# Aṉpil plates, time of Sundara Cōḻa, year 4 Emmanuel Francis Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01003 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01003.xml Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha, Tamil], Tamil [Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (5251b7d) ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ### Seal ⟨1⟩ ... ### Plates: Sanskrit portion 1 of 2 ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1=1⟩ svasti śr¡i!⟨ī⟩ ... ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=8⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=16⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=24⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=32⟩ ⟨3r7=38⟩ ... 13. Sragdharā tad-vaṁśe śenni-kiḷ·ḷi-prbhr̥tiṣu karikāl-ādike⟨3r8=39⟩(śv a)py ananyāM bhuktvā (pr̥thvīṁ) samastām amarapati-purīm rājasu ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v1=40⟩ prāptavatsu jajñe kocceṁkaṇān ity akhila-jana-padā-kḷ(pta)⟨3v2=41⟩-gaurīśa-dhāmā kṣmāpaḥ kṣmāp-endra-cūḷā-maṇir atha samabhūn nallaṭi-k-kon amuṣmāt· ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=48⟩ ⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨4v1=56⟩ ... ⟨4v5=60⟩ ... 22. Sundarī paḻuveṭṭarayar par-ā⟨4v6=61⟩hvayasya kṣiti-bharttu(ḥ) kila keraḷ-eśvarasya tanayām uduvāha r(ā)⟨4v7=62⟩ja-lakṣmīm iva mūrttām avani-patis sa Eṣāḥ ↝ 23. Āryā ... ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r1=64⟩ ... ↝ 24. Śārdūlavikrīḍita vai¡t!⟨d⟩uMbasya kul-odbhavān nara-pa⟨5r2=65⟩ter aṁśasya kāla-dviṣaḥ sindho(r) bandhurit-oru-yu¡k!⟨g⟩ma-yugaḷāṁ lakṣmīm ivā⟨5r3=66⟩dyaḥ pumān viśveśas tanayām iv-ācala-pater bhāgirathī-śekharaḥ ka⟨5r4=67⟩lyaṇīm uduvāha bhū-dhara-patiḥ pātraṁ guṇanāM paraM ↝ ⟨Page 5v⟩ ⟨5v1=73⟩ ⟨Page 6r⟩ ⟨6r1=81⟩ ⟨Page 6v⟩ ⟨6v1=89⟩ ⟨Page 7r⟩ ⟨7r1=96⟩ ⟨Page 7v⟩ ⟨7v1=104⟩ ⟨Page 8r⟩ ⟨8r1=112⟩ ... ⟨8r7=118⟩ ... 45. Svāgatā rakṣeta kṣiti-bhujo mama dharmmaM bhāvino ’pi sakalān iti bhūp⟨ā⟩⟨8r8=119⟩n· yācati vinata-bhūpati-cakraś cakravartty api parāntaka-nāmā ↝ ⟨Page 8v⟩ ⟨8v1=121⟩ ... ⟨8v2=122⟩ ... ⟨8v3=123⟩ ... ### Plates: Tamil portion ⟨Page 8v⟩ ⟨8v3=123⟩ ... ⟨Page 9r⟩ ⟨9r1=131⟩ ⟨Page 9v⟩ ⟨9v1=142⟩ ⟨Page 10r⟩ ⟨10r1=154⟩ ⟨Page 10v⟩ ⟨10v1=165⟩ ⟨Page 11r⟩ ⟨11r1=177⟩ ⟨Page 11v⟩ ⟨11v1=189⟩ ### Plates: Sanskrit portion 2 of 2 ⟨11v11=199⟩ vīracoḷa Iti khyāto ... ## Bibliography Edited and translated in Gopinatha Rao 1919–1920 (EI 15.15), with visual documentation. This edition by Emmanuel Francis. ### Primary [EI] Gopinatha Rao, T. A. 1919–1920. “Anbil plates of Sundara-Chola: The fourth year.” EI 15, pp. 44–72.