SII 12.34: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “NANDIVARMAN II. No. 34. (A.R. No. 109 of 1932-33). PAIYAṈŪR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK AND DISTRICT. ON A ROCK NEAR THE DILAPIDATED TEMPLE OF EṬṬĪŚVARA.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record is dated in the 37th year of Vijaya-Nandivikramavarman who, from the palaeography of the inscription and the high regnal year quoted in it, may be identified with Pallavamalla. It registers an agreement made by the gaṇa of Payiṉūr to remove annually the silt from the big tank of the village for the interest on 6,400 kāḍi of paddy received by them by the standard measure poṟ-kāl, from Nāgaṉ, a merchant of Uḻakkuṇi residing at Māmallapuram. The document is signed by Śēṭṭanandi, evidently a member of the gaṇa. The village Paiyaṉūr is very close to Mahābalipuram and the earliest epigraphical reference to ‘Māmallapuram’ is to be found in the present inscription.

It may be pointed out that the epithets ‘Vijaya’ and ‘Vikramavarman’ added to his name by Nandivarman, were invariably adopted by his successors.¹

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0034.

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⟨1⟩ śrī kovicaya nantivikkiramaparumaṟku yāṇṭu mu-
⟨2⟩ ppatteḻāvatu payiṉūrk kaṇattem Oṭṭiyatu [∥] māma-
⟨3⟩ llapurattiliruntu vāḻum Uḻakkuṇi vāṇikaṉ nākaṉ
⟨4⟩ Emmurp pereri poliyūṭṭiṉāṟ ṟo(ṇ)ṭuvataṟkuk {ku}-
⟨5⟩ koṭutta nel poṟkālāl Āṟā-
⟨6⟩ yirattu nāṉūṟṟukkāṭi Innel yāṅkaḷ
⟨7⟩ koṇṭu Ivveriyi ṉiruṇun nilam Ellā-
⟨8⟩ viṟṟiṉme(lu)m viṟkilum OṟṟiIṭilum paṭṭiyāṟ pa-
⟨9⟩ tiṉaṟukāṭic ceytu nel paṭṭiyo [**] kaṭaṉāyi Inne-
⟨10⟩ llile Irukāṭicce(yi)tuṅ koṇṭu (payiṉūr A)ṉṉu nāma muḷḷa-
⟨11⟩ taṉaiyum (Āṭṭāṇṭuto)ṟum Eri (toṇṭuvi)ppo(m)āy [***] ttiṉail (ke)-
⟨12⟩ ṭai yeṟṟukkoṇṭem Itaṟku vakri ppātāṉ candrātitya{r}ruḷḷataṉaiyum
⟨13⟩ narakatti ṉiṟpāṉākavum Itaṟku nallatu veṇṭi(ṉār) cantirātittiyar
⟨14⟩ Uḷḷanāḷaiyum svargga(ttile) yiruppārākavum Oṭṭiṉem [|] Ippaṭik kuṟi-
⟨15⟩ yi(li)runtu [*****] ceṭṭanantieṉ
⟨16⟩ [*****] ṭṭāme celuttiṉār Aṭi (Eṉ)
⟨17⟩ ṟalai melaṉa [∥]

Commentary

⟨14⟩ kuṟi. Cf. the expression peruṅkuṟi occurring in other epigraphs.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.34 by Venkatasubba Ayyar and Krishnamacharlu 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. and C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 14–15, item 34.

Notes

1. ‘Vijaya’ and ‘Vikrama’ as prefix and suffix of Pallava names occur in earlier records, as in the names like Vijaya-Buddhavarman and Mahēndra-vikramavarman.

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