viḷak·k’ erip(·)pataṟku vai-
⟨7⟩ (t·)ta poṉ ūr(·)-k·-kaṟ· cem(·)mai mu-p(·)-patiṉ·
⟨8⟩ (ka)ḻañ·cu Ip(·)-poṉ· koṇ(·)ṭu kaṭavōn
⟨9⟩ tiru-v-oṟ·ṟiyūr·-p· puṟat·tu Ātam-
⟨10⟩ pāk(·)kattu sabhaiyōmum Amr̥ta-ga-
⟨11⟩ ṇat·tōmum· Ip·-poṉ·ṉāl yā-
⟨12⟩ ṇ·ṭu-varai kaḻañ(·)ciṉ· vāy· (m)¡(u)!ṉ·ṟu ma-
⟨13⟩ ñ(·)cāṭi-p(·) poṉ· palicai-y-āka Iv·v-ā-
⟨14⟩ ṭ(·)ṭai Aip·pikai mutal āṟ-āṟu tiṅ(·)kaḷil i-
⟨15⟩ ru-(ka)ḻañ(·)cē-y(·) kāṟ cey(·)tu poṉ(·)ṉun ti-
⟨16⟩ (ru)-viḷak(·)ku ney(·)k ācantra-kālamu nilai-p-
⟨17⟩ poli-y-(ū)ṭ(·)ṭ-āka-t· tiru-(v)-o(ṟ·ṟiyūr ā)ṇi(k·kī)[ḻē] [unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ makaṉ(·) ⬦ makaṉ SII • The final ṉ looks like ḷ, as it appears to have a long vertical stroke on the right, but this might just be a defect in the stone.

⟨12⟩ (m)¡(u)!⟨(ū)⟩ṉ·ṟu ⬦ muṉṟu SII • The stone is currently partly covered with cement at this place.

⟨16⟩ ney(·)k ācantra-kālamu ⬦ neykk ācantra-kālamu SII.

⟨17⟩ poli-y-(ū)ṭ(·)ṭ-āka-t· tiru-(v)-o(ṟ·ṟiyūr ā)ṇi(k·kī)[ḻē] ⬦ poliyūṭṭākat tiruvoṟṟiyūr āṇi (ki) SII • The stone is currently partly covered with cement at this place.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Fourth year of the victorious king Aparājitavarmaṉ.¹

⟨2–8⟩ The gold that ... has given for burning a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: tirthy kaḻañcus ...

⟨8–10⟩ We are bound to take this gold, we, the members of the assembly, and we, the Amr̥tagaṇattārs of Ātampākkam ...

⟨11–17⟩ With this gold ...

[unknown number of lost lines]

Commentary

See DHARMA_INSPallava00239.

⟨10⟩ On the Amr̥tagaṇattār, see DHARMA_INSPallava00239.

⟨17⟩ Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 notes: “The inscription stops here.”

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/158).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.87), with visual documentation. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 238).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2019, by Emmanuel Francis).

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 37, item 87.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 599–601, item 238.

Secondary

ARIE 1912–13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Page 23, appendix B/1912, item 158.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Aparājitavarman.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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Fourth year of the victorious king Aparājitavarmaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Aparājitavarman.</note>

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With this gold ...

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See DHARMA_INSPallava00239.

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On the Amr̥tagaṇattār, see DHARMA_INSPallava00239.

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