# Māraṉēri, time of Nr̥patuṅkavikramavarman, year 24

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00484

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00484.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

Donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

## Palaeographic description

The puḷḷi is used.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrī

kō-vicaiya⟨2⟩[ya-ni]rupatuṅka-vi⟨3⟩[kkira]ma-paṉ·ma⟨r⟩kk¡i!⟨u⟩ ⟨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] nr̥pakesari
Ī⟨9⟩śvara-gr̥hat(·)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!⟨r⟩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⟩ nr̥pakesari ⬦
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

⟨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 Nr̥pakesarīśvaragr̥ha
of Nantipuram […] in the […]nāṭu: 30 kaḻañcus.

⟨15–20⟩ It[2] 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 2018–19 (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 2018–19. 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.

[1] Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅkavikramavarman.

[2] That is, the gold.