Kīḻūr, Vīraṭṭānēśvara, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 4

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-(vicaiya)-nanti-vi(kkira)-

⟨2⟩ ma-parumaṟku yāṇṭu nāl-āvatu tiru-

⟨3⟩ -k-kōvalūr tiru-viraṭṭānattu mā-

⟨4⟩ -tēvarkku naṉtā viḷakkiṉu-

⟨5⟩ kku Ati-(Araiya)-maṅkalattu

⟨6⟩ tirunilai-kiḻa[vaṉ] [*****] kaṉṉa[ṉ kuṭu]-

⟨7⟩ tta poṉ [*****] ma [*] ma [**]

⟨8⟩ pati¡n! aṟu kaḻa(ñcu) (I)p-po¡(n)-

⟨9⟩ n!i¡ṉṉ!ukku nicatam Uri-y ne-

⟨10⟩ y poliyūṭṭ’ āka Aṭṭa vaittatu

⟨11⟩ kāttār kayy uḻutu kuṭu⟨t⟩tu

⟨12⟩ Ip-poṉ panmāyeśvara-⟨ra⟩kṣai

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ tirunilaikiḻa[vaṉ] [ca. 5+] kaṉṉa[ṉ kuṭu]tirunilaikiḻa [7+] kaṉṉa [2+] SII.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Fourth year of the victorious king Nantivikkiramaparumaṉ.1

⟨2–8⟩ [As for] the sixteen kaḻañcus […] of gold that Tirunilaikiḻa[vaṉ] […] Kaṉṉa[ṉ] of Atiyaraimaṅkalam [gave] for a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the Tiruviṭṭānam at Tirukkōvalūr.

⟨8–10⟩ With this gold there shall be poured daily [out of its] interest one uri of ghee.

⟨10⟩ [Thus] has it been given.

⟨11⟩ (kāttār kayy uḻutu kuṭu⟨t⟩tu)

⟨12⟩ This gold [is under] the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1901-1902 (ARIE/1901-1902/B/1902/300).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.929). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 118).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 456, item 929.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 118, page 367.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1901-1902. G.O. Nos. 763, 764, 6th August 1902. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1901-1902. Copy to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1902. Page 18, appendix B/1902, item 300.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman, that is Nandivarman III Pallava.