Vallam, time of [name lost], year [figure lost]

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of sheep for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00461.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00461.xml.

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

Edition

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⟨1⟩ hā-de(varku) [non]-
⟨2⟩ tā-viḷak=ku E[ri]-
⟨3⟩ ya śrī-Atik[ā]-
⟨4⟩ ppiyaṉ [v]ai-
⟨5⟩ tta cāvā muv[ā]
⟨6⟩ pēr āṭu to[ṇ]-
⟨7⟩ ṇūṟṟu A-
⟨8⟩ ṟu Idhamma[m·] ra-
⟨9⟩ kṣippāṉ
⟨10⟩ śrīpātam
⟨11⟩ Eṉ talai
⟨12⟩ m[ē]la(ṉa)

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ E[ri]⟨3⟩ya ⬦ 4 10 IAR • IAR notes: “The number 40 is mentioned after the word, “nandavilakku” This may denote the weight of the lamp”.

Translation

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⟨1–8⟩ […] ninety-six undying unaging great sheep that the glorious Atikāppiyaṉ gave, so as to burn a perpetual for the Mahādeva […]

⟨8–12⟩ The feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

Bibliography

Summary and visual documentation in IAR 2003-04.

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the published visual documentation.

Secondary

[IAR] IAR 2003-04. Indian Archaeology 2003-04: A Review. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2011. Page 367, plate 279.

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