Cāttamaṅkalam, rock, time of Nantippōttaraicar, year 56

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00088.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

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.

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Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

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.

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

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.