# Kīḻpulam, time of Vajrameghavarman, year 2

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00265

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00265.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Donation of land for rituals to a god temple.

## Palaeographic description

Medial u and ū interchangeable.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ śrī-vayira-meka-panmaṟku yāṇṭu ⟨3⟩ 2-Āvatu

tāmar-k-kōṭṭattu-p pal-kalattu-t tiru-k-kūḷiccara⟨4⟩ttu Āḷvārkku
Ivv-ūril muḷḷi-k-kuṭai(yā)ṉ Ātittaṉāḷi It-tē⟨5⟩varkku tiru-p-pa(ṇi)
m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu⟨6⟩tēca-kālamum cēkaṇṭi⟨7⟩kai Uṭpaṭa Ai⟨8⟩ñc-āḷ koṇṭu
ti⟨9⟩ru-p-pa(li)-(koṭṭu)vataṟ⟨10⟩ku vaitta nilam [3+]⟨11⟩(l)li (Uḻavā)ṉ
eṉṟa ceṟuvum ⟨12⟩ Ūruvati-y eṉṟa ceṟuvum Iv⟨13⟩v-ūril uvai(cca)rk’
uriyatu Epp¿o?⟨ē⟩⟨14⟩rpaṭṭatum koṇṭu Ivv-ūril Ara⟨15⟩(ya)ṇicciṅka
Uvaiccaṉ koṭṭuvat-āka vaittō⟨16⟩m pal-kalatt’ ūrōm

Iva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku Eppēṟppaṭṭa sama⟨17⟩paricāram vaittō⟨18⟩m

In-nilattukku Ērum a⟨19⟩mañciyu Ivaṉ-ē-y cey⟨20⟩tu koṇṭu or’ āḷi nīr
muṟai⟨21⟩-tōṟum aṭaittu-k koḷvatāka vai⟨22⟩ttōm

It-tirukkōyil-uṭaiya kū⟨23⟩ḷicivaṉum Ivaṉ tampi maticūta⟨24⟩civaṉum
m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu tēcakālamum tiru-v-amu⟨25⟩tu kāṭṭi Iraṇṭ’ āḷ-k kāḷam
u⟨26⟩tuvārkaḷ ā(kavum)

vaittōm pal-kalatt’ ūrom

⟨27⟩ It-dhanmam· rakṣippār tiru-p-pātam eṉ ta{l}lai mēlaṉa

It-dhanmam· Aḻittār keṅkā-k-kanyā⟨28⟩n=tarattu-c ceytār ceyta pāvattu-p
paṭuvār

Ivai ⟨29⟩ kaṟṟaḷi-p peru(n=ta)ccaṉ makaṉ Iḷaṅkāvaṉ eḻuttu

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–3⟩ 2nd year of the glorious Vayiramēkapanmaṉ.[1]

⟨3–16⟩ ... we, the village delegates of Palkalam.

⟨16–18⟩ To him, we have given whatever ...

⟨18–22⟩ We have given ...

⟨22–26⟩ We have given ...

⟨26⟩ We have given ⟨so⟩, we, the village delegates of Palkalam.

⟨27⟩ The glorious feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

⟨27–28⟩ He who destroy this pious act befalls in the sin of he does
⟨sin⟩ in the space ⟨between⟩ Ganges and Kanyā.

⟨28–29⟩ These are the writing of Iḷaṅkāvaṉ, the son of the great
carpenter ⟨of this⟩ stone temple.[2]

## Commentary

On the identity of Vayiramēkavarman (Sanskrit Vajrameghavarman), see
DHARMA_INSPallava00264.

See also DHARMA_INSPallava00266, DHARMA_INSPallava00350,
DHARMA_INSPallava00351.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1915–16 (ARIE/1915-1916/C/1916/150).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.114), with
visual documentation. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 265).

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
53–54, item 114.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
645–646, item 265.

### Secondary

ARIE 1915–16. G.O. No. 99, 29th August 1916. Epigraphy. Recording, with
remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological
Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1915-1916.
Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1916. Page 78, appendix C/1916,
item 152.

[1] Sanskrit Vajrameghavarman.

[2] The senior stone-mason of the temple acccording to Mahalingam 1988.