Cuvviūru grant, time of Parameśvaravarman, year 9
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⟨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⟩ …
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⟨2r1=6⟩ …mahārājasya śrī-narasiṁha-varmmaṇaḥ pautro …-
⟨2r2=7⟩ …
⟨2r3=8⟩ …
⟨2r4=9⟩ …mahārājasya śrī-mahendravikrama-varmmaṇaḥ putro
⟨2r5=10⟩ …
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⟨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⟩ ...
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⟨3v1=24⟩ ...
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⟨3v3=26⟩ ... Api cātrārṣāḥ ślokāḥ ...
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⟨3v5=28⟩ ... ... ... ...-
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⟨4r3=31⟩ ... pravarddhamāna-vijaya-rājya-saṁ-
⟨4r4=32⟩ vatsare navame budha-divase ...-
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⟨4v1=33⟩ ... diśi diśi
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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
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⟩ ...
1.
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2.
...
3.
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⟨31–33⟩ ...
⟨33–38⟩ ...
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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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