Ciṟuvākkam, time of Mayēntirappottaracaru
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00450.
Summary: Slab inscription recording the foundation of a temple (tēvakulam) by the great physician (perumaruttuvaṉāru) of Mayēntirappottaracaru.
Hand description:
Single-curled kompu: no distinction between medial vowels o and ō, e and ē.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
Version: (61a9e6c), last modified (eda38b5).
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
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 and Jeeban Kumar Patnaik. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2016. Page 145.
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