Māraṉēri, time of Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman, year 24

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

Palaeographic description: The puḷḷi is used.

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-06 11:45 (c74dfdd), last modified 2025-01-07 17:58 (893ef97).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrī kō-vicaiya-
⟨2⟩ [ya-ni]rupatuṅka-vi-
⟨3⟩ [kkira]ma-paṉ·ma⟨r⟩kk¡i!
⟨4⟩ [yā]ṇṭu (2 10 4) Irupa-
⟨5⟩ [ttu] nāṉ·k-āvatu
⟨6⟩ […] (y)i-ṉāṭ·ṭu-t· te-
⟨7⟩ […] (ṉ/ṉa) nan(·)tipura-
⟨8⟩ [ttu] nṛpakesari Ī-
⟨9⟩ śvara-gṛhat(·)tu mahā-
⟨10⟩ [(tē/de)va]ṟkku It·-taḷi-t-
⟨11⟩ [tēva]ṉā⟨r⟩ makaḷ· kēca-
⟨12⟩ […] mi Oru non·tā
⟨13⟩ [viḷak·]kiṉuk·ku-k kuṭut·ta
⟨14⟩ [po]ṉ· 3 10 m mup·pa-
⟨15⟩ [t·tu]-(k) kaḻañ·cu Ip-po-
⟨16⟩ ṉ· poliyāl·
⟨17⟩ [nica](t)i Uri-y eṉ·ṉai
⟨18⟩ [I¡ṟ!u](p·)pat’ āka It·taḷi-
⟨19⟩ [tāṉa]t·tār· kai-y(·) va-
⟨20⟩ [cam] v[ai]t·tatu Itu kā-
⟨21⟩ [ttāṉ a]ti Eṉ· ṟalai mē-
⟨22⟩ [laṉa]

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ (2 10 4) ⬦ 2(4) C • This figure is not clear, but should correspond the number provided right after it in words.

⟨8⟩ nan(·)tipura⟨8⟩[ttu] ⬦ nan(·)tipura⟨8⟩[…] C. — ⟨8⟩ nṛpakesari ⬦ rupakesari C.

⟨10⟩ It·-taḷi-t⟨11⟩[tēva]ṉā⟨r⟩ ⬦ Ittaḷit⟨11⟩[tēvaṉār] C.

⟨15⟩ mup·pa⟨15⟩[t·tu]-(k) ⬦ muppa⟨15⟩[tuk] C.

⟨18⟩ [I¡ṟ!⟨r⟩u](p·)pat’ āka ⬦ Iṟuppatāka C.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1⟩ [Prosperity!] Fortune!

⟨2–55⟩ Twenty-fourth (24) year of the victorious king Nirupatuṅkavikkiramapaṉmar.¹

⟨6–15⟩ The gold that Kēca[…]mi, a daughter of the god of this temple has given for one perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the Nṛpakesarīśvaragṛha of Nantipuram […] in the […]nāṭu: 30 kaḻañcus.

⟨15–20⟩ It² has been given in the hands of the trustees (tāṉattār) of this temple.

⟨20–22⟩ The feet of he who protects this [pious act] are on my head.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 2018-2019 (ARIE/2018-2019/B/2018-2019/356).

Edited in Caṅkar 2012 (Āvaṇam 23.4), with a photo of estampage.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

Primary

[C] Caṅkar, A. 2012. “māraṉēri nirupatuṅkavarmaṉ kalveṭṭu.” Āvaṇam 23, p. 23. Item 4.

Secondary

ARIE 2018-2019. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 2018-19. Edited by K. Munirathnam. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2019. Pages 3–4, 81, appendixes B/2018-2019, item 356.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman.
2. That is, the gold.

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