Cāttamaṅkalam, time of Nantipōttaraicar, year 33

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⟨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 [*] 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) [**] tum Itta [**] ṭamai Ākum

Apparatus

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

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

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

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

⟨9⟩ Aṭai-c ⬦ Aṭai-c N; 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

⟨1–8⟩

⟨9–10⟩

Bibliography

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

Edited in Nagaswamy 1970. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 82). Edited in Civāṉantam 2018.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[N] 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.

[C] Civāṉantam, Irā. 2018. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XIII. Tiruvaṇṇāmalai māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti II. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 52. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Pages 101–102, item 245/2018.

Secondary

No name. 1887–. Annual report on Indian epigraphy. Madras; Calcutta; New Delhi: Government of Madras; Archaeological Survey of India. Page 46, appendixes B/1968-1969, item 225.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraicar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin, that is, Nandivarman II Pallava.