# Ilaṅkāṭu, time of Nr̥pa[vikra]mavarman, year 18

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00448

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00448.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [kō-vicai]ya-nirupa⟨2⟩-[vikkira]ma-parumāṟku yā⟨3⟩[ṇṭu
pa]tiṉ-eṭṭ-āvatu

⟨4⟩[ca. 4+] (ḻaṉi) nallūr-t taḷi ⟨5⟩ Eṭuppittāḷ Ali-ñā⟨6⟩ṭṭu Ālañcēri-c
Iruntu vā⟨7⟩ḻum cēnti makaḷ na¡n!⟨ṅ⟩⟨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⟩ [ca. 5+]
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 • ARIE1967-1968 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 (ceyya[3]) the Tiruvātirai[4] festival [in the
month] of Cittirai.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE1967-1968 (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

ARIE1967-1968

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman.

[2] Also, presumably, a priest of the same temple.

[3] Literally: to do.

[4] That is, the glorious ātirai. See MTL, s.v.: “1. The 6th nakṣatra,
part of Orion; 2. A festival in the month of Mārkaḻi. 3. A special
ceremony observed on the day of āruttirā-taricaṉam before a girl’s
marriage when she is given a bath and decorated.”.