Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, donation, time of Nantippōttaraiyaṉ, year 18

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00137.

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

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (7dfaa44), last modified (fc6f976).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ teḷḷāṟṟ’ e⟨3⟩ṟinta nanti⟨4⟩-p-pōttaraiya⟨5⟩rkku yāṇṭu⟨6⟩10 8-Avatu

ti⟨7⟩ru-k-kaṭai-muṭi ⟨8⟩ m¿ā?⟨a⟩h¿a?⟨ā⟩devark⟨9⟩ku Iraṇṭu no⟨10⟩ntā viḷakkiṉu⟨11⟩kku kuṭutta po⟨12⟩ṉ Aṟupatiṉ ⟨13⟩ kaḻañcu

Ip-po⟨14⟩ṉ koṇṭu pali⟨15⟩cai Ūṭṭiṉā⟨16⟩l nā¡ḻ!⟨ḷ⟩vāy nā⟨17⟩ḻi ney muṭṭā⟨18⟩mai Ar{i}ccip⟨19⟩pār kaiyilē-y ⟨20⟩ kuṭuttu tiruvi⟨21⟩ḷakk’ erippō⟨22⟩m āṉōm Aṉ⟨23⟩pil sabhai⟨24⟩m

Itu panmā(he)⟨25⟩śvara-⟨ra⟩[rakṣai ||]

Apparatus

⟨18⟩ Ar{i}ccip⟨19⟩pār ⬦ Ar{i}ccip⟨19⟩p(ā)r KVSA • The is clear on the stone.

⟨24⟩ panmā(he)⟨25⟩śvara-⟨ra⟩[rakṣai ||]panmāhe⟨25⟩śvara-⟨ra⟩kṣai || KVSA • The end of lines 24 and 25 has been damaged since the edition by KVSA.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(2–6) 18th year of Nantippōttaraiyar who vanquished at Teḷḷāṟu.

(6–13)

(13–24)

(25–25)

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 503); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 137); edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

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 312, item 503.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 408–409, item 139.

[CS] Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une reine: Śiva à Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry; École française d'Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 300–303, item 3.

Secondary

[ARIE] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1901. G.O., etc., Nos. 762-63, 25th July 1901. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1900-1901. Copy to the Government of India. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 26, appendix B/1901, item 283.