Kīḻūr, Vīraṭṭānēśvara, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 4

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Rock inscription recording a donation (16 kaḻañcus of gold) for maintaining a perpetual lamp in honour of the Mahādeva of the Tiruviraṭṭānam at Tirukkōvalūr.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00118.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00118.xml.

Version: 2026-02-16 14:11 (e5c1a58), last modified 2025-09-24 16:03 (df3f0d0).

Edition

⟨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

⟨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 1901-02 (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 1901-02. 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. Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman, that is Nandivarman III Pallava.

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