# Cēṅkālipuram, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 3

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00438

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00438.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of land for food offering (amutu) to a god (Mahādeva of the
Tirukāḷīśvara).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vi⟨2⟩caiya-nan=ti-vikra⟨3⟩ma-panmaṟku yāṇṭu 3 Ā⟨4⟩vatu

I [4+] Immalūr Uṭaiyaṉ caṭaiyuṭai⟨5⟩ya [5+] ¡nēn!⟨ṉēṉ⟩ I¡ṉ-n!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu
brahmatēyam-āṉā nallari tiru-kāḷīśvarattu ma⟨6⟩hātēvaṟku madhyānadtu
[5+] Amutukku vai(t)ta nila¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩-āvatu

ci-maṇi-mē⟨7⟩llūr teṅka-ceyyiṉ mēlai (Eṉ) Araikkāl ceyyu(m) Eṇ [2+]
muka-mēlaṉa Iru⟨8⟩nūṟṟu Aimpatu kuḻi (koḷ) Ūr mēlē Iṟai Ēṟṟi
ca⟨9⟩n=tirātittaval niṟkka Ituk kuṭuttēṉ

Itu panmāheśvara-rakṣai

Itu

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–4⟩ Third year of the victorious king Nantivikramapanmaṉ.[1]

⟨4–6⟩ That which is the land that I, … lord ⟨of⟩ …, have given for
midday food offering to the Mahādeva of the Tirkāḷīśvara … (nallari),
which is a brahmadeya in this nāṭu.

⟨6–9⟩ I have given this, so that it remains as long as the moon and the
sun, after raising the revenue …

⟨9⟩ This ⟨pious act is under⟩ the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

⟨9⟩ This.[2]

## Bibliography

Edited in Patmāvati 1980. Text in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[P] Patmāvati, Ā. 1980. Naṉṉilam kalveṭṭukaḷ: iraṇṭām tokuti. Tamiḻnāṭṭu
kalvetṭukaḷ 13. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item
398/1978.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1292, item 57.

[1] Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.

[2] It is not clear if the inscription is lacunose or if this word has
been engraved by mistake.