Kumaraḍimaṅgala grant, time of Nandivarman, year 10

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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⟨1v1=1⟩ svasti śrī lokotpatti-sthiti-laya-vidher īśate yasya līlā (yatrāyatya) parama-

⟨1v2=2⟩ -madhuraṃ śarma-lo¡g!eśvarāś ca du(r)vijñātaś carati mahimā yasya vedho-ha-

⟨1v3=3⟩ ribhyān tad vaḥ pāyād amalam atulan dhāma candrārdha-mauleḥ ↝ ... ... devī tasya śacīva (karbura-rip)oḥ padmeva pa-

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⟨2r1=9⟩ dmā-pateś śarvāṇīva pura-dviṣaś (cala-dṛśām) agresarī sad-guṇaiḥ Āsīd agga(ḷa)nimmaḍīti

⟨2r2=10⟩ jagati prakhyāta-(śuddhāhvayā) kādambī mahitasya pallava-mahārājasya rājñas sutā

⟨2r3=11⟩ (∥)

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⟨5r1=⟩ ... sukṛtam idam ajasraṃ ra¡t!ṣateti ¡t!ṣitīśās sakala-nṛpati-(ketu)-

⟨5r6=66⟩ s so ’yam āgāmino vaḥ hara-caraṇa-sarojottaṃsa-cihnena m¿ū?rdhnā mukuḷita-kara-pa¿t?mo

⟨5r7=67⟩ vandate nandivarmmā ∥ kāñcīpura-kṛta-janmā s¿t?apati-patir llikhitavān praśastim imāM putro vayiraḍi nāmnā{ṃ} ściṟṟaya nāmā jñayā rājñaḥ ↝ kaccippēṭṭaImaṉaccēri kāṣṭakāri vayiraṭi ma-

⟨5r9=69⟩ kaṉ ciṟṟayaṉ eḻuttu ↝

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Apparatus

Plates

⟨1⟩ (yatrāyatya) ⬦ yatrāya¿tya?⟨ttaṃ⟩ SII.

⟨2⟩ du(r)vijñātaś ⬦ duvijñātaś SII.

⟨9⟩ agga(ḷa)nimmaḍīti ⬦ aggalinimmaḍīti SII.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1982–83 (ARIE/1982-1983/A/1982-1983/2), in Francis 2013 (IR 89).

Edited in Ramesan 1976. Text in Dayalan 2005.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Ramesan 1976 and visual documentation therein.

Primary

[SII] Ramesan, N. 1976. “The Kumaradimangalam plates of the Pallava King Nandivarma III.” In: Sri Mallampalli Somasekhara Sarma commemoration volume. Edited by R. Subrahmanyam. Hyderabad: Government of Andhra Pradesh, pp. 193–205.

Secondary

ARIE 1982–83. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1982-83. Edited by K. V. Ramesh. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2004. Appendix A/1982-1983/2, pp. 3, 12.

Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Page 1276, item 41.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l’Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l’Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Pages 300–301, item IR 89.

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