# Aracampaṭṭu, time of Nandīśvaravarman, year 4

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00452

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00452.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

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

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## 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 pāḻi[2] 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.

[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.