# Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Aparājitavikramavarman, year 12

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00244

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00244.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 land, after purchase, for worship services and food
offerings to the god of a temple.

## Palaeographic description

Medial i and ī interchangeable.

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## Edition

[unknown number of lost lines]

⟨1⟩ [10+] peṟṟu viḷaṅka [3+] ⟨2⟩ [7+] ṭukaṭaṟ paṭappai Oṟṟimutūr
ukan⟨3⟩[4+] n(e)ṟṟi nāṭṭattu nirmmalaṉ kōyiṟ kuṭa-ti⟨4⟩cai [2+] nta
vaṭa-ticai eṭuttum aḷa-p-peruñ-ciṟappi⟨5⟩ṟ ṟaṉ (p)eyar nīṟiya cōḷa-m(āl)
y-īśvara-karattu maṉṉi⟨6⟩yaruṇi [3+] (śi)(va-p-perumā)ṉaṭikaṭk’ aṇimika
Arccippa⟨7⟩varkku nicca mu-k-kālu ne(y) viravi-k kāṭṭun
tiruvamir⟨8⟩tiṟkuṅ kantattiṟkun tūpattiṟku nantā nala viḷa⟨9⟩kk’ oṉṟ’
eri(vataṟku) [2+] kku malkum vaḻukkāt(ē/e)ṉ⟨10⟩ṟum iṭuvār ta [5+]
vōlakkam acaivil k¡i!⟨ī⟩rt⟨11⟩ti Aparājita-(vi)(kra)(ma-parumaṟkku)
yāṇṭu paṉṉira⟨12⟩ṇṭ’ ā(ṇ)ṭiṉāl [4+] vaitt’ ikaṇai(mū)tūr
ika⟨13⟩ṇai(y-k)-kiḻavōr eṉṉuṅ kuṭi-y iṭai ni(ṟai)puṉala⟨14⟩(mar)ku [2+]
(tuṅ)kaṉāṟum niṉaitta nelvarum paṉi⟨15⟩ccai-p pulamum eṉṟ’ iru pēr
ēttamum ivaṟṟuk(k)’ ē⟨16⟩riyum poruḷ kai-k kuṭuttu-p pu(ḷi)-y aṟiya
Aṟṟam i⟨17⟩ṉṟi viṟṟu-k koṇṭu kaṉmicai Eḻuti vaittaṉaṉ ma⟨18⟩[3+] ruvaḻi
mānilatt’ iṉitē ↝

## Translation

⟨1–18⟩ ... by/through the twelfth year of Aparājita(vikramaparumar)[1]
...

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/180).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.93), 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. Page
41, item 93.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
613–614, item 244.

### 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 25, appendix B/1912, item 180.

[1] Sanskrit Aparājitavikramavarman.