Māṅkāṭu, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 17

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

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Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī kō-vicaiya nanti-vikkirama-parumaṟku yāṇṭu patiṉ-eḻ-āvatu puli-

⟨2⟩ (yūr)-k-kuṭi-k-kōṭṭattu-k kuṉṟattūr-c ceḻiya-vāṇiyarkaḷō-

⟨3⟩ (m ti)ruvātiraiyun talai-y-uvāvum tiṅkaḷ (ni)laviyuṅ kāṭṭu(vō)-

⟨4⟩ (m ā)ṉōm tiruveḷḷi-k¡i!ḻ-uṭaiya (cavaiyōm) ↝

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨2⟩ Seventeenth year of the victorious king Nantivikkiramaparumaṉ.¹

⟨2–4⟩ ...

Commentary

⟨3⟩ ceḻiya-vāṇiyarkaḷ. See IP: “Perhaps they were merchants from the Pāṇḍya (Ceḻiya) country.”

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1908–09 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/352).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.53). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 131).

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

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 21, item 53.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 396, item 131.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1908–09. G.O. No. 538, 28th July 1909. Epigraphy. Issuing orders on progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1908-1909. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1909. Page 38, appendix B/1908, item 352.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.

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