# Olakkūr, dedication, time of Pr̥thvīvr̥ṣabhāṅkura

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00248

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00248.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Dedication of an image of the Goddess.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ piritivi-vitapā⟨2⟩ṅkurati Arai⟨3⟩caṉ ceyvitta⟨tu⟩

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ This has been caused to be made by king Piritivivitapāṅkurati.[1]

## Commentary

According to ARIE 1909–10, p. 30, the inscription is in archaic
characters and “[r]ecords that the much worn image at the top of the
slab was caused to be made by the king,” while “[t]he image itself,
perhaps, represents Piridiviviḍa[ṅga]-kurati.” Mahalingam 1988 dates the
inscription to the 6th century and notes: “The inscription is engraved
below the stated image of a goddess flanked by a lamp and canopied by an
umbrella.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1909–10 (ARIE/1909-1910/B/1909/356).

Edited in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 248). Edited in Irājakōpal 2022.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 622,
item 248.

[I] Irājakōpal, Cu. 2022. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXII.
Viḻuppuram māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti IV. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 61.
Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page
145, item 634/2022.

### Secondary

ARIE 1909–10. G.O. No. 665, 28th July 1910. Epigraphy. Recording the
progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -,
Southern Circle, for the year 1909-1910. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No
place, 1910. Pages 30, 70, appendix B/1909, item 356.

[1] SanskritPr̥thvīvr̥ṣabhāṅkura.