# Iḷaiyanallūr, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 22

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00444

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00444.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of land for providing water and fire in a god’s temple.

## Palaeographic description

Medial i and ī not distinguished and interchangeable.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-nanti-vi⟨2⟩kk¡ī!⟨i⟩rama-parumaṟku yā⟨3⟩ṇṭu Irupatt’
iraṇ⟨4⟩ṭ-āvatu

cakaḷa-maṉu⟨5⟩mpāṭiyum I(va)ru⟨6⟩varumam v¡ī!⟨i⟩ṇṇ¡ī!⟨i⟩⟨7⟩kkiṭiyār taṉ
cē⟨8⟩¿ṇ?⟨ṉ⟩aikku Iṟai Illi ⟨9⟩ Iḷayaṉūr mum⟨10⟩mūlaippaṭṭi
taṇ⟨11⟩ṇīrkkum t¡i!⟨ī⟩kkum vai⟨12⟩t(ta)tu

Itu kāttā⟨13⟩ṉ aṭi Eṉ ṟalai ⟨14⟩ mēḻaṉa

## Translation

⟨1–4⟩ Twenty-second year of the victorious king
Nantivikkiramaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨4–12⟩ The ⟨land named⟩ Mumūlaippaṭi ⟨in⟩ Iḷayaṉūr, ⟨made⟩ tax-free, …
is that which … Viṇṇikkiṭiyar … has given for water and fire.

⟨12–14⟩ The feet of he who protects this ⟨pious act⟩ are on my head.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1992–93 (ARIE/1992-1993/B/1992-1993/324).

Edited in Avanam (Āvaṇam 5.1). Text in Dayalan 2005. Edited in Irācavēlu
2022.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2009).

### Primary

Avanam

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1301, item 64.

[R] Irācavēlu, Cu. 2022. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXI. Vēlur
māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti III. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 60. Chennai:
Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page 140,
item 518/2022.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1992–93. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1992-93.
Edited by Madhav N. Katti. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India,
1998. Page 54, appendixes B/1992-1993, item 324.

[1] Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.