Kunnāṇṭārkōyil, time of Tantipōttaraiyaṉ, year 5

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00099.

Summary: Foundation of a pond.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-05-09 13:48 (61a9e6c), last modified 2025-01-11 18:26 (007a50e).

⟨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?⟨r⟩akṣittā¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ aṭi Eṉ ṟalai ⟨8⟩ m¿o?⟨ē⟩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 by Emmanuel Francis

(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 1914-1915 (ARIE/1914-1915/B/1914/348).

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 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. and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 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 1914-1915. 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. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 17, item 41.

Notes

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

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The feet of he who protects this pond are on my head.

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