Toṇṭūr rock, donation, time of Dantivarman, year 6

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00100.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (731357b), last modified (afb97f2).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaya-tanti-vik=kirama-parumaṟk=ku yāṇṭ’ āṟ-āvatu

ciṅka-puranāṭṭu-k= kīḻvaḻi ⟨2⟩ Aruvākūrōṅ kai-y eḻuttu

viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar ēṟṟuk=kuṉṟaṉār (bha)ṭṭārik=ku-p pati⟨3⟩ṉaṟu kaḻañcu poṉ ko [4+] (po)māy itaṉ poli-y-ūṭṭu-t tamak=ku viṭai pōy-p-paṭṭa ⟨4⟩ Utāraṭiyaiyum nampi [6+] ñ cārtti viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar vaitta tāṉam nicati nā⟨5⟩ṉāḻi Arici tēci-kappāṭu [4+] m āṉōm aruvākūrōm Ipparic’ ūraik= koṇṭ’ iyaṟṟu-vataṟk=ku ⟨6⟩ vārika-p-paṭṭōm kāśyaparu(m) [3+] ṇi paiyarum eṅ kuṭiyil nāyakañ ce(y)tār iyaṟṟuvār-āka A⟨7⟩maintōm Aṭṭi-muṭṭiyataṉāṟk=kāṟ-p-palicai Ēṟṟi viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar akattārk=ku-k= kuṭuppō⟨8⟩m āṉōm

itaṟ ṟiṟampil uṇṭikaiyum paṭṭikaiyuṅ kāṭṭātē nālē kāl mutal-āka Iyṟ ṟaṇṭap⟨9⟩paṭa Oṭṭik=kuṭuttōm aruvākūrōm

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (bha)ṭṭārik=ku-p • The reading (pa)ṭṭārik=ku-p is also possible.

⟨5⟩ ūraik= koṇṭ’ ⬦ ūraikekāṇṭ’ VVA; ūraik koṇṭ’ IP • We follow here the suggestion of Mahalingam.

⟨6⟩ kāśyaparu(m)kāśyaparu(m) VVA. — ⟨6⟩ [3+]ṇi paiyarum ⬦ [4+]paiyarum VVA. — ⟨6⟩ iyaṟṟuvār-āka ⬦ iyaṟṟuv(ā)r-āka VVA • The letter is clear on the stone.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 with facsimile (SII 12.42); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 100).

Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (2008).

Primary

[VVA] 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 42, plate V.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 338–339, item 100.

Secondary

[ARIE 1915-1916] Krishna Sastri, H. 1916. G.O. No. 99, 29th August 1916. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1915-1916. No place. Page 92, appendix C/1916, item 283.