Kunnāṇṭārkōyil, time of Tantipōttaraiyaṉ, year 5

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Foundation of a pond.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00099.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00099.xml.

Version: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (6edbbfa).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-tanti-
⟨2⟩ -pōttaraiyaṟku yāṇṭu 5-Ā-
⟨3⟩ vatu māṟappiṭuviṉār-āyiṉā pē-
⟨4⟩ rati Araiyarkaḷ aṭiyāṉ vāli vaṭu-
⟨5⟩ kaṉ-āyiṉa kalimūrkka-Iḷavaraiyaṉ
⟨6⟩ ceyta kuḷam vāli Ēri Ik-kuḷa-
⟨7⟩ m ¿l?akṣittā¡ṉṉ! aṭi Eṉ ṟalai
⟨8⟩ m¿o?laṉa

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ -pōttaraiyaṟku ⬦ ppōttaraiyaṟku IPS; pōttaraiyaṟku SII. — ⟨2⟩ 5-Ā⟨3⟩vatu ⬦ 5 Ā⟨3⟩vatu IPS; 5 ñ(cā)⟨3⟩vatu SII.

⟨8⟩ m¿o?⟨ē⟩laṉa ⬦ mē{ra}laṉa IPS; mēlaṉa SII • The original incorrect spelling cannot be mera, as this inscription makes the distinction between medial ā and ra. Both IPS and SII read a piḷḷaiyār cūḻi after this final word, but there is no punctuation mark on the stone.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1–3⟩ 5th year of the victorious king Tantippōttaraiyaṉ.¹

⟨3–6⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the pond that Kalimūrkka-Iḷavaraiyaṉ, alias Vāḻi Vaṭukaṉ, a servant of the honourable king Pērati, alias Māṟappiṭuviṉār, made; ⟨its name is⟩ the Vāli tank.

⟨6–7⟩ The feet of he who protects this pond are on my head.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1914–15 (ARIE/1914-1915/B/1914/348).

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 (IPS 17). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 99). Edited in Subbarayalu 2015 (SII 34.348).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

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 17.

[IPS] Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1941. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai state: translated into English. Part I: Early, Pallava and Cola inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Pages 19–20, item 17.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 337, item 99.

[SII] Subbarayalu, Y. 2015. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXIV: Inscriptions collected during the year 1914. South Indian Inscriptions 34. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Page 321, item 348.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1914–15. G.O. No. 1260, 25th August 1915. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1914-1915. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1915. Page 37, appendix B/1914, item 348.

Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 17, item 41.²

Notes

1. Sanskrit Dantin + Tamil Pōttaraiyaṉ. That is, the Pallava king Dantin, that is, Dantivarman Pallava.
2. Summary only.

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