Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 25

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for feeding devotees at the time of festival flag raising.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00334.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00334.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ [svasti śr](ī)
⟨2⟩ kō-vicaiya-(n)¡(ī)!-
⟨3⟩ rupat¡o!ṅka-[vi]-
⟨4⟩ kkirama-parumaṟku
⟨5⟩ yāṇṭu Iru-pat-
⟨6⟩ t-aiñ¿t?-āvatu ti-
⟨7⟩ [ru]-k-kaṭai-muṭi-tiru-
⟨8⟩ [vi]ḻā-k-koṭi Eṟṟu⟨m⟩
⟨9⟩ [ñ]āṉṟu paṉ-
⟨10⟩ mayeśvara-
⟨11⟩ r Ūṭṭa vaitta
⟨12⟩ p[o]ṉ paḻaṅ-
⟨13⟩ [kā]ciṉōṭu Urai
⟨14⟩ (y-o)ppatu śrī-
⟨15⟩ -kaṇṭapura[ttu]
⟨16⟩ [unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ aiñ¿t?⟨c⟩āvatu ⬦ aiñcāvatu S.

⟨8⟩ Eṟṟu ⟨9⟩ (ñ)āṉṟu • That is, eṟṟum ñāṉṟu in sandhi.

⟨9⟩ [ñ]āṉṟu ⬦ [na]ḷaṉṟu S. — ⟨9⟩ paṉ⟨10⟩mayeśvara⟨11⟩r ⬦ paṉ⟨10⟩mayaiśvara⟨11⟩r S.

⟨11⟩ Ūṭṭa ⬦ uṟṟa S.

⟨12⟩ p[o]ṉ ⬦ poṉ S • The kompu of the medial o is lost.

⟨13⟩ [kā]ciṉōṭu ⬦ [kā]ciṉā S. — ⟨13⟩ Urai ⬦ (2 100) S.

⟨14⟩ (yo)ppatu ⬦ pipatu S • M appears to read oppatu, “that which is equal to,” which makes sense. The original full reading appears to be yoppatu.

⟨15⟩ kanṭapura[ttu] ⬦ kanṭapura [1+] S.

Translation

⟨1⟩ [Prosperity!] Fortune!

⟨2–6⟩ Twenty-fifth year of the victorious king Nirupatoṅkavikkiramaparumaṉ.¹

⟨6–15⟩ The gold given so as to feed (ūṭṭa) the Paṉmāheśvaras at the time of raising (eṟṟum) the flag for the glorious festival of Tirukkaṭaimuṭi, which is equal in fineness to old coins (paḻaṅkāciṉōṭu urai y-oppatu²), in the glorious Kaṇṭapuram […]

[unknown number of lost lines]

Bibliography

Summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 194). Edited and translated in Schmid 2014.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and photos (EFEO).

Primary

[M] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 733, item 334.

[S] Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une reine: Śiva à Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry; École française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 316–317, item 12.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.
2. Compare with INSPallava00130, line 4, and INSPallava00171, line 6.

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Twenty-fifth year of the victorious king Nirupatoṅkavikkiramaparumaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.</note>

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