Tillaisthānam, time of Nantippōtaraiyar, year 10

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī yaṇ-

⟨2⟩ ṭu pa[t]t-āvatu tiruṉe-

⟨3⟩ ttāṉattu m¿a?-tē-

⟨4⟩ varkku tellāṟṟ’ e-

⟨5⟩ ⟨ṟi⟩nta na⟨n⟩t¿a?-pōttarai-

⟨6⟩ yar tiru-viḷakku ku-

⟨7⟩ ṭutta t¡īy!-p-pōkku-

⟨8⟩ cem-poṉ Aṟu-pati-

⟨9⟩ ṉ kaḻañcu Itaṉā¡ll! ā-

⟨10⟩ ṇṭuvarai palicai

⟨11⟩ ¡ṉ!el Aṟu-patiṉ

⟨12⟩ kalam Itaṉā¡ll!u-

⟨13⟩ m pakalum-āka ¡ṉ!ica-

⟨14⟩ ti Uri-y ¡ṉ!e⟨y⟩ tiru-

⟨15⟩ k-kōyil-uṭaiyā-

⟨16⟩ ṉukku Aḷa¡ṉ!tu ku-

⟨17⟩ ṭuttu n¿e?¡ṉ!tā v¿ī?-

⟨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.