Aracampaṭṭu, time of Nandīśvaravarman, year 4

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Foundation of a pāḻi, that is, a stone-bed or a hermitage.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00452.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00452.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī kō-vicaiya-nantīccuvara-parumaṟku yāṇṭu nāl-ā-

⟨2⟩ vatu śrī-kalikkuṟi Aracar ceyvitta pāḻi

⟨3⟩ śrī-mallaṉ tukkili

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Fourth year of the victorious king Nantīccuvaraparumaṉ.¹

⟨2⟩ The pāḻi² that the Glorious Kalikkuṟi Aracar had made.

⟨3⟩ The glorious Mallaṉ Tukkili.³

Bibliography

Edited in Avanam (Āvaṇam 7.4). Text in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

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 1310, item 73.

Secondary

ARIE 1996–97. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1996-97. Edited by M. K. Bhadri. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2006. Page 42, appendixes B/1996-1997, item 80.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandīśvaravarman.
2. The term pāḻi has several meanings according to the Madras Tamil Lexicon, such as: temple, hermitage, cave, mountain cavern, sleeping place for human beings, small tank, pond, flight of steps leading into a tank. This is a stone-bed according to ARIE 1996–97. In Avanam it is suggested that it is a toṭṭi. There are three different entries for this word in the Madras Tamil Lexicon, with the following meanings, among others: water-trough, tub, cistern, reservoir; climbing nettle; fence, yard, pound. As the inscription was found according to ARIE 1996–97 “on the surface of a sloping rock”, it is difficult to assess which is the more appropriate referent of pāḻi in the present insription.
3. This is the name of the stone-bed according to ARIE 1996–97.

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