Tillaisthānam, time of Nantippōtaraiyar, year 10

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00122.

Summary: Donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

Hand description:

Medial i and ī interchangeable.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (a90ca73), last modified (ee4d0a2).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

yaṇ⟨2⟩ṭu pa[t]t-āvatu

tiruṉe⟨3⟩ttāṉattu m¿a?⟨ā⟩-tē⟨4⟩varkku tellāṟṟ’ e⟨5⟩⟨ṟi⟩nta na⟨n⟩t¿a?⟨i⟩-pōttarai⟨6⟩yar tiru-viḷakku ku⟨7⟩ṭutta t¡īy!⟨ī⟩-p-pōkku⟨8⟩cem-poṉ Aṟu-pati⟨9⟩ṉ kaḻañcu

Itaṉā¡ll!⟨l⟩ ā⟨10⟩ṇṭuvarai palicai ⟨11⟩ ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩el Aṟu-patiṉ ⟨12⟩ kalam

Itaṉā¡ll!⟨l⟩u⟨13⟩m pakalum-āka ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ica⟨14⟩ti Uri-y ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩e⟨y⟩ tiru⟨15⟩k-kōyil-uṭaiyā⟨16⟩ṉukku Aḷa¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tu ku⟨17⟩ṭuttu n¿e?⟨o⟩¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tā v¿ī?⟨i⟩⟨18⟩ḷakku Eri{p}ppō⟨19⟩m āṉōm perum⟨20⟩[pu]liyūr sabhai⟨21⟩[yō]m

Itu pa⟨22⟩[ṉmā](h)[e]c(u)va⟨23⟩[ra-rakṣai]

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ tiru-viḷakku ku⟨7⟩ṭutta ⬦ tiru-viḷakku⟨k⟩(ku) ⟨ku⟩⟨7⟩ṭutta SII.

⟨21⟩ pa⟨22⟩[ṉmā](h)[e]c(u)va⟨23⟩[ra-rakṣai]pa⟨22⟩[ṉmā]h[e]śuva⟨23⟩[rakṣai] SII.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) Tenth year.1

(2–9) ...

(9–12) ...

(12–21) ...

(21–23) This [pious deed is under] the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

Bibliography

Reported in Hultzsch 1895 (ARIE/1894-1895/B/1895/52).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1925 (SII 5.609). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 122).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1925. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume V: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 5. Madras: Government Press. Page 243, item 609.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 380–381, item 122.

Secondary

[ARIE] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1895. G.O., &c., Nos. 855, 856, 12th October 1895. Epigraphy. Forwarding to the Government of India report on the Epigraphical work accomplished during 1894-95, and approving of the programme of work for the next field season. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 11, appendix B/1895, item 52.

Notes

  1. 1. This is most probably the regnal year of tellāṟṟ’ eṟinta nanti-pōttaraiyar mentioned in lines 4-6.