# Ōṅkūr, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 14

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00442

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00442.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī)

⟨2⟩ śrī (ma) kō-vicaiya-na(n)⟨3⟩ti-vikkirama-parumaṟku ⟨4⟩ yāṇṭu
patiṉāṉk-āva⟨5⟩(tu)

[1+] lūr-kōṭṭattu [3+] ⟨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.

[1] That is: śrīman ?

[2] Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.