SII 12.71: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 71. (A.R. No. 360 of 1921). TIRUVADI, CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE ARDHA-MAṆḌAPA OF THE TIRUVĪRAṬṬĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0071.

Summary: This record of Nṛipatuṅgavarman is dated in his 18th year and registers a gift of 570 kaḻañju of gold to the Nagarattār of Adiyaraiyamaṅgalam by the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇa-Mahārāja, for providing, with the interest on the amount, certain specified offerings to the god Tiruvīraṭṭānattu-Mahādēva of that village. The importance of the present inscription lies in the fact that the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman figures as a contemporary of and probably a subordinate under the Pallava king Nṛipatuṅgavarman.1

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (97de750), last modified (4bb8802).

Edition

⟨Face A: first face⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] nṛpato⟨2⟩ṅkapanmaṟku (yāṇṭu) ⟨3⟩ patineṭṭāvatu (A)⟨4⟩ti(ya)raiyamaṅka⟨5⟩lattu tiruviraṭṭā⟨6⟩nattu mahādeva⟨7⟩rkku (p)āṇ ⟨8⟩ (ṭi) varakuṇamahā⟨9⟩jaṉ kuṭutta poṉ ⟨10⟩ Aññūṟṟeḻupatiṉ ka⟨11⟩ḻañcu Ippoṉ koṇ⟨12⟩ṭu kaṭavom Atiyarai⟨13⟩yamaṅkalattu nakara⟨14⟩ttom [|] Ippoṉni⟨15⟩l Irunūṟṟuttoṇṇū⟨16⟩ṟṟuk kaḻañcu poṉnā⟨17⟩l palicaiyāl nicati ⟨18⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨19⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨20⟩ [2+] (mun)(ḻi Uri)⟨21⟩kkum (me)ṟṟi pa(tiṟ) ⟨22⟩ (ṟu)nāḻi Ari(ciyum) [2+] ⟨23⟩ poḻutukku Uri pacca⟨24⟩payaṟṟupparuppu kum⟨25⟩māya muḷḷiṭṭa Añcukā⟨26⟩yum poḻutu puḷi(ṅkaṟi)⟨27⟩kku Uḻakku tayirum po⟨28⟩ḻutu kaṟikku kā⟨29⟩yam mirucce(vi){ṭa}ṭu⟨m⟩ ⟨30⟩ poḻutu kaṟi tu(mi)kka⟨31⟩c cevi{ṭ}ṭu neyum ⟨Face B: second face⟩ ⟨32⟩ nivetikka naṟune⟨33⟩y potu Uḻakkā⟨34⟩ka nālu poḻutukku⟨35⟩m meṟṟi ney nāḻi ⟨36⟩ nivetikka poḻutu⟨37⟩kkuṉ tayir Uri nālu ⟨38⟩ poḻutume [||]

Commentary

(18–19) Damaged.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.71 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 30–31, item 71.

Notes

  1. 1. See also No. 60 above.