# Ciṉṉamaṉūr plates (larger set), time of Rājasiṁha, year 14 + 2

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya10006

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPandya10006.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Vaṭṭeḻuttu]

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

No distinction between i and ī.

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## Edition

⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=1⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=21⟩ ...

15. Anuṣṭubh

śrīr iva śrī-nivāsasya
paulomīva śata-kratoḥ
śrī-vānavan-mah¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨3r9=21⟩-devī
devī tasya prabhor abhūt· ↝

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...

37. Vasantatilakā

pāta prasa¿t?⟨n⟩na-manasas sukr̥tam mameti
so ’yaṁ samasta-vasudhādhipa⟨5v5=73⟩-vandanīyaḥ
baddhāñjaliḥ pratidinaM· praṇamaty aśeṣān
āgāmi⟨5v5=74⟩naḥ kṣiti-patīn abhimāna-meruḥ ↝

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## Translation

15.

The glorious Vānavan-mahādevī
was the wife of this lord (Parāntaka),
like Śrī to Śrīnivāsa (Viṣṇu),
like Paulomī (Śacī) to Śatakratu (Indra).

37.

Praised by all the kings of the earth
Abhimānameru,[1] with hands joined ⟨on his forehead⟩,
Bows day after day to all the kings of the future
Saying ⟨them⟩: “O pure-minded ones, protect my meritorious act!”

## Bibliography

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1929, with English translation and facsimiles
(SII 3.206A); in S.N. 1967, with facsimiles (PCP 5); in Krishnan 2002,
with English translation (IEP 79).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Krishna Sastri 1929.

### Primary

[KS] Krishna Sastri, H. 1929. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III,
Part IV: Copper-plate grants from Sinnamanur, Tirukkalar and
Tiruchchengodu. Including title page, preface, table of contents, list
of plates, addenda and corrigenda, introduction and index of Volume III.
South Indian Inscriptions 3.4. Calcutta: Government of India, Central
Publication Branch. Pages 441–465, item 206.

[PCP] S.N. 1967. Pāṇṭiyār ceppēṭukaḷ pattu = Ten Pandya copper-plates.
Madras: Tamiḻ varalāṟṟu kaḻakam = Tamil Varalatru Kazhagam. Pages
141–176, item 5.

[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
93–103, item 79.

[1] That is, the Pāṇḍya king.