Kīḻūr, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 16

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00129.

Summary: Donation of gold for maintaining perpetual lamps.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

k(ō)-vicaiya-na(n)ti-vik⟨2⟩kirama-parumaṟku yāṇṭu pati(ṉ ā)ṟ-āvatu

⟨3⟩ malāṭṭu-k kuṟukkai-k kūṟṟattu-t ti⟨4⟩ru-k-kōvalūr-t ti[ruvīraṭṭā]ṉat⟨5⟩tu mā-tē(va)rk[k’ oru nantā-vi]ḷa[kku] ⟨6⟩ Iravum pakalu[m cantirātittavarai Erippa]⟨7⟩taṟku teṉṉavaṉ iḷa[ṅkō-vēḷār-āyiṉa] ⟨8⟩ maṟavam pūti vaitta [poṉ] viṭēl⟨9⟩viṭuku tī-p-pōkku-c (cem-poṉ) ⟨10⟩ Irupattu nāṟ kaḻañcu ni[ṟai]

⟨11⟩ Itaṉ palicai kaḻañciṟ pērtt’ itu [nā]⟨12⟩ḷ Uriy ney Aṭṭuvatāka tirukkōva⟨13⟩lūr (na)karattār kaivaḻi vaiytta⟨14⟩tu

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ teṉṉavaṉ ⬦ te(ṉṉava) SII; teṉṉavaṉ EI.

⟨8⟩ maṟavam ⬦ maṟa(vam) SII; maṟavam EI.

⟨9⟩ tī° ⬦ ti° SII; tī° EI.

⟨13⟩ kaivaḻi ⬦ kaiyvaḻi SII; kaivaḻi EI.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) Sixteenth year of the victorious king Nantivikkiramaparumaṉ.1

(3–10) ...

(10–14) ...

Commentary

Compare IP 124.

Bibliography

Reported in Hultzsch 1902 (ARIE/1901-1902/B/1902/296).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.925). Edited in Krishnan 1957–1958 (EI 32.10). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 129).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

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: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 455, item 925.

[EI] Krishnan, K.G. 1957–1958. “Kilur inscription of Nandivarman, year 16.” EI 32, pp. 99–102.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 392–393, item 129.

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 296.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.