Kāñcipuram, Ulakaḷantaperumāḷ, time of Nantippōtaraiyar, year 18

Version: (e18547c), last modified (1187001).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī teḷḷāṟṟ’ erinta nan-

⟨2⟩ ti-p-pōttaraiyarkku yāṇṭu pa-

⟨3⟩ tin eṭṭ-āvātu Aṉuttara-p-pal(la)-

⟨4⟩ varaiyaṉ viṇṇappaṭṭāṟ k(ā)-

⟨5⟩ ṭupaṭṭi-tamiḻ-p-pēraiyāṉ ā-

⟨6⟩ ṇatti-y-āka viṭēlviṭuku kutirai-

⟨7⟩ -c-cēriyārkku-k karuppūran talaiy⟨ā⟩-

⟨8⟩ ka-c ceruppu-k kaṭai-y-āka Ella-

⟨9⟩ -vyāpāramun kaṭai Eṟi vāṇika-

⟨10⟩ ñ ceyya-p-peruvār-āka-p paṇittōm pūmi Uḷḷa Aḷavu-

⟨11⟩ Itaṟku sa⟨r⟩vva- (parihāra)māka-k ku-

⟨12⟩ (ṭuttōm) Ip-paricu muṟṟuvit-

⟨13⟩ tāṉ caṭṭaṭṭa-pōcaṉ veṇṇa(ṉ)

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Eighteenth year of Nantipōttaraiyar,1 who destroyed Teḷḷāṟu.

⟨3–10⟩ ...

⟨10–13⟩ ...

Bibliography

Edited in MCC Magazine 8 (1890-91), p. 98-104. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 135).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Mahalingam 1988. Grantha characters not certified.

Primary

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 404–405, item 135.

Secondary

[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 225, item 567.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin.