Malaiyaṭippaṭṭi, time of Dantivarman, year 16

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Pillar inscription recording the foundation of a temple (taḷi) and installation of the deity ( bhaṭārar) by Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ alias Viṭēlviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ.

Palaeographic description: The puḷḷi is used. Medial i and medial ī are not clearly distinguished and are interchangeable.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00106.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00106.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)(s)ti (ś)r(ī) kō-vicaya-tanti-par(·)maṟ{k(·)}ku yāṇ·ṭu pa-
⟨2⟩ tiṉ-āṟ-(ā)vatu viṭēlviṭuku muttaraiyaṉ-ākiya
⟨3⟩ kuvāvaṉ· cāt·taṉ-ēṉ· Tiruvālat·tūr· ma(lai)
⟨4⟩ taḷi-y-āka kuṭain·tu bhaṭārarai pratiṣṭhai ce-
⟨5⟩ ytu It·-taḷiyai [******] -k
⟨6⟩ [*****] (kīḻ-ceṅ)kaḷi-nāṭṭu nāṭṭā-
⟨7⟩ [********] nāṭṭārkku ceyta (sa)-
⟨8⟩ [***************]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (sva)(s)ti (ś)r(ī) ⬦ svasti śrī IPS.

⟨5⟩ It·-taḷiyai ⬦ Itt¿ā?⟨a⟩ḷiyai IPS. — ⟨5⟩ [ca. 6×] -k ⬦ [ca. 8×] IPS.

⟨6⟩ (kīḻ-ceṅ)kaḷi-nāṭṭu ⬦ kīḻ-ceṅkaḷi-nāṭṭuu IPS.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Sixteen year of the victorious king Tantiparmaṉ.¹

⟨2–5⟩ I, Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ, alias Viṭēlviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ, having scooped the hill ⟨at⟩ Tiruvāvattūr as a temple and having installed the lord (bhaṭārar²), this temple […] the members of the nāṭu assembly of the Eastern Ceṅkaḷināṭu […] that […] has done for/to the members of the nāṭu […]

Commentary

Note on the identity of Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ. See IP, fn1.

Note on Ceṅkaḻināṭu. See IP, fn2.

Bibliography

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 (IPS 18); translated in Srinivasa Aiyar 1941 (IPS 18). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 106).

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 11, item 18.

[IPS] Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1941. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai state: translated into English. Part I: Early, Pallava and Cola inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Page 20, item 18.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 348, item 106.

Secondary

Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Chronological list of inscriptions of the Pudukkóttai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Page 2, item 18.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Dantivarman.
2. Sanskrit bhaṭṭa.

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