# Kīḻmuṭṭukūr, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 18

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00255

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00255.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of land to an individual.

## Palaeographic description

Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

kō-vicaiya-naraciṅka-parumaṟku⟨2⟩yāṇṭu patiṉ eṭṭ-āvatu

caṉm(ā)tu⟨3⟩raṉ tam aṭi vārantara-cāṭṭaiyaṉārk=ku mu⟨4⟩k=kuṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩r
Avar-uṭaiya puṉ-pulamun naṉ-pula EI kkuṭūr⟨5⟩mum Avar irunta
maṉai¡-U!⟨yu⟩m (pā) pu ⟨6⟩ ceytat’ oṉṟu kai-nn¡i!⟨ī⟩riṟ pey EI
nnīriṟ⟨7⟩tu piramatāyaṅ koṭuttēm

I⟨8⟩tu kāttār (kā)ṉ mēla-v eṉ⟨9⟩(ra)lai

Aṟa ma(ṟavaṟka)

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ mu⟨4⟩k=kuṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩r ⬦ mu⟨4⟩kkuṭūr EH.

⟨5⟩ (pā) ⬦ (pā) EH • EH notes: “This symbol is perhaps an archaic form
of the figure ‘6.’” — ⟨5⟩ pu ⬦ pu EH • EH notes: “This is probably an
abbreviation for paṇam. A similar one is still in use; compare
South-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I. Nos. 52 and 55.”

⟨6⟩ kai-nn¡i!⟨ī⟩riṟ ⬦ kai-nnīriṟ EH.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1–2⟩ Eighteenth year of the victorious king Naraciṅkaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–7⟩ We have given ...

⟨7–9⟩ The feet (kāl[2]) of he who protects this donation are on my feet.

⟨3–9⟩ Do not forget charity.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1895–96 (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/3).

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4.22A), with a photo and
visual documentation (plates facing p. 178 and 182). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 255).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Hultzsch 1896–1897.

### Primary

[EH] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896–1897. “Three Tamil
inscriptions at Kil-Muttugur.” EI 4, pp. 177–179. Pages 177–178.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 630,
item 255.

### Secondary

ARIE 1895–96. G.O. Nos. 814-15, 6th August 1896. Epigraphy. Reviewing
the report on epigraphical work accomplished during 1895-96 and
directing ist transmission to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen
Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1896. Page 8, appendix B/1896, item 3.

[1] Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.

[2] Note the use of kāl instead of the more usual aṭi.