# Kāṇai, oil-press

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00456

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00456.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Statement ownership and/or commission of an oil-press.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] yakka naṉṟeṭu(ceya) Ēḻticaiyāyirattu ⟨2⟩ kaṇaiyam kal peruñ
cekku

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ The great stone oil-press ⟨of⟩ Kāṇaiyam… ⟨made by⟩ the
Ēḻticaiyāyiram[1] … (yakka naṉṟeṭu(ceya))

## Bibliography

Edited in Vīrarākavaṉ & Vīrarākavaṉ 2000 (Āvaṇam 11.7.6). Text in
Dayalan 2005.

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

### Primary

[V] Vīrarākavaṉ, Ci. & Maṅkaiyarkkaraci Vīrarākavaṉ. 2000. “viḻuppuram
māvaṭṭattil aṇmaik kālat tolliyal kaṇṭupītikkukaḷ.” Āvaṇam 11, pp.
18–22. Item 7.6.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1321, item 83.

[1] That is, the one thousand of the seven directions, that is, the name
of a merchant guild.