Rācaḷippaṭṭi, time of Nantippōttaraiyar, year 25

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Construction of a sluice by Pullayakaṭampaṉ, son of Āritam Pullaṉ.

Palaeographic description: The puḷḷi is used.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00079.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī nan(·)ti-p·-pōt·tarai-
⟨2⟩ yarkki yāṇt’ iru-pat·t’ ain·t-ā-
⟨3⟩ vatu śrī-Āritam(·) pullaṉ
⟨4⟩ makaṉ pul(·)laya-kaṭam(·)pa-
⟨5⟩ ṉ· cey·vit·ta kaṟ-kumiḻi

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Twenty-fifth year of Nantippōttaraiyar.¹

⟨3–5⟩ Stone-sluice that Pullayakaṭampaṉ, son of Āritam Pullaṉ, had built.

Bibliography

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 and translated in Srinivasa Aiyar 1941 (IPS 16). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 79). Visual documentation in Rajan et al. 2023 (vol. 1, p. 154, fig. 4.9; p. 425, fig. 7.17; vol. 2, p. 625, figs. 9.12 36-38).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the previous edition(s) and visual documentation in Rajan et al. 2023.

Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & N. Swaminatha Aiyar. 1929. Inscriptions (texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Page 10, item 16.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 258, item 79.

Secondary

Rajan, K., V.P. Yathees Kumar, V. Muthukumar & G. Pauldurai. 2023. Cultural heritage of Tamil Nadu: Pudukkōṭṭai region. 2 vols. Chennai, Inde: Government of Tamil Nadu, Department of Archaeology.

Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1941. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai state: translated into English. Part I: Early, Pallava and Cola inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Page 19, item 16.

Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Chronological list of inscriptions of the Pudukkóttai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Page 10, item 2.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin.

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