Ciṟṟampākkam, step-stone

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Records the foundation of a temple (kōyil) by Kumāraṉ, the nephew of Cōmāciyār.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00044.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00044.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī-mahārāja-parameśvara-varummaṟkku yāṇṭu talaitt-(ā)-
⟨2⟩ vatu tūṇāṅ-kiḻavar-uḷ ālavāyil cōmāciyā-
⟨3⟩ ru maru-maḵaṉ kumā(raṉ) [***] [e]-
⟨4⟩ ṭuppitta kō(yil) [***]
⟨5⟩ [***] (A)ḻi(vu)m (c)e-
⟨6⟩ ytār taṭumāv ēṟkka

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ talaitt-(ā)⟨2⟩vatu ⬦ talaittā⟨2⟩vatu EI.

⟨5⟩ (A)ḻi(vu)m ⬦ Aḻi(vu)m EI • The reading in EI makes sense, but is not warranted on the visual documentation, where one would read at once yuḻime or yuḻimē.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ First year of the glorious Mahārāja Parameśvaravarman.

⟨3–4⟩ The temple that Kumāraṉ, nephew (sister’s son) of Cōmāciyār in (that is, from) Ālavāy, ⟨one⟩ among the tūṇaṅ-kiḷavars […] has built.

⟨5–6⟩ He who does ((c)eytār) harm (aḻivu) […] will be considered like (ēṟkka) … (taṭumāv).

Commentary

⟨1–2⟩ talaitt-(ā)vatu. See EI (p. 199, n. 3): “The expression talaittu from talai is used adjectively in the sense of ’first’. The same usage may also be noted in the familiar phrase talaittu kuḷaṇḍai meaning ’first child’. For epigraphic usage of the word talai meaning ’first,’ we may note the expression Āṉi-ttalai-ppiṟaiyāl in the Takkōlam inscription (above, Vol. XIX, p. 87).”

⟨2⟩ ālavāyil. EI connects this word with eṭuppitta (lines 3-4), suggesting that Ālavāy is the ancient name of Ciṟṟampākkam/Teṉkāraṇai. We follow Sircar’s opinion (editor’s note to Desai [1962] 1957–1958) that Ālavāy is the residence of Cōmāciyār. So does IP (p. 147, n. 1).

⟨2–3⟩ cōmāciyāru. See EI (p. 200, n. 1): “Sōmāśiyār may be contracted either from Sōmayājiyār or Sōmājiyār.”

⟨3⟩ maru-maḵaṉ. This term means more precisely "sister’s son" in the present case.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1947–48 (ARIE/1947-1948/B/1947-1948/83).

Edited in Desai [1962] 1957–1958 (EI 32.23), with visual documentation. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 44).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the visual documentation published in Desai [1962] 1957–1958.

Primary

[EI] Desai, P. B. [1962] 1957–1958. “Sirrmbakkam inscription of Paramesvaravarman, year1.” EI 32, pp. 199–200.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 146–147, item 44.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1947–48. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1947-48. Edited by N. Lakshminarayan Rao. Delhi: Manager of Publications (Department of Archaeology). Page 12, appendixes B/1947-1948, item 83.

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