# Vīranattam fragment

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00417

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00417.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

To be confirmed.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

vikki-mahā⟨ra⟩jar maka(p)⟨2⟩(pakaṭ)ṭi(ya)r tiru-k-k(ō)yil I

[unknown number of lost lines]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ mahā⟨ra⟩jar ⬦ mahā(ra)jar C. — ⟨1⟩ maka(p)⟨2⟩(pakaṭ)ṭi(ya)r ⬦
maka(pa)⟨2⟩(paka)[1+]ṭiyar C.

⟨2⟩ tiru-k-k(ō)yil ⬦ tiruk(kō)yil C • The vocalisation ō appears to be
on the first k, on Avanam’s delineation.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨2–3⟩ […] the glorious temple of …

[unknown number of lost lines]

## Bibliography

Edited in Cuppiramaṇiyam 1996 (Āvaṇam 7.35), with a picture and a
delineation. Text in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s)
and published visual documentation.

### Primary

[C] Cuppiramaṇiyam, Ti. 1996. “tāyt teyva vaḻipāṭṭil śrīvatcam.” Āvaṇam
7, pp. 109–112.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1263, item 29.