Cuvviūru grant, time of Parameśvaravarman, year 9
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00393.
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⟨Page 1r⟩⟨Page 1v⟩⟨left: svasti⟩ ⟨1v1=1⟩ jitaṁ bhagavatā lokatraya⟨ṁ⟩ mahāviṣṇuṉā
śrīma¿te?⟨t⟩-vijaya-kāñcī⟨1v2=2⟩pur-ādhisṭhānā¿ta?⟨t⟩
- parama-brahmaṇyasya sva-bāhu-bal-ārjjit-orjjita-kṣatra⟨1v3=3⟩-taponidh¿ai?⟨e⟩ḥ vidhi-vihita-sarvva-maryyādasya sthiti-sthitasya ⟨1v4=4⟩ mahārājasya śrī-mahendravarmmaṇaḥ prapautro
- … ⟨1v5=5⟩ … ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=6⟩ … mahārājasya śrī-narasiṁha-varmmaṇaḥ pautro
- …⟨2r2=7⟩… ⟨2r3=8⟩ … ⟨2r4=9⟩ … mahārājasya śrī-mahendravikrama-varmmaṇaḥ putro ⟨2r5=10⟩ …
- ⟨2r6=11⟩ ⟨Page 3v⟩⟨3v1=12⟩… pallavānā(ṁ) vallabho ma⟨3v2=13⟩hārāja-śrī-parameśvaravarmmā
... ⟨2v4=15⟩ ... ⟨2v5=16⟩ ... ⟨2v6=17⟩ ... ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=18⟩ ... ⟨3r2=19⟩ ...
... ⟨3r3=20⟩ ... ⟨3r4=21⟩ ... ⟨3r5=22⟩ ... ⟨3r6=23⟩ ...
... ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v1=24⟩ ... ⟨3v2=25⟩ ...
... ⟨3v3=26⟩ ...
Api cātrārṣāḥ ślokāḥ
I. Anuṣṭubh
... ⟨3v4=27⟩ ...
a...
b...
c... ⟨3v5=28⟩ ...
dII. Anuṣṭubh
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a...
b...⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=29⟩
c...
dIII. Anuṣṭubh
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a...
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c⟨4r3=31⟩ ...
dpravarddhamāna-vijaya-rājya-saṁ⟨4r4=32⟩vatsare navame budha-divase ...⟨Page 4v⟩⟨4v1=33⟩...
diśi diśi ⟨4v2=34⟩ ... ⟨4v3=35⟩ ... ⟨4v4=36⟩ ...⟨Page 5r⟩⟨5r1=37⟩... ⟨5r2=38⟩ ...
⟨5r3=39⟩ ...
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⟨Page 5v⟩Translation by Emmanuel Francis
(1v, lm) Prosperity!
(1) Mahāviṣṇu, the lord of the triple world, is victorious
(1) From the glorious and victorious residence of Kāñcīpura:
(1–14)
- [great grand-son of] […]
- grand-son of ...
- son of ...
- the glorious Parameśvaravarman
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Bibliography
Edited in Visweswara 1987, with visual documentation (poorly reproduced). Text in Dayalan 2005.
This online edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Visweswara 1987.1
Primary
[V] Visweswara, M.V. 1987. “Chuvviuru grant of Paramevaravarman - I year - 9.” JESI 14, pp. 77–84.
[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, pages 1259–1260, item 26.
Secondary
IAR 1986-87. Indian Archaeology 1986-87: A Review. Edited by M. C. Joshi. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1992. Page 101.
Notes
- 1. Tentative edition since the visual documentation in Visweswara 1987 is poorly reproduced.
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