Cāttamaṅkalam, rock, time of Nantipōttaraicar, year 33

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00082.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (117d0d9), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

nanti-pōttaraicarku muppattu mūṉṟ-āvatu

cāttamaṅkalattū⟨2⟩r-ōm ērikku-p peyta Aṟam īttaṅ kāṭṭu Aṟa-p-puṟam iraṇṭu paṭṭiyu⟨3⟩m iḷa-makkaḷ paṭṭi Iraṇṭuṅ kūṭṭum yirappumm iḷa-makkaḷ kāṇamuma⟨4⟩(t)tu nellum pānilai mūṉṟu maṉaiyum kīḻē ceṟuvu mutukāṭ⟨5⟩ṭ’ aka-p-paṭṭa paṉai-y nilam it-taṉaiyum ērikkum peyta Aṟam it-ta⟨6⟩ṉaiyumaṉṟāṭuvār nāyakarallā Iḷa-makkaḷ nāyakar itaṉ ṟalai vir⟨7⟩ppaṉ uḷaṉāyilum koḷḷaluṟuvāṉ uḷaṉāyilum nūṟu kaḻañcu ⟨8⟩ poṉ kōyiṟkku ture [1*] koḷḷa ōṭṭiṉōm ūrōmum iḷa-makkaḷum

⟨9⟩ ivv-aṟattu mēl aṉṟi-p pēciṉāṉ kaṅkai-y iṭai-k kumari Aṭai-c ceytā⟨10⟩ṉ ceyta pāvam-āka ōṭṭiṉōm (kaṭava) [2*] tum Itta [2*] ṭamai Ākum

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ kāṇamuma⟨4⟩(t)tu ⬦ kāṇamuma⟨4⟩(t)tu RN; kāṇamu⟨4⟩(mattu) IP.

⟨4⟩ pānilai ⬦ pānilai RN; (pānilai) IP.

⟨7⟩ uḷaṉāyilum ⬦ uḷaṉāyilum RN; uḷaṉayilum IPIP’s reading appears to be the result of a typo.

⟨8⟩ ture [1*]ture [1*] RN; (ture) [1*] IPIP also considers the gap of one character as unclear.

⟨9⟩ Aṭai-c ⬦ Aṭai-c RN; A{yi}ṭai-c IPIP reads a(yi)ḍai, which I interpret as surplus, but what his parentheses means is in fact unclear.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Fortune!

(1) Thirty-third year of Nantippōttaraicar.

(1–8)

(9–10)

Commentary

Bibliography

Reported in Gai 1974 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/225).

Edited in Nagaswamy 1970; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 82).

Encoded here by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on previous editions.

Primary

[RN] Nagaswamy, R. 1970. “cāttamaṅkalam kalveṭṭukaḷ.” tamiḻikam = Damilica (December 1970), pp. 121–127. Page 122.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 277–278, item 82.

Secondary

Gai, G. S. 1974. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1968-69. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India. Page 46, appendixes B/1968-1969, item 225.