# Śrīvaramaṅgala grant, time of Neṭuñcaṭaiyaṉ, year 17

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya10003

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPandya10003.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

Commit: 2026-10-01 13:11 (562e33f), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Palaeographic description

Tamil. The puḷḷi is consistently used.

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨01⟩ svasti

⟨1v1=1⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨Page 4v⟩
⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨Page 5v⟩ ⟨Page 6r⟩ ⟨6r1=78⟩ ⟨6r2=79⟩ ⟨6r3=80⟩ ⟨6r4=81⟩ ...

maṟ·ṟ’ itaṉai⟨6r5=82⟩k· kāt·tā{ra}ṉ· malar-aṭi Eṉ· muṭi mēlaṉa
E⟨6r6=83⟩ṉ·ṟu koṟ·ṟavaṉē-y· paṇitt-aruḷi-t· tēṟṟ’ eṉa ⟨Page 6v⟩ ⟨6v1=84⟩
tāmra-śāsanañ· cey·vit·tāṉ· ↝

7. Uncertain meter

brahmadeya-paripā⟨6v2=85⟩lanād r̥te
nānyad asti bhuvi dharmma-sādhanam·
tasya cāpaha⟨6v3=86⟩raṇād r̥te tathā
nānyad asti bhuvi pāpa-sādhanam· ↝

8. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhi⟨6v4=87⟩r vvasudhā dattā
rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ
yasya yadā bhū⟨6v5=88⟩mis
tasya tasya tadā phalam· ↝

9. Anuṣṭubh

na viṣaṁ viṣam ity āhūr
brahmasvaṁ vi⟨6v6=89⟩ṣam ucyate
viṣam ekākinaṁ haṁti
brahmasvam· putra-pautri⟨7r1=90⟩kam· ↝

10. Anuṣṭubh

brahma-sva-rakṣaṇād anyat
puṇya-mūlan na vidyate
tasyātilaṁgha⟨7r2=91⟩nād anyat
pāpa-mūlan na vidyate (|)

pāṇ·ṭi-p⟨·⟩ perum· paṇaikāraṉ· ma⟨7r3=92⟩kaṉ pāṇṭi-p· perum·
paṇaikāraṉ-ākiya Arikesa⟨7r4=93⟩ri Eḻut·tu ↝

⟨Page 7v⟩

## Translation

⟨82–84⟩ Furthermore, having said “the lotus-feet of he who protects this
are on my head”, having graciously ordered ⟨so⟩, the king (koṟṟavaṉ) had
this copper order made, as ... (teṟṟu/tēṟṟu).

7.

Apart from protecting a brahmadeya,
There is no other means of attaining dharma on this earth;
And, likewise, apart from seizing it,
There is not other means of obtaining sin on this earth.

⟨91–93⟩ Writing of Arikesarin, alias Pāṇṭi Perum Paṇaikkāraṉ, son of
Pāṇṭi Perum Paṇaikkāraṉ.

## Bibliography

Edited in Venkayya 1893, with English translation and facsimiles; in
S.N. 1967, with facsimiles (PCP 2); in Krishnan 2002, with English
translation (IEP 11).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Venkayya 1893 and on
photos (V. Gillet, 2010).

### Primary

[V] Venkayya, V. 1893. “Madras Musem plates of Jatilavarman.” IA 22, pp.
57–75.

[PCP] S.N. 1967. Pāṇṭiyār ceppēṭukaḷ pattu = Ten Pandya copper-plates.
Madras: Tamiḻ varalāṟṟu kaḻakam = Tamil Varalatru Kazhagam. Pages 49–70,
item 2.

[IEP] Krishnan, K. G. 2002. Inscriptions of the early Pāṇḍyas (from c.
300 B.C. to 984 A.D.) New Delhi: ICHR & Northern Book Centre. Pages
17–21, item 11.