# Uttiramērūr, Vaikuṇṭhaperumāḷ, gift of gold

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00267

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00267.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

Uttaramēru-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu-k kuravaciri tukkaṭi bhaṭṭaṉ brāhmaṇi
kan=ticcāṉiyēṉ Ivvūr-k kaṇa-p-perumakkaḷ Eṭuppitta cittira-kūṭattukku-k
kuṭuttēṉ

⟨2⟩ nārāyaṇa-(sv)āmikaḷukku-t tiruviḷakkukk-āka-p pattu-p poṉ kuṭuttēṉ

Itu sabhaiyārē raṭṣippār-āvarkaḷ śrī-pādaMkaḷ Aṭiyēṉ ṟalai mēlaṉa ↝

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ raṭṣippār-āvarkaḷ ⬦ rakṣippār-āvārkaḷ IP.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ I, Kanticcāṉi, a Brahman lady, ⟨wife of⟩ Kuravaciri Tukkaṭi Bhaṭṭa
of Uttaramērucaturvedimaṅgala, I have given for the Cittirakūṭam that
the great men of this village have built.

⟨2⟩ I have given ten poṉ for the sake of a glorious lamp for
Nārāyaṇasvāmi.

⟨2⟩ The feet of the members of the assembly who will protect this ⟨pious
donation⟩ are on the head of me, ⟨their⟩ servant.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1897–98 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/70).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.354). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 267).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, from autopsy and photos
(****).

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VI: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Government of India,
Central Publication Branch. Page 166, item 354.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 648,
item 267.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1897–98. G.O. Nos. 1093-1096, 29th August 1898. Epigraphy.
Directing that the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for
1897-98 be forwarded to the Government of India, approving provisionally
his programme of work for the next fields season. Edited by Eugen Julius
Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1898.
Page 18, appendix B/1898, item 70.