Kīḻūr, donation, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 11

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00124.

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of perpetual lamps.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (731357b), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

(kō)-vicaiya-nanti-vikkirama-paruma⟨2⟩ṟku (yā)ṇṭu patiṉ oṉ(ṟ-ā)vatu

malāṭṭu-k ku⟨3⟩ṟukkai-k-kūṟṟattu-t tiru-k-kōvalūr-t ti⟨4⟩ruvīraṭṭāṉattu mātēvarku nantā viḷa⟨5⟩kk’ i(ravu)m pakalu¡mm!⟨m⟩ iraṇṭu viḷakk’ erippata⟨6⟩(ku viṭēlvi)ṭuku I(ḷaṅkō) Ati-Araiyaṉ āyi⟨7⟩[ṉa] [9*] vikramapūti makaḷ viṭē⟨8⟩[l-viṭuku] [6*] [ā]yiṉa cāttaṉ maṟavaṉ ṟēvi pūti ⟨9⟩ [10*] viṭēlviṭuku kallā⟨l⟩ ni⟨10⟩[10*] ṉ ṉiṟai nārpatt’ eṇ ka⟨11⟩[ḻañcu] [5*] [pali]cai kaḻañciṉ vāy-t tiṅ⟨12⟩[8*] [a]ṭṭuvat’ āka tiru-k-kōvalūr ⟨13⟩ [nakara]ttār [kai]y v¿ai?⟨a⟩ḻi ⟨vai⟩ttatu

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ āyi⟨7⟩[ṉa]āyi⟨7⟩[1*] KVSA.

⟨7⟩ viṭē⟨8⟩[l-viṭuku]viṭē⟨8⟩[4*] KVSA.

⟨10⟩ ka⟨11⟩[ḻañcu]ka⟨11⟩[3*] KVSA.

⟨13⟩ [nakara]ttār ⬦ [3*]ttār KVSA.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) Eleventh year of the victorious Pallava king Nandivikramavarman.

(2–13)

Commentary

Compare IP 129.

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 924); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 124); encoded and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

Primary

[KVSA] 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: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 455, item 924.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 384–385, item 124.

Secondary

[ARIE] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 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. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 18, appendix B/1902, item 295.