# Kāppalūr, Saptamātr̥ika shrine, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00517

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00517.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] [ku]tuttōm sabhaiyōm

Iv-ūr-p pāraśiva¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ oru kā […] l-āka-p pērāśāyyamaṉukku Iṉ-ṉilaṉ
cuṭṭi nīr (vi) li Uḷiṭṭu Eppēṟpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum ⟨2⟩ koḷḷa p¿i?⟨e⟩ṟātōm
ākavum

piṭāri-kōyilukku teṟkku Oru ko […] kati-k-karaiyum avikkuṇtilukku
mēṟkkum Ivv-uṇ-ṇilam oḻiv’ iṉṟi aṉupōcippār ākavum

⟨3⟩ Iv-vūr ma¡ṇṇ!⟨ṇ⟩utaiyarkaḷum piṭāri-kōyilukku pukum vaḻiyē pukku
kāṭukāl kōṭṭam ārāticcu pōka-p peṟuvarkaḷ ākavum

Ip-paric’ oṭṭi kututtōm sabhaiyōm

⟨4⟩ rakṣittār aṭi y-eṉ talai mēḻiṉa

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ […] [ku]tuttōm ⬦ […] tuttōm D.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ We, the members of the assembly, we have given […]

⟨1–2⟩ We should not obtain to get taxes, whatever, […]

⟨2⟩ ...

⟨3⟩ ...

⟨3⟩ ...

⟨4⟩ The feet of those who protect ⟨this⟩ are on my head.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1938–39 (ARIE/1938-1939/B/1938-1939/287).

Edited in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Dayalan 2005. The
distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and
Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present
digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper
visual documentation.

### Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1311, item 74.

### Secondary

ARIE 1938–39. Annual report on South Indian epigraphy for the year
ending 31st March 1939. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu. Delhi:
Government of India, 1952. Page 39, appendixes B/1938-1939, item 287.