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

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00524

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00524.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(6edbbfa)

## Summary

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

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## 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.