Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, boulder, time of Kaṉṉara Deva, year 4

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kacciyum tañcaiyum koṇ(ṭa) (śrī)-(kaṉṉara-tēvar)kku (yāṇṭu nāl-āvatu)

⟨2⟩ Ām¡u!r-k-kōttattu tiru-v-iliccil Ūr-uṭaiya (tē)var su[b]rahmaṇya-bhaṭṭārarkku [*****]

⟨3⟩ [**] [(u/U)ṇ]ṇāliḵai-[p]-pu[ṟam] [*************] (kuṭiyō)m I(tē)varku

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ koṇ(ṭa) (śrī)-(kaṉṉara-tēvar)kku (yāṇṭu nāl-āvatu) ⬦ konda sri kannara devarkku yantu R; koṇṭa kaṉṉara tēvarkku yāṇṭu nāl āvatu B.

⟨2⟩ su[b]rahmaṇya-bhaṭṭārarkku [5×] ⬦ subrahmanya bhattararkku uvat ti [3+] R; cupramaṇya paṭṭārar B.

⟨3⟩ [2×] [(u/U)ṇ]ṇāliḵai-[p]pu[ṟam] [ca. 13×] (kuṭiyō)m I(tē)varku ⬦ ruvunnaligaippuramai [3+] kudi [2+] yom i devarku R; Uṉṉāḻikaippuṟamāy [11+] Ūruṭaiyōm Ittēvarkku B.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Fourth year of the glorious Kaṉṉara king who took Kacci and Tāñcai.

⟨2–3⟩ For the Lord Subrahmaṇya, the god who is the Lord of the village of Tiruviḻiccil in the Āmūrkkōṭṭam ...

Bibliography

Edited in Rajavelu 2008 (p. 181 and fig. 3, p. 179), in B.

Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on photos (Emmanuel Francis, 2011) and on the previous editions, none of which seems sufficiently reliable, notably for the transliteration of Grantha characters of the original and for the length of lacunas.

Primary

[R] Rajavelu, S. 2008. “Recent discoveries near Mamallapuram.” In: Airāvati: Felicitation volume in honour of Iravatham Mahadevan. Chennai: Varalaaru.com, pp. 177–190. Page 181.

[B] Badhreenath, Sathyabhama. 2015. Śāḷuvan̤kuppam excavations 2005-07. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 156–157, item 9.

Secondary

Subramanian, T.S. 2005–11–04. “Another surprise in Mamallapuram.” Frontline 22 (22), pp. 130–134.

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