Cāttamaṅkalam, time of Nantippōttaraicar, year 56

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00088.

Summary: Rock inscription recording ...

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Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (3917d95), last modified (ee4d0a2).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

nanti-p-pōttaraicarkku ⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu Aimpattāṟ-āvatu

⟨3⟩ viḻukkattu-c ciṉaṟiyār makaḷār ⟨4⟩ pūṇṭa mūppāvai-k kācu patiṉ E⟨5⟩ḻu kaḻañcu poṉ

Ip-paḷḷikku ⟨6⟩ kaḻañciṉāl uḻakk’ arici vaikal ⟨7⟩ [2+]kaṟ ūṭṭuvār

ivv-aṟam pavaṇa ⟨8⟩ (nti)yu vaitta paṇam Ūrōṅ kā⟨9⟩ppōm āṉōm

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ viḻukkattu-c ⬦ viḻukkattu S; viḻukkattu-c N; viḻukkattu IP. — ⟨3⟩ ciṉaṟiyār ⬦ ciṉaṭiyār S; ciṉaṟiyār N; cīṉaṟiyār IP • IP fn2 @ cīṉaṟiyār: “It should be read as Ci(Ji)ṉaṭiyār.” Sampath fn3: “jinadiyar means Samanas (or) it may refer to a Jaina ascetic.”

⟨4⟩ mūppāvaik kācu patiṉ E⟨5⟩ḻu ⬦ mūppāvai{tta}kkācu patiṉ eḻu S; mūppāvaik kācu patiṉ E⟨5⟩ḻu N; (ppā) vaitta kkācu patiṉ ē⟨5⟩ḻu IP • Sampath = surplus. Not clear. = My interpretation --- IP fn 3 @ mū[ppā]: “The readings are doubtful.”

⟨5⟩ poṉ ⬦ mēl S; poṉ N; poṉ IP.

⟨7⟩ [2+]kaṟ ūṭṭuvār ⬦ koṟaṭṭuvar S; [2+]kaṟ ūṭṭuvār N; [3+](ka)ṟ ūṭṭuvār IP. — ⟨7⟩ pavaṇa ⟨8⟩ (nti)yu ⬦ pavaṉa ⟨8⟩ ṭiyār S; pavaṇa ⟨8⟩ (nti)yu N; pavaṇa ⟨8⟩ (nti)yār IP.

⟨8⟩ Ūrōṅ ⬦ Ūrōm S; Ūrōṅ N; Ūrōṅ IP.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

Fortune!

Fifty-sixth year of Nantippōttaraicar.1

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Commentary

(6) Sampath fn4: vaikal means daily.

(7) IP: …[ka]ṟ ūṭṭuvār. Fn4: “This word, not fully read, obviously stands for an administrative or supervisory body like varigar.” --- Sampath fn5: aṭṭuvar = camaippar.

Bibliography

Reported in Gai 1974 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/220).

Edited in Sampath 1968, in Nagaswamy 1970. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 88). Text in Dayalan 2005.

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

Primary

[S] Sampath, M. D. 1968. “Jaina inscriptions of Sattamangalam.” In: SOI. No place. Page 159.

[N] Nagaswamy, R. 1970. “cāttamaṅkalam kalveṭṭukaḷ.” tamiḻikam = Damilica (December 1970), pp. 121–127. Page 124.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 287–288, item 88.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1283, item 48.

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 220.

Notes

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