# Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, Valmīkanātha, time of Aparājitavarman, year 5

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00344

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00344.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

See ARIE 1937–38 (p. 24): “Damaged. Registers a gift of gold by a
certain Kuṭṭiyāḷi Brahmādhirājaṉ for burning a lamp in the temple.”

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## Edition

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## Commentary

See ARIE 1937–38 (p. 87): “The last Pallava king Aparājita is
represented by a single inscription (No. 165) from Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. It is
dated in his 5th year and registers a gift of 30 kaḻañcus of gold by
Kuṭṭiyāḷi Brahmādhirājaṉ of Tirukkaṭavūr-nāṭu in Muṭṭukkūr-nāṭu, for a
perpetual lamp to the god Mahādeva at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. It is stated that
the endowed amount was deposited with the sabhā of Maṇali, bearing
interest at the rate of 3 mañcāṭis per kaḻañcu per month, which works
out at 15 per cent per annum.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1937–38 (ARIE/1937-1938/B/1937-1938/165) and in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 344).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

### Primary

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 344,
page 743.

### Secondary

ARIE 1937–38. Annual report on South Indian epigraphy for the year
ending 31st March 1938. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu. Delhi:
Government of India, 1942. Pages 24, 87 (§25), appendixes B/1937-1938,
item 165.