Poykainallūr, time of Vajrameghavarman, year 7

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation for food-offering (amutu) to a god’s temple. Fragment.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00483.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00483.xml.

Version: 2026-08-17 11:27 (08f8cb5), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (ecb0276).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svast¿a? śrī śrī-vayira-mēka-varmarkku
⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 7-vatu tāmaṟ-kōṭṭattu
⟨3⟩ poykai-nallūr sabhaiyōm
⟨4⟩ tiru-vakattīśva […]
⟨5⟩ […] tiruvamirtu paṇṇa […]
⟨6⟩ […] tiruvamirtukkum āka […] [unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ svast¿a?⟨i⟩ ⬦ svast¿a?⟨i⟩ Avanam • It is possible that a typo crept in the Avanam’s transcription and that svasti is in fact the correct reading.

⟨3⟩ sabhaiyōm ⬦ ச4பை4யோம் Avanam • We surmise that our transliterated reading represents the Avanam’s transcription.

⟨4⟩ °vakattīśva° ⬦ °வகத்தீச்4வ° Avanam • We surmise that our transliterated reading represents the Avanam’s transcription. The text might be supplied as °vakattīśvarattu mahādevarkku.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 7th year of the glorious Vayiramēkavarmar.¹

⟨2–6⟩ We, the members of the assembly of Poykainallūr in the Tāmaṟkōṭṭam […] [to the Mahādeva of] the Tiruvakattiśvara […] glorious food offering […] so as to be for glorious food offering […]

[unknown number of lost lines]

Bibliography

Edited in Avanam (Āvaṇam 17.7.1).

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

Primary

Avanam

Notes

1. Sanskrit Vajrameghavarman.

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Prosperity! Fortune!</p>

7th year of the glorious Vayiramēkavarmar.<note>Sanskrit Vajrameghavarman.</note>

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