# Kalciṟunākalūr, time of Nantippōttaraiyar, year 6

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00439

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00439.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Donation of paddy (nellu) for maintaining a tank (ēri).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

nan=ti-⟨p⟩-pōttaraica⟨2⟩(r){(acaru)} yāṇṭu Āṟ-āva⟨3⟩tu

muṉaiyaraiyar-nāṭṭu⟨4⟩-p perumāṉār cēvakar ⟨5⟩ naruṅkalattu (pērā)l
i⟨6⟩ṭu nellu ce […] r ē⟨7⟩rik(ki)

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ nan=ti-⟨p⟩-pōttaraica⟨2⟩(r){(acaru)} ⬦ natipōttarai ca⟨2⟩(racaru) V.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Sixth year of Nantippōttaraicar.[1]

⟨3–6⟩ The rice that the servant of Perumāṉār of the Muṉaiyaraiyarnāṭu,
placed (iṭu[2]) in Naruṅkalam (naruṅkalattu pēr-āl[3]), for the tank […]
.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 2000–01 (ARIE/2000-2001/B/2000-2001/5187).

Edited in Vīrarākavaṉ & Vīrarākavaṉ 1999 (Āvaṇam 10.8), with a picture.
Text in Dayalan 2005.

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

### Primary

[V] Vīrarākavaṉ, Ci. & Maṅkaiyarkkaraci Vīrarākavaṉ. 1999. “pallava
nantivarmaṉiṉ (?) kalveṭṭu.” Āvaṇam 10, p. 14. Item 8.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1293, item 58.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 2000–01. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 2000-01.
Edited by T. S. Ravishankar. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India,
2015. Pages 4, 104, appendixes B/2000-2001, item 518.

[1] Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraicar. That is, the Pallava king
Dantin.

[2] Grammatically, a viṉaitokai to nellu.

[3] Literally: through the name of Naruṅkalam.