SII 12.72: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 72. (A.R. No. 175 of 1930). PIḶḶAIPĀKKAM, SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE STEPS OF THE KĀḶĪ TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is a curious inscription dated in the 20th year of Nṛipatuṅga containing animprecation on people who stored paddy on the talam of the village.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0072.

File path: SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0072.xml.

Version: 2026-05-13 11:59 (0b66879), last modified 2026-04-23 16:33 (5a86c39).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥]
⟨2⟩ nṛ{ru}pa(to)ṅ-
⟨3⟩ ka(r)kku yāṇ-
⟨4⟩ ṭu Irupatāva-
⟨5⟩ tu Ivvūṟṟa-
⟨6⟩ (la)ttu (ne)lla-
⟨7⟩ (ṭ)ṭuvār kaṅkai-
⟨8⟩ iṭai kumari-
⟨9⟩ yiṭaic cey-
⟨10⟩ tār ceyta
⟨11⟩ pāvam paṭuvā-
⟨12⟩ r (ne)l laṭṭi-
⟨13⟩ ṉāru maṭṭa vuṭaṉ-
⟨14⟩ paṭṭāruñ [**]
⟨15⟩ ta [***]
⟨16⟩ [****]

Commentary

Letters at the end of the inscription have been chiselled away.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.72 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. Page 31, item 72.

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