Ilaṅkāṭu, time of Nṛpa[vikra]mavarman, year 18

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Slab inscription recording the construction of a temple (taḷi) and donation of land for sacred food offerings (tiruvamutu) and a flower garden (nantavāṉam), at the time of the Tiruvātirai festival.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-10-10 12:47 (dbd03d1), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

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⟨1⟩ [kō-vicai]ya-nirupa-
⟨2⟩ -[vikkira]ma-parumāṟku yā-
⟨3⟩ [ṇṭu pa]tiṉ-eṭṭ-āvatu-
⟨4⟩ [****] (ḻaṉi) nallūr-t taḷi
⟨5⟩ Eṭuppittāḷ Ali-ñā-
⟨6⟩ ṭṭu Ālañcēri-c Iruntu vā-
⟨7⟩ ḻum cēnti makaḷ na¡n!-
⟨8⟩ kāḷi Akkaṉ Ivaḷ tiru-v-amu-
⟨9⟩ tukku vaitta pōkam taḷi-
⟨10⟩ -paṭṭa-c-caṉṉa-carumaṉ kūṟum
⟨11⟩ cōmāci-perumāṉ kūṟum
⟨12⟩ nantavāṉam cittirai-t
⟨13⟩ [*****] tiru-v-ātirai-viḻā-
⟨14⟩ c ceyya vaittāḷ

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [kō-vicai]ya° ⬦ [7+] y D.

⟨2⟩ °[vikkira]ma° ⬦ [7+] ma D. — ⟨2⟩ yā⟨3⟩[ṇṭu pa]tiṉ-eṭṭ-āvatu ⬦ yā⟨3⟩[7+] tiṇettāvatu D.

⟨5⟩ Ali-ñā⟨6⟩ṭṭu ⬦ D • ARIE 1967-68 reads Āli-nāṭu.

Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nirupa[vikkira]maparumaṉ.¹

⟨4–14⟩ She who had the temple (taḷi) of […]ḻaṉinallūr built, Naṅkāḷi Akkaṉ, daughter of Cēnti, who lives residing in Ālañcēri in Alināṭu, she gave (vaittāḷ)

an enjoyment (bhoga), that she (ivaḷ) gave (vaitta) for sacred food-offerings,
a flower garden,

[in the form of]

a share (kūṟu) [of land for/under the supervision of] Caṉṉacarumaṉ, a priest (paṭṭaṉ) of [this] temple, [and of]
a share (kūṟu) [of land for/under the supervision of] Cōmāci Perumaṉ,²

in order to celebrate (ceyya⁴) the Tiruvātirai³ festival [in the month] of Cittirai.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1967-68 (ARIE/1967-1968/B/1967-1968/251).

Edited in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Dayalan 2005. The distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1305, item 68.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1967-68. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1967-68. Edited by G. S. Gai. Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1979. Page 43, appendixes B/1990-1991, item 251.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.
2. Also, presumably, a priest of the same temple.
3. Literally: to do.

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Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nirupa<supplied reason="lost">vikkira</supplied>maparumaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.</note>

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