Cuvviūru grant, time of Parameśvaravarman, year 9

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (other) (brāhmī_southern_other)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00393.

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Edition

Plates

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩⟨left: svasti⟩
⟨1v1=1⟩ jitaṁ bhagavatā lokatraya⟨ṁ⟩ mahāviṣṇuṉā śrīma¿te?-vijaya-kāñcī-
⟨1v2=2⟩ pur-ādhisṭhānā¿ta? parama-brahmaṇyasya sva-bāhu-bal-ārjjit-orjjita-kṣatra-
⟨1v3=3⟩ -taponidh¿ai?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 kṣīra-nadyā⟨ḥ⟩ Uttara-taṭe bhūmi-rāṣṭre cuvviŪru-nāma-grāme
⟨2v3=14⟩ yakān evam ājñāpayati{ḥ} ...
⟨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 ...
⟨3v4=27⟩ ... ... ... ...
⟨3v5=28⟩ ... ... ... ...-

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⟨4r1=29⟩ ... ...

⟨4r2=30⟩ ... ... ...

⟨4r3=31⟩ ... pravarddhamāna-vijaya-rājya-saṁ-

⟨4r4=32⟩ vatsare navame budha-divase ...-

⟨Page 4v⟩

⟨4v1=33⟩ ... diśi diśi

⟨4v2=34⟩ ...

⟨4v3=35⟩ ...

⟨4v4=36⟩ ...-

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⟨5r1=37⟩ ...

⟨5r2=38⟩ ...

⟨5r3=39⟩ ... ...

⟨5r4=40⟩ ... ...

⟨Page 5v⟩

Apparatus

Plates

⟨3⟩ °maryyādasya ⬦ °maryādasya V D.

Translation

⟨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

orders so the residents of the village named Cuvviūru in the Bhūmirāṣṭra on the northern bank of the Kṣīra river:

⟨14–19⟩ ...

⟨19–23⟩ ...

⟨23–25⟩ ...

⟨25–26⟩ ...

⟨26⟩ ...

...

⟨31–33⟩ ...

⟨33–38⟩ ...

⟨38–40⟩ ...

⟨39–40⟩ ...

⟨40⟩ ...

Bibliography

Edited in Visweswara 1987, with visual documentation (poorly reproduced). Text in Dayalan 2005.

This digital 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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