# Civakāci plates, time of Vīrapāṇḍya, year 3

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya10007

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPandya10007.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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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=1⟩

6. Indravajrā

rajño raveḥ keraḷa-vaṁśa-ke⌈⟨1v10=10⟩to
rūḍhā sutā yā nr̥vareṇa tena
śrī-vīra-pāṇḍyan tanayan tato ’sau
lebhe guha⟨1v11=11⟩ṁ śaila-suteva śaMbhoḥ ↝

⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=13⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v15=64⟩

taṉakk’ iraṇṭām āṇṭiṉ etirām ā⟨3v16=65⟩ṇṭil ... ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨Page 4v⟩
⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r11=114⟩ ... A⟨5r12=115⟩vanikāntanē

27. Uncertain meter

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28. Anuṣṭubh

candrā(r)kkānvaya-dīpasya
viśva⟨5r14=117⟩-rakṣaṇa-dakṣiṇaM·
ś[āsanañ jaga]ti jetu⟨r⟩
jaitrañ jaṭila-varmmaṇaḥ ↝

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## Apparatus

⟨116⟩ candrā(r)kkānvaya° ⬦ candrārkkānvaya° PCP; candrārkānvaya° IEP.

⟨117⟩ ś[āsanañ jaga]ti ⬦ ś(ā)[4+](ga)ti PCP; śāsanañ jagati IEP. — ⟨117⟩
jetu⟨r⟩ ⬦ jetur PCP IEP.

## Translation

28.

⟨This is the⟩ victorious order,
Able to protect the universe,
Of Jaṭilavarman, victorious in the world,
A lamp in the lunar and solar lineages.

## Bibliography

Edited in S.N. 1967, with facsimiles (PCP 6); in Krishnan 2002, with
English translation (IEP 90).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on S.N. 1967 andKrishnan
2002.

### Primary

[PCP] S.N. 1967. Pāṇṭiyār ceppēṭukaḷ pattu = Ten Pandya copper-plates.
Madras: Tamiḻ varalāṟṟu kaḻakam = Tamil Varalatru Kazhagam. Pages
177–206, item 6.

[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
107–112, item 90.