Malaiyaṭippaṭṭi pillar inscription, time of Dantivarman, year 16

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00106.

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

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-09-19 15:29 (e8a670e), last modified 2024-06-06 16:22 (18e0138).

⟨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 [ca. 6×] -k ⟨6⟩ [ca. 5×] (kīḻ-ceṅ)kaḷi-nāṭṭu nāṭṭā⟨7⟩[ca. 8×] nāṭṭārkku ceyta (sa)⟨8⟩[ca. 15×]

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 by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) Sixteen year of the victorious king Dantivarman.

(2–5) I, Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ, alias Viṭēlviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ, having scooped the hill [at] Tiruvāvattūr as a temple and having installed the lord (bhaṭārar¹ ), 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 and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929 (IPS no. 18); translated in Srinivasa Aiyar 1941 (IPS no. 18); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 106); re-edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on photographs.

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 11, item 18.

[KRSA] 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. and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Chronological list of inscriptions of the Pudukkóttai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Page 2, item 18.

Gai, G. S. 1979. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1969-70. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India. Page 54, appendixes B/1969-70, item 54.

Notes

1. That is, Skt. bhaṭṭa.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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