Talavāṉūr, foundation, time of Narēntirappōttaraiyaṉ

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00020.

Summary: A Tamil verse recording the foundation of the cave-temple named Catturumalleśvarālaiyam (Skt. Śatrumalleśvarālaya) by Narēntirappōttaraiyaṉ.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-09-19 15:29 (e8a670e), last modified 2024-06-06 16:22 (18e0138).

Eastern face of the pillar

⟨1⟩ śrī

I. veṇpā

toṇṭai-y-an-tār⟨2⟩-vēntaṉ narēntira⟨3⟩p-pōtt-araiyaṉ

ve⟨4⟩ṇpēṭṭiṉ ṟeṉ-pā⟨5⟩l mika makiḻntu ka⟨6⟩ṇṭāṉ

cara mikka ve⟨7⟩ñ-cilaiyāṉ (ca)⟨8⟩tturu-malleś(va)⟨9⟩rāl(ai)yam (eṉ)-

(ṟ’ ara)⟨10⟩ṉukk’ iṭam āka-(v) āṅku

Southern face of the pillar

⟨11⟩ Ivv-ūr (b)ram⟨12⟩mamaṅkalavaṉ ⟨13⟩ cellaṉ civadā⟨14⟩sa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ colliya⟨15⟩tu

Apparatus

Eastern face of the pillar

⟨1⟩ śrī • We follow here EG in considering śrī as an initial benediction. It could alternatively be analysed as a prefix to toṇṭai-y-an-tār-vēntaṉ, that is "the glorious (śrī) king with the beautiful garland of toṇṭai". — ⟨1⟩ vēntaṉ ⬦ vēntāṉ IP.

⟨4⟩ ṟeṉpāl ⬦ ṟeṉp(ā)l EG; ṟeṉp(ā)l IP.

⟨5⟩ kaṇṭāṉ ⬦ ko(ṇṭāṉ) IP.

⟨7⟩ (ca)tturu-malleś(va)rāl(ai)yam ⬦ catturumalleśvarālaiyam EG; śattrumalleśvarālayam IP • Examination in situ enabled to reject the reading °ālayam. The alternative reading °āleyam is possible.

⟨9⟩ (eṉṟ’ ara)ṉukk’ ⬦ eṉṟ’ araṇukk’ EG; eṉṟ’ araṇukk’ IP.

⟨10⟩ āka-(v) āṅku ⬦ āka-v aṅku EG; āka-v aṅku IP.

Translation by Hultzsch (1913-1914). Standardised according to DHARMA TG and EG.

Eastern face of the pillar

(1–10) Prosperity! The king [who wore] a beautiful garland of toṇṭai, Narendra-Pōttaraiyaṉ, whose cruel bow bristled with arrows, made with great joy in the south of Veṇpēṭṭu [this temple] named Śatrumallēśvarālaya, to be the residence of Hara (Śiva).

Southern face of the pillar

(11–15) Brahmamaṅgalavaṉ Cellaṉ Śivadāsa of this village composed this.

Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

Eastern face of the pillar

(1–10) Fortune ! Le roi à la belle guirlande de toṇṭai (ou: Le glorieux roi à la belle guirlande de toṇṭai), le roi-Pallava (ou: le roi-taureau) (pōtt-araiyaṉ) Narendra, dont l’arc cruel/furieux regorge de flèches, au sud de Veṇpēṭu (le hameau blanc), avec grande joie, a fait en sorte (kaṇṭāṉ, littéralement: a supervisé) qu’il y ait pour Araṉ (Skt. Hara, i.e Śiva) un lieu (iṭam) nommé (eṉṟu) demeure du Seigneur de Catturumalla (Skt. Śatrumalla).

Southern face of the pillar

(11–15) Ce qu’a composé (colliyatu, littéralement: ce qu’a dit) Brammamaṅkalavaṉ Cellaṉ Civadāsan (Skt. Śivadāsa) de ce village.

Commentary

See also Pallava 19, a probably earlier Sanskrit foundation inscription of the same cave-temple.

Identification of Narēntirappōttaraiyaṉ to be discussed.

⟨10⟩ āṅku: either "there," that is, "here," that is in Veṇpēṭu, or "thus," concluding the verse, that is, "so was it done"

Bibliography

Reported in Venkayya 1905 (ARIE/1904-1905/B/1905/50).

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1913–1914 with facsimile and English translation (EI 12.27B); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 20).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (2008).

Primary

[EG] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1913–1914. “Two cave-inscriptions at Dalavanur. A: Sanskrit inscription of Narendra Satrumalla.” EI 12, pp. 225–226. Pages 225–226, item B.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 98–99, item 20.

Secondary

Venkayya, V. 1905. G.O. No. 518, 18th July 1905. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for the year 1904-1905, and directing that the report be forwarded to the government of India. No place. Pages 32, 39, appendix B/1905, item 50.

Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 7, item 11.

Srinivasan, K. R. 1964. Cave-temples of the Pallavas. Architectural survey of temples 1. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 71–68.

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Fortune ! Le roi à la belle guirlande de <foreign>toṇṭai</foreign> (ou: Le glorieux roi à la belle guirlande de <foreign>toṇṭai</foreign>), le roi-Pallava (ou: le roi-taureau) <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pōtt-araiyaṉ</foreign></supplied> Narendra, dont l’arc cruel/furieux regorge de flèches, au sud de Veṇpēṭu <supplied reason="explanation">le hameau blanc</supplied>, avec grande joie, a fait en sorte <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kaṇṭāṉ</foreign>, littéralement: a supervisé</supplied> qu’il y ait pour Araṉ <supplied reason="explanation">Skt. Hara, i.e Śiva</supplied> un lieu <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭam</foreign></supplied> nommé <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>eṉṟu</foreign></supplied> demeure du Seigneur de Catturumalla <supplied reason="explanation">Skt. Śatrumalla</supplied>.

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