Duddukkūru plates, time of Viṣṇugopavarman, year 17
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00394.
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Language: Sanskrit.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
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Edition
Seal
Plates
⟨Page 1r⟩⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=1⟩ […]
[…]
- ⟨1v2=2⟩ […] ⟨1v3=3⟩ […]
- ⟨1v4=4⟩ […] ⟨1v5=5⟩ […]⟨Page 2r⟩⟨2r1=6⟩-sampannasya pratāpopanata-rāja-maṇḍalasya śrī-vi⟨2r2=7⟩ṣṇu-gopavarmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ pautra⟨ḥ⟩
- ... ⟨2r3=8⟩ ... ⟨2r4=9⟩ ... ⟨2r5=10⟩ ... siṁha-varmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ putro
- ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=11⟩ ... ⟨2v2=12⟩ ... ⟨2v3=13⟩ ... ⟨2v4=14⟩ ... ⟨2v5=15⟩ ... ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=16⟩ ... ⟨3r2=17⟩ ... ⟨3r3=18⟩ ... ⟨3r4=19⟩ ... mahārāja-śrī-viṣṇugopa-varmm¿a?⟨ā⟩
⟨3r5=20⟩ ... ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v1=21⟩ ... ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=27⟩ ...
I. Anuṣṭubh
⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨4v1=32⟩ bhūmi-dān¿a?⟨ā⟩t saman d¿a?⟨ā⟩nam
aiha loke na vidyate
b...
c...
dII. Anuṣṭubh
...
a...
b...
c...
dpravar¿dh?⟨ddh⟩amāna⟨4v4=35⟩-vijaya-...
⟨Page 4v⟩Apparatus
Plates
⟨6⟩ °sampannasya ⬦ D; °saṁpannasya PS. — ⟨6⟩ pratāpopanata° ⬦ D; pratāpopanatā PS.
⟨7⟩ °gopavarmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ °gopavarmaṇa PS; °gopavarmmaṇa D.
⟨10⟩ siṁhavarmmaṇa⟨ḥ⟩ ⬦ simhavarmaṇa PS; simhavarmmaṇa D. — ⟨10⟩ putro ⬦ D; poutro PS.
⟨19⟩ viṣṇugopavarmm¿a?⟨ā⟩ ⬦ viṣṇugopavarmma PS D.
⟨32⟩ °dān¿a?⟨ā⟩t saman d¿a?⟨ā⟩nam ⬦ °dānat samandan m PS D.
⟨34⟩ pravar¿dh?⟨ddh⟩amāna° ⬦ pravardhamāna° PS; pravarddhamāna° D.
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
(1) […]
(1) [From] […]:
(1–29)
- [great grand-son of] […]
- grand-son of ...
- son of ...
- the glorious Viṣṇugopavarman ...
(29–30) ...
(31) ...
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Bibliography
Reported in Gupta 2008, in ARIE 1990-1991 (ARIE/1990-1991/A/1990-1991/6).
Text in Dayalan 2005 (text supplied to him by Padmanabha Sastry). Edited in Padmanabha Sastry 2013 (some pages inverted), without visual documentation.
This online edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the previous editions.1 Thanks to Arlo Griffiths and Tamiḻ Celvaṉ for pointing out relevant publications.
Primary
[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, pages 1235–1236, item 3.
[PS] Padmanabha Sastry, C. A. 2013. “Duddukuru (set I) plates of Pallava Vishṇugopavarma, year 17.” Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society 104.
Secondary
ARIE 1990-1991. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1990-91. Edited by Madhav N. Katti. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2006. Pp. 2-3, 22-23, Appendix A/1990-1991/6.
Gupta, S. S. 2008. Sculptures and antiquities in the Archaeological Museum, Amarāvatī. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld. Page 146, item 1062.
IAR 1987-88. Indian Archaeology 1987-88: A Review. Edited by M. C. Joshi. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1993. Pages 117–118.
Padmanabha Sastry, C. A. 2003. “Three seals from three Pallava copper plates.” SSIC 13, pp. 31–34.
Padmanabha Sastry, C. A. 2008. Dynastic list of copper plate inscriptions: Noticed in Annual Reports on Indian Epigraphy from 1969-70 to 1996-97. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 38, item 169.
Notes
- 1. Partial and tentative edition since no visual documentation is available and since both existing editions are not carefully edited.
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