# Cāram, time of Nr̥patuṅka, year 25

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00464

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00464.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Donation of rice to a god’s temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-niru¡v!⟨p⟩atuṅkaṟk¿i?⟨u⟩ yāṇṭu Iruppatt’ aintu

cārattu ⟨2⟩ nampimārum peru-nampi nākarāya¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩] iv-vūr-t taḷiyuṭaiyār
kaiyil ⟨3⟩ vaitta caruvappāṉai nā⟨ṉ⟩k’ uri Ar¿u?⟨i⟩ci Aṭum keṭāmai
rakṣippatu Ūrum

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ nā⟨ṉ⟩k’ uri ⬦ nākuri Avanam.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Year twenty-five of the victorious king Nr̥patuṅkaṉSanskrit
Nr̥patuṅka.

⟨1–3⟩ The rice, ⟨that is⟩, four uris[1] in vessels (caruvappānai[2])
that Perunampi Nākarāyaṉ, one among the Nampimārs of Cāram, has given in
the hand of the temple chief-priest (taḷiyuṭaiyār) is protected without
failure … (aṭum) by the ūr (ūrum[3]).

## Bibliography

Edited in Avanam (Āvaṇam 14.2). Edited in Irājakōpal 2022, with visual
documentation (p. 288).

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

### Primary

Avanam

[I] Irājakōpal, Cu. 2022. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXII.
Viḻuppuram māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti IV. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 61.
Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page
225, item 689/2022.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 2001–02. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 2001-02.
Edited by D. M. Nagaraju. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India,
2016. Page 63, appendixes B/2001-2002, item 292.

[1] That is, a measure of capacity.

[2] That is, a specific type of vessel, a shallow wide-mouthed vessel,
according to the Madras Tamil Lexicon.

[3] That is, the assembly of village delegates. Here, grammatically,
subject of rakṣippatu, whereas arici is the object of rakṣippatu.