Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, time of Nṛpatuṅga, year 13

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00521.

Summary: Pillar inscription. Fragment. Regnal year only.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (350e545), last modified (ee4d0a2).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ṇṭu nṛpa-tuṅ⟨3⟩kaṟku-p patiṉ mū⟨4⟩ṉṟ-āvatu

kat […]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ nṛpa-tuṅ⟨3⟩kaṟku-p ⬦ nripatun⟨3⟩karkup R; nirupatu⟨3⟩karkkup B.

⟨3⟩ patiṉ mū⟨4⟩ṉṟ-āvatu ⬦ patin mu⟨4⟩nravatu R; patiṉ mū⟨4⟩ṉṟāvatu B. — ⟨3⟩ kat […](tanku) R; kat B.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–4) Thirteenth year of Nṛpatuṅkaṉ1

(4) […]

Bibliography

Edited in Rajavelu 2008, in Badhreenath 2015.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the previous editions, none sufficiently reliable. The distinction between vowel akṣaras and markers, and between Grantha and Tamil letters, cannot be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[R] Rajavelu, S. 2008. “Recent discoveries near Mamallapuram.” In: Airāvati: Felicitation volume in honour of Iravatham Mahadevan. Chennai: Varalaaru.com, pp. 177–190. Page 183, item 4.

[B] Badhreenath, Sathyabhama. 2015. Śāḷuvan̤kuppam excavations 2005-07. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 154, item 5.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅga.