# Kumaraḍimaṅgala grant, time of Nandivarman, year 10

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00389

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00389.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Mandākrāntā

lokotpatti-sthiti-laya-vidher īśate yasya līlā
(yatrāyatya) parama⟨1v2=2⟩-madhuraṁ śarma-lo¡g!⟨k⟩eśvarāś ca
du(r)vijñātaś carati mahimā yasya vedho-ha⟨1v3=3⟩ribhyān
tad vaḥ pāyād amalam atulan dhāma candrārdha-mauleḥ ↝

2. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

...

3. Mālinī

...

4. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

devī tasya śacīva (karbura-rip)oḥ padmeva pa⟨Page 2r⟩⟨2r1=9⟩dmā-pateś
śarvāṇīva pura-dviṣaś (cala-dr̥śām) agresarī sad-guṇaiḥ
Āsīd agga(ḷa)nimmaḍīti ⟨2r2=10⟩ jagati prakhyāta-(śuddhāhvayā)
kādambī mahitasya pallava-mahārājasya rājñas sutā ⟨2r3=11⟩ (∥)

⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=⟩ ⟨Page 3v1⟩ ⟨3v1=⟩ ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=⟩
⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨4v1=⟩ ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r1=⟩ ...

7. Mālinī

sukr̥tam idam ajasraṁ ra¡t!⟨k⟩ṣateti ¡t!⟨k⟩ṣitīśās
sakala-nr̥pati-(ketu)⟨5r6=66⟩s so ’yam āgāmino vaḥ
hara-caraṇa-sarojottaṁsa-cihnena m¿ū?⟨u⟩rdhnā
mukuḷita-kara-pa¿t?⟨d⟩mo ⟨5r7=67⟩ vandate nandivarmmā ∥

8. Uncertain meter

kāñcīpura-kr̥ta-janmā s¿t?⟨th⟩apati-patir llikhitavān praśastim
imāM putro vayiraḍi nāmnā{ṁ} ściṟṟaya nāmā jñayā rājñaḥ ↝

kaccippēṭṭaImaṉaccēri kāṣṭakāri vayiraṭi ma⟨5r9=69⟩kaṉ ciṟṟayaṉ eḻuttu ↝

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## Apparatus

### Plates

⟨1⟩ (yatrāyatya) ⬦ yatrāya¿tya?⟨ttaṁ⟩ 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, IV^(ème)-IX^(ème) 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.