# Cuvviūru grant, time of Parameśvaravarman, year 9

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00393

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00393.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

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## Palaeographic description

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## Edition

### Plates

⟨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

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⟩
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... ⟨3r3=20⟩ ... ⟨3r4=21⟩ ... ⟨3r5=22⟩ ... ⟨3r6=23⟩ ...

...⟨Page 3v⟩⟨3v1=24⟩... ⟨3v2=25⟩ ...

... ⟨3v3=26⟩ ...

Api cātrārṣāḥ ślokāḥ

1. Anuṣṭubh

... ⟨3v4=27⟩ ...
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... ⟨3v5=28⟩ ...

2. Anuṣṭubh

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...⟨Page 4r⟩⟨4r1=29⟩
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3. Anuṣṭubh

... ⟨4r2=30⟩ ...
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⟨4r3=31⟩ ...

pravarddhamāna-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⟩ ...

... ⟨5r4=40⟩ ...

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⟨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⟩ ...

1.

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2.

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3.

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⟨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.

[1] Tentative edition since the visual documentation in Visweswara 1987
is poorly reproduced.