# Koḷappākkam, time of the mahārāja, year (8)

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00480

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00480.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

Donation of land for mid-day food offerings (amutu) in a god’s temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

śrī-vijaya-mahārājaṟku yāṇṭu⟨2⟩(Eṭṭ-ā)vatu

puliyūr-k-kōṭṭattu-p pērūr-nāṭṭu ⟨3⟩ kuḷappākka-kiḻāṉ nātaṉ (tēva)⟨4⟩(ṉ
Iv)-vūr-t tiru-vahastisvarattu mahātēvaṟkku Ā⟨5⟩-cantira-kālamum nicamum
matyāṉatt’ oru tiru-v-amirtuk⟨6⟩ku vaitta pūmi tūmpeṉappaṭṭikku
mērki⟨7⟩ṟ kāṭṭu kuḷakkollai Iru-nūṟṟ’ aimpatu ku⟨8⟩ḻi

I-tarmmam rakṣikka kaṭavōm Ūrom {Ūrōm}

itu panmā⟨9⟩hesvarar rakṣai

I-tarmmam rakṣippār pāta⟨10⟩[1 lost line]⟨11⟩tuḷ Eṉ talai mēḻaṉa

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ tiru-vahastisvarattu ⬦ tiru-vahastisvarattu Avanam • It is possible
that the Avanam’s edition transcription represents in fact
iru-vahastiśvarattu.

⟨8⟩ Ūrom {Ūrōm} ⬦ Ūrom Ūrōm Avanam • The duplication of Ūrōm might be a
typo in the Avanam’s edition transcription. — ⟨8⟩ panmā⟨9⟩hesvarar ⬦
panmā⟨9⟩hesvarar Avanam • It is possible that the Avanam’s edition
transcription represents in fact panmā⟨9⟩heśvarar.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ (Eigh)th year of the glorious and victorious Mahārāja.

⟨2–8⟩ The land that Nātaṉ (Tēvaṉ), the lord of Kuḷappākkam in the
Pērūrnāṭu of the Pūliyūrkkōṭṭam, has given for one mid-day glorious food
offering, as long as the moon and the sun, … (nicamum), for the Mahādeva
of the Tiruvakastīśvara ⟨of⟩ this village: two hundred fifty kuḻīs ⟨in⟩
Kuḷakkollai … in the forest west of Tūmpenappaṭṭi.

⟨8⟩ This pious act, we are bound to protect it, we, the village
delagates.

⟨8–9⟩ This ⟨pious act is under⟩ the protection of the Panmāheśvaras.

⟨9–11⟩ The feet of he who protects this pious act […] are on my head.

## Bibliography

Edited in Avanam (Āvaṇam 17.22.1).

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

### Primary

Avanam