# Kāñcīpuram copper plate, Jovian year Vikāri

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00201

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00201.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-11-15 13:02
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## Summary

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## Palaeographic description

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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1=1⟩ śubham astu

1. Anuṣṭubh

yāvac (c)andrasya sūryyau
tāvad ṭiṣṭadi medani
yāvad rāma-kathā lo⟨1r2=2⟩ke
tāvad rāñjyaṁ vibhiṣaṇaṁ ↝

Alakil aṇṭamuñ cila vaḻintu maṟṟ’ aṇṭā⟨1r3=3⟩ṇṭamuñ ...

⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=55⟩ ...

kāmāṭci⟨1v55=99⟩-y-ammaṉ ca(ṉi)ya-tāṉ(attiṟ) kaluṅ kāvēriy¿i?⟨u⟩m pullum
pūmiyum uḷḷa varaikkum āṇṭaṉ a⟨1v56=100⟩(ṉ)upa(vi)ttu-k koḷvīr ākavum

eṉṟu Eḻuti-k kuṭuṭta tāmpūra-cātaṉa[m/ñ] cāṭṣi kāṁāṭci-y-amma⟨1v57=101⟩ṉ
(Ā)kāca(p)āṇi pū-mā-tēvi cantira-cūriyāḷ ivāḷ cāṭṣi-y-āka cāṟanta-kulam
iruva⟨1v58=102⟩tti-ṉālu⟨m⟩ ma(ṉ)aiyārun tāmpūra-cātaṉam eḻuti kuṭuttōm

inta-t taṟma[t/tt]uku vākku-c-cakā⟨1v59=103⟩(yañ ca)rīra-cakāyam
aṟtta-cakāyam inta-t taṟma paripāli(ṉa)⟨ñ⟩ ceyta pērkaḷ kāci-keṅkaiyil
⟨1v60=104⟩ (ṣ)[t/n]āṉa ce(y)tu kā(c)i-vicuva-ṉātaraiyum viṣālāṣṣiyaiyuñ
cevi(tta) palaṉ peṟuv(ā)⟨1v61=105⟩(r) ākavun ta(ṉu)-k-koṭiyil ṣtāṉa
ceytu rāma-liṅkattaiyum pacuv[ātā]-pattiṉi⟨1v62=106⟩(yai)yuñ cevi(tta)
palaṉ peṟuvār ākavum

intat taṟma(tt)ukku y-iṭaṅ-kēṭu ceyta pērkaḷu⟨1v63=107⟩m nintiṉai
cey(ta) pērkaḷuṅ k(ā)ṣi-pār[u/ā]vatattil 68 civālaiyattil 100 8-t
tiru-p-patiyil-k ⟨1v64=108⟩ keṅkai-k karaiyil-p piramaṇaṉaiyuṅ
kār-ām-pacuvaiyuṅ koṉṟa tōṣattilē[y/yu] mā⟨1v65=109⟩tā-p-pitāvaiyuṅ
kuruvaiyuṅ kuruvaiyuṅ koṉṟa tōṣattil aṭaivār ākavum

(a)⟨1v66=110⟩(p-paṭi) v(ā)rāmal (a)ttaṟma-paripāliṉ(a)⟨ñ⟩ ceytu varuvār
āk¿i?⟨a⟩vum

y-ēkāmp[ār/arar] kāmāṣṣi-y-am⟨1v67=111⟩maṉ cakā([y])am ↝

śrī-rāma-cuvāmi cakāyam ↝

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Let ther be goodness!

## Bibliography

Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos
(Melikian Foundation, 2014).