# Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Aparājitavarman, year 8 Emmanuel Francis Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00243 Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00243.xml Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha, Tamil], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (6edbbfa) ## Summary Donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp and for food offerings in a temple. ## Palaeographic description Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī 1. Uncertain meter Ānma [1+] kṣa [2+] (sna)⟨2⟩panam atisitam· lepanam· śuddha⟨3⟩pam· tām·būlaṁ sannivedya prati(di)⟨4⟩(na)m aniśandīpam ekam· pradātum· kāṭ·ṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩r-ī⟨5⟩ś(o) vinītaḥ svapatimatiharaḥ ṣaṣṭhim· ⟨6⟩ suvarṇṇam· bhakty(ā) paitāṁki kaṇṭho mu⟨7⟩[2+] m adād oṟṟiyūreśvarāya kō⟨8⟩vicaiya-Aparājita-varmma-p-pōttarai⟨9⟩yaṟkku yāṇṭ’ eṭṭ-āvatu cōḻa-nāṭṭu vaṭa⟨10⟩karai Iṉṉampar-nāṭṭu-k kāṭṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩(r) kāṭṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩{r}(r-uṭai)⟨11⟩yāṉ paiytāṅki kaṇṭaṉ tiru-v-oṟṟi⟨12⟩yūr mahādevarkku vaitta poṉ (Ūr-k-ka)⟨13⟩ṟ cemmai Aṟupatiṉ kaḻañcu (Ip)⟨14⟩-poṉṉuḷ tāṉ piṟanta cōti-(nā)ḷ ⟨15⟩ tiru-v-amirtu patt’ eṭṭu-k kuttaṟ paḻa-(v-a)⟨16⟩(rici) patiṉ aṟu nāḻikkum snapaṉattiṟku⟨17⟩(m) tiru-v-amirtiṟkum-āka ney Āṟu nāḻi⟨18⟩kkum vāḻaippaḻam eṭṭuñ carkkarai⟨19⟩-(p) palamuṅ kaṟi-y-amirtiṟku-k kāy-t ti(ru)⟨20⟩maṭaikkāy amirt’ eṇ-patilaiyum pat⟨21⟩tukkāyum iḷan¡i!⟨ī⟩r mu-p-patum pañca-gavya⟨22⟩ṅkaḷukku veṇṭuvaṉavuñ cantaṉamun= tū⟨23⟩pamuṅ karppūramum-āka Ivv-aṉaittu⟨24⟩kkum-āka vaitta poṉ mu-p-patiṉ kaḻa⟨25⟩ñcum oru nandāviḷakk’ erippataṟku vai⟨26⟩tta poṉ mu-p-patiṉ kaḻañcum-āka vai⟨27⟩tta poṉ Aṟu-patiṉ kaḻañcuṅ ko⟨28⟩ṇṭu kaṭavōn tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr-k karma-k-kiḻava⟨29⟩(r-āyiṉa) Ūrōm ip-poṉṉāl āṇṭu-varai kaḻa⟨30⟩ñciṉ vāy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañcāṭi-p poṉ pali⟨31⟩cai-y-āka Ivv-āṭṭai-c cittirai-t tiṅkaḷ mu [unknown number of lost lines] ## Apparatus ⟨1⟩ kṣa [2+] ⬦ kṣa [4+] SII IP • It seems that there is place only for two characters on the stone. ⟨20⟩ pat⟨21⟩tukkāyum ⬦ pata⟨21⟩tukkāyum SII; pat⟨21⟩tukkāyum IP • Probably a typo in SII. ## Translation ### Part ⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune! ⟨2–7⟩ ... ⟨7–9⟩ Eight year of the victorious king Aparājitavarmappōttairayar.[1] ⟨9–13⟩ The gold that ... has given for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: sixthy kaḻañcus of a purity ⟨tested⟩ on the village ⟨touch⟩stone. ⟨13–29⟩ We are bound to take this gold ... we, the village delegates ... ⟨of⟩ Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. ⟨29–30⟩ ... [unknown number of lost lines][2] ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/159). Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.92), with visual documentation. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 243). 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 40–41, item 92. [IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 610–612, item 242. ### 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 159. [1] Sanskrit Aparājitavarma + Tamil Pōttarayar. That is, the Pallava king Aparājitavarman. [2] Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 notes: “Continuation of the inscription is lost.”