# Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Aparājitavarman, year 4

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00238

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00238.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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## 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)!⟨(ū)⟩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]

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## 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 ...

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## 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.

[1] Sanskrit Aparājitavarman.