Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, time of [name not specified], year 7

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Pillar inscription recording a donation of land for offering food during a festival.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00524.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00524.xml.

Version: 2026-09-21 09:30 (ca25391), last modified 2026-09-09 14:18 (e4cbea6).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī yāṇ-
⟨2⟩ ṭ’ ēḻ-āvatu peruñ-caṭṭi Āṟṟulaka nārāyaṇa-
⟨3⟩ -śarmaṉ talai-p-pali-
⟨4⟩ -viḻāvukku kuṭutta tō-
⟨5⟩ ṭṭan kiḻāṉ ceṟuvum catan-
⟨6⟩ maṇ kollaiyil kālam u-
⟨7⟩ tuvārkkum paṭṭiyum
⟨8⟩ kuṭuttar-k kāṇiyar ko-
⟨9⟩ ṟṟa-śarma-cataṅkaviya-
⟨10⟩ ṟum viṟṟu-k koṇṭa paḷ-
⟨11⟩ la-c ceṟuvum It-tiru-vi-
⟨12⟩ ḻavukkē kuṭuttar

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Seventh year.

Bibliography

Edited in Rajavelu 2008, in Badhreenath 2015.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the previous editions, showing notable variant readings. The distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition (based on a conjectural reading of Rajavelu 2008) 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 184, item 5.

[B] Badhreenath, Sathyabhama. 2015. Śāḷuvan̤kuppam excavations 2005-07. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 155–156, item 8.

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