Ciṟuvākkam, time of Mayēntirappottaracaru

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Slab inscription recording the foundation of a temple (tēvakulam) by the great physician (perumaruttuvaṉāru) of Mayēntirappottaracaru.

Palaeographic description: Single-curled kompu: no distinction between medial vowels o and ō, e and ē.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00450.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00450.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ mayēntirappottaracaru

⟨2⟩ perumaruttuvaṉāru tēvakulam

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ The temple ⟨of⟩¹ the great physician ⟨of⟩ Mayēntirappottaracaru.²

Bibliography

Reported in IAR 2006-07 (p. 145).

Edited in Mahadevan 2014 (pp. 247), with visual documentation (fig. 5.17).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the visual documentation published in Mahadevan 2014. Thanks to Centamiḻ Celvaṉ for pointing out this inscription.

Primary

[M] Mahadevan, Iravatham. 2014. Early Tamil epigraphy, from the earliest times to the sixth century C.E. Vol. 1: Tamil-Brāhmī inscriptions. 2nd edition, revised & enlarged. Chennai: Central Institute of Classical Tamil. Page 247.

Secondary

IAR 2006-07. Indian Archaeology 2006-07: A Review. Edited by D. N. Dimri & Jeeban Kumar Patnaik. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2016. Page 145.

Notes

1. That is, built at the order of.
2. Sanskrit Mahendra + Tamil Pōttaracaru, that is, the Pallava king Mahendra.

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