Ōṅkūr, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 14

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Stone inscription recording the work/construction (ceykai) of a sluice by a craftsman named Kuḻaṉ. Kept in Tiṇṭivaṉam PWD (2022).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00442.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00442.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:33 (d9e9623), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (ecb0276).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī)
⟨2⟩ śrī (ma) kō-vicaiya-na(n)-
⟨3⟩ ti-vikkirama-parumaṟku
⟨4⟩ yāṇṭu patiṉāṉk-āva-
⟨5⟩ (tu) [*] lūr-kōṭṭattu [***]
⟨6⟩ ṉāṭṭu Ōkūr Oṭṭimaṟu kiḻ(ā)-
⟨7⟩ (ṉ) cēntaṉ makaṉ kuḻaṉ ce-
⟨8⟩ ykai Itu kāttāṉ aṭi
⟨9⟩ Eṉ muṭi mēlaṉa

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) ⬦ [1 lost line] I.

⟨2⟩ śrī (ma) ⬦ [1+] m I.

⟨3⟩ °parumaṟku ⬦ °parumarku I.

⟨5⟩ °kōṭṭattu [3+] ⬦ kōṭṭattu I.

⟨6⟩ [3+] ṭṭimaṟu ⬦ D • ARIE reads oṭṭīmaṟu. — ⟨6⟩ kiḻ(ā)⟨7⟩(ṉ) ⬦ kiḻā⟨7⟩ṉ I.

Translation

⟨1⟩ (Prosperity! Fortune!)

⟨2–5⟩ Fourteenth year of the glorious (?) (śrī (ma)¹) victorious king Nantivikkiramaparumaṉ.²

⟨5–8⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ work (ceykai) ⟨of⟩ Kuḻaṉ, son ⟨of⟩ Cēttaṉ, landowner ⟨in⟩ […]ṭṭimaṟu ⟨in⟩ Ōkūr, in the […]nāṭu, ⟨itself⟩ in the Pālūrkōṭṭam.

⟨8–10⟩ Of he who protects this, the feet are on my head.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1990–91 (ARIE/1990-1991/B/1990-1991/257).

Edited in Dayalan 2005. Edited in Irājakōpal 2022, with visual documentation (p. 288).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on visual documentation in Irājakōpal 2022.

Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1299, item 62.

[I] Irājakōpal, Cu. 2022. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXII. Viḻuppuram māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti IV. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 61. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page 236, item 698/2022.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1990–91. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1990-91. Edited by Madhav N. Katti. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2006. Page 115, appendixes B/1990-1991, item 257.

Notes

1. That is: śrīman ?
2. Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.

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