Tirukkōṭikkāval, Tirukkōṭīśvara, time of Nantippōttairayaṉ, year 19

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00139.

Summary: Donation of paddy for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (e8a670e), last modified (1f26793).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

Ituvu¡m⟨2⟩m!⟨m⟩ oru paḻaṅ-kaṟ paṭi

⟨3⟩ṇṭu nanti-p-pōttarai⟨4⟩yaṟk=ku patt’ oṉpa⟨5⟩t-āvatu

tiru-k-kōṭikā⟨6⟩vil ciṟu-naṅkai Iśvar¿ā?⟨a⟩-karat⟨7⟩tu mahādeva⟨r⟩k=ku tiru-viḷakki⟨8⟩ṉuk=ku Āḻiciṟiyaṉ kuṭutta nel⟨9⟩lu nūṟṟu-k kalam

i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩elliṉ pa⟨10⟩licaiyāl nāḷvāy Uḻak=ku ney ⟨11⟩ nontā viḷakk’ erippōm āṉōm

It⟨12⟩-taḷi A⟨r⟩ccippōm Āttiraiyaṉ nā⟨13⟩rāyaṇaṉ E(ṟa)ṉum Ivaṉ (n)ampimārum⟨14⟩I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ālvōm

(I)tu paḻaṅ kaṟ⟨15⟩paṭi

In=ta śrī-(v)i(m)āṉattilē ⟨16⟩ Ē(ṟ/ṉ)a ve[ṭṭiṉa](mai)yi(l muṉ)⟨17⟩(ṉi)jaka[m] [ve]ṭṭi-k ki(ṭa)⟨18⟩nta taṉi-k [kallā] (l U)[bhai]⟨19⟩yōkam i[llāmaiyāl] ⟨20⟩ Atu ta[vi](n=)tatu

[I]tu ⟨21⟩ nan=til pa[ṉmā](ye)(śva)[rar ka]⟨22⟩ ṭai-k= k¡u!⟨ū⟩ṭṭa-(p)e[ṟṟār]

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩elliṉ ⬦ iṉṉelliṉ VVA.

⟨11⟩ i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩nontā ⬦ tontā VVA.

⟨13⟩ E(ṟa)ṉum ⬦ Eṟaṉum VVA • That is eṉṉum? — ⟨13⟩ (n)ampimārum ⬦ ṟampimārum VVA.

⟨16⟩ Ē(ṟ/ṉ)a ⬦ Ēṟa VVA.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) [Prosperity! Fortune!]

(1–2) This also [is] a copy (paṭi1) [of] one old stone.

(5–9)

(9–11)

(11–14)

(14–15)

(15–20)

(20–22)

Commentary

This is a later copy of an original of the 9th century, as explicitly stated at the beginning of the record.

(14–22) The text is interrupted in the middle by a statue.

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 55); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 139).

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous editions and photos.

Primary

[VVA] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 22, item 55.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 411–412, item 139.

Notes

  1. 1. Literally: "according to".