Malaiyaṭippaṭṭi, time of Dantivarman, year 16

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00106.

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

Hand description:

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

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (a90ca73), last modified (1e3f6d8).

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 [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 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 and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 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. and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 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. 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.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Dantivarman.
  2. 2. Sanskrit bhaṭṭa.