# Taṇṭalam, time of Pallavamārāyaṉ, year 10

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00261

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00261.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Construction of a sluice.

## Palaeographic description

Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Uncertain meter

kāṭavar-taṅ kōṉ catti (poṟ)-ṟōṭṭil iṭṭa yāṇ-
ṭ’ ēṭ’ iyal ¡i!⟨ī⟩r-aintil iṭuvittā-ṉ[i>ī]⟨2⟩ṭiya-c¡i!⟨ī⟩r
pa⟨l⟩lavamārāyaṉ paci n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki taṇṭalattu-k
kal-l-ivar n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-ēri-kkaliṅkum aṇṭattu⟨3⟩(ḷ)ōr matippavaṉ

2. Uncertain meter

pōḷi(y)¡(u)!⟨(ū)⟩(r)-nāṭṭu-t taṇṭalatt’ ēri-k-
ka⟨4⟩liṅk’ amaittāṉṉ oṇ-ṭamiḻ-p pār-
maṅkai-tāṉ ⟨5⟩ virumbum pallavamārāyaṉ eḻiṟ-p¡u!⟨ū⟩-
maṅkai-ta(ṅ) ⟨6⟩ kōṉ purintu (௳)

## Translation by Hultzsch 1902–1903

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity!

1.

In (the year) twice five (i.e. ten), which was engraved on
palm-leaves,[1] (from) the year when (the name of) Catti, the king of
the Kāṭavas, was entered on a gold leaf,[2]― Pallavamārāyaṉ of enduring
fame, who is respected by (all) the inhabitants of the world, having
freed (the villagers) of hunger, caused to be built also a sluice,
composed of stones, for the water-tank at Taṇṭalam.

2.

The lord of the beautiful goddess of the (lotus) flower (i.e. Lakshmī),
Pallavamārāyaṉ, who is beloved by the excellent goddess of the Tamiḻ
country, graciously constructed a sluice for the tank at Taṇṭalam in
Pōḷiyūr-nāṭu.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1891-1892/B/1892/1).

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1902–1903 (EI 7.5). Text and summary
in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 261).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the previous
edition(s).

### Primary

[EI] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1902–1903. “A rock-inscription at
Tandalam.” EI 7, pp. 25–26.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 641,
item 261.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1891–92. G.O., etc., Nos. 544-45, 6th August 1892.
Epigraphy. Directing that certain reports containing the information
called for by the Government of India in letter No. 1095--27-5, dated
27th May 1891, in connexion with --, be forwarded to that Govrnement.
Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras,
Public Department, 1892. Page 14, appendix B/1892, item 1.

[1] I.e. with which all documents issued at this time had to begin.

[2] This seems to refer to some custom observed at the coronation of a
king; compare South,-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. p. 135 and note 2.