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

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00461

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00461.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

Donation of sheep for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

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## 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.