# Malaiyaṭippaṭṭi, time of Dantivarman, year 16

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00526

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00526.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Assignment of people to supply oil for a lamp.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya⟨2⟩-tan·t¡ī!⟨i⟩-(p)arumaṟ(·)ku yāṇ(·)⟨3⟩ṭu pat¡ī!⟨i⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
ā(ṟ-ā)vatu

v¡ī!⟨i⟩ṭēl(·)⟨4⟩-viṭuku mut·taraiyaṉ-āyiṉa ⟨5⟩ (ku)vāvañ cāt·taṉ·
t¡ī!⟨i⟩ru-vāla⟨6⟩ttūr-p paṭāra(r)kku-t tiru⟨7⟩viḷak·ku ney Aṭṭa
vait⟨8⟩t(a) kuṭi (m)āyāṉ kāṭaṉum ⟨9⟩ (m)āyāṉ v¡ī!⟨i⟩ll¡ī!⟨i⟩yum k [1×]
r¡ī!⟨i⟩ ⟨10⟩ (vait)tuvaṉum ka [1×] ar¡ī!⟨i⟩ naṅkaḷ ma⟨11⟩kkaḷum nakkaṉ
(koṇai) [1×]⟨12⟩m (nakka)ṉ [2×] ṉum ka

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Sixteenth year of the victorious king Tantiparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–12⟩ The people (kuṭi) that Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ alias Viṭēlviṭuku
Muttaraiyaṉ assigned (vaitta[2]) so as to supply oil for a glorious lamp
for the god (paṭārar) of Tiruvalattūr ⟨are⟩: Māyāṉ Kāṭaṉ, Māyāṉ villi,
…, …, our relatives, Nakkaṉ Koṇai, Nakkaṉ ….

## Commentary

The inscription appears to stop short.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1969–70 (ARIE/1969-1970/B/1969-70/320).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2009, by
Valérie Gillet; 2015, by Emmanuel Francis).

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1969–70. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1969-70.
Edited by G. S. Gai. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India, 1979.
Page 54, appendixes B/1969-1970, item 320.

[1] Sanskrit Dantivarmaṉ.

[2] Literally: endowed, gave.