# Kīḻ Vīti, sluice

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00493

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00493.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

Construction of a sluice at the order of the purohita Vēṭpai Cōmāciyār.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

naraciṅka-caruma-p⟨2⟩-purōyita-vēṭpai-c-cōmā⟨3⟩ciyār ceyivitta t(ū)mpu

śrī

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1–3⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the sluice that … (naraciṅka-caruma°[1]) the purohita
Vēṭpai Cōmāciyār had made.

⟨3⟩ Prosperity!

## Bibliography

Edited in Avanam (Āvaṇam 22.1), with a photo

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

### Primary

Avanam

[1] It is not clear if we have to understand here Narasiṁha Śarman, that
is, another element of the personal name of the commissioner of the
sluice, or, with an emendation, Narasiṁhavarman, that is, Vēṭpai
Cōmāciyār would be the purohita of Narasiṁhavarman.