# Pāṇḍūra grant, time of Siṁhavarman, year 1

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00396

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00396.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

Donation (brahmadeya) of the village of Pāṇḍūra (modern Pātūru).

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=1⟩ jitam bhagavatā svasti

vijaya-daśana-purād

- yathāvad abhy-arccita-devat[ā]⟨1v2=2⟩-brāhmaṇa-guru-vr̥ddhasya
  śakti-traya-vr̥ddhasya mahātmana(s
  s)va-bhuja⟨1v3=3⟩-dravinārjjitodāra-bhoga-bhujaḥ
  pr̥thivī-talaika-vīrasya ⟨1v4=4⟩ mahārāja-śrī-vīra-varmmaṇaḥ prapautraḥ

- samara-ṣa¿d?⟨t⟩a-karaṇa ⟨1v5=5⟩ samadhigatādbhuta-pratāpasya
  vidya-vr̥ddhasyānanta-kalpa-pradāyi⟨Page 2r⟩⟨2r1=6⟩[no]
  ⟨’⟩nanta-kalpasya guṇamāhato mahārāja-śrī-skanda(va)rmma[ṇaḥ] ⟨2r2=7⟩
  pautrasya

- ... ⟨2r3=8⟩ ...⟨2r4=9⟩[bh]āvasya yuvarāja-śrī-viṣnugopasya putraḥ

- tapta-sā[ma]nta ⟨2r5=10⟩ maṇḍa[le]nāpratimābhis ... ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=11⟩
  ... ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=16⟩ śrī-vallabhānām pallavānān
  dha(rm)ma-mahārāja-śrī-si(ṁha-va)rmmā

muṇḍa⟨3r2=17⟩rāṣṭre pā(ṇḍūra)-grāme (grāme)yakā(n) ...⟨3r3=18⟩...
cājñāpayati

...⟨3r4=19⟩... ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v1=21⟩ ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=26⟩ ⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨4v1=31⟩
⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r1=36⟩ ⟨Page 5v⟩ ⟨5v1=41⟩ ⟨Page 6r⟩ ⟨6r1=46⟩ ⟨Page 6v⟩
⟨6v1=51⟩ ⟨Page 7r⟩ ⟨7r1=56⟩ ⟨7r2=57⟩ ⟨7r2=58⟩

⟨7r4=59⟩ Imam (p)āṇḍūra-grāma(ṁ) sarvva-parih(āro)peta(n
deva)-bhoga-hala-varjjyam asma⟨7r5=60⟩d-āyur-bala-vijayābhivr̥ddhaye
samedha(māna)-vijaya-rājya-prathama⟨Page
7v⟩⟨7v1=61⟩-sa(ṁ)vvatsar-āṣāḍha-śukla-pakṣa-pañcamyām brahmadeyī-kr̥tya
samprādama

tada⟨7v2=62⟩yaṅ grāmas sarvva-parihārai(ḥ) pariharttavyaḥ
parihārayitavyaś ca

yaś cedam asma⟨7v2=63⟩[c-chā]sanam atikrāmet sa pāpa(ś ś)ārīran daṇḍam
arhaty

api cātrārṣā(ḥ) ⟨7v4=64⟩ (ś)l(o)kā bhavant[i]

1. Anuṣṭubh

bhūm(i)-dānāt para(n dānan)
(na) bhū(ta)n na bhaviṣyati
tasyaiva haraṇā[t] ⟨7v5=65⟩ pāpa(n)
(na) bhūtan na bhaviṣyati

2. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhi(r) vvasudhā dattā
bahubhiś cānupālitā
⟨Page 8r⟩ ⟨8r1=66⟩ (ya)sya yasya yadā bhūmis
tasya tasya tadā phalaM

3. Anuṣṭubh

svadattām paradattām vā
yo ha⟨8r2=67⟩reta vasu¡t!⟨n⟩dhar(ā)M
gāvā(ṁ) śata-sahasrasya
hantuḥ pibati kilbiṣam

⟨8r3=68⟩ ⟨8r4=69⟩ ⟨8r5=70⟩

⟨Page 8v⟩

## Bibliography

Edited in Ramachandra Murthy & Gopalareddi 1982, with visual
documentation.

This edition Emmanuel Francis, based on the visual documentation in
Ramachandra Murthy & Gopalareddi 1982.

### Primary

Ramachandra Murthy, N. S. & Y. Gopalareddi. 1982. “pallava siṁhavarma
pāṇḍūru tāmraśāsanamu [పల్లవ సింహవర్మ పాణ్డూరు తామ్రశాసనము].” Bharati (Bulletin
of the Department of Ancient History, Culture, and Archaeology) 59 (8),
pp. 4–14.

### Secondary

Mohan, V. K. 1996. Art and architecture of the Telugu Cōḻa temples. New
Delhi: Kaveri Books. Page 10.