Kūram, Śiva temple, time of Nandivarman

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Pillar inscription recording a regulation by the king Nandivarman pertaining to a land-grant.

Palaeographic description: Note the form of bhai (line 6).

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-15 19:40 (7e3925e), last modified 2025-09-15 18:11 (4fd70bd).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī na⟨n⟩ti-
⟨2⟩ -va(r)mma-mahārāja-
⟨3⟩ ¡nn! eḻuttu Ūṟ-
⟨4⟩ ṟukk(ā)ṭṭu-k kōṭ-
⟨5⟩ ṭattu-k kūrat-
⟨6⟩ tu sabhaiyār
⟨7⟩ kāṇka tamm (u/ū)-
⟨8⟩ r akkaḷa(nimma)ṭi-
⟨9⟩ -p-poṟṟi-paṭi
⟨10⟩ Āyiṉa Āṟu pa-
⟨11⟩ ṭṭi nilam(u)m (mu)-
⟨12⟩ (ṉ) p(e)ṟ(ṟā)r(ai) māṟṟi
⟨13⟩ (y)āṇ(ṭu Irupa)-
⟨14⟩ ttu [****]
⟨15⟩ [******]
⟨16⟩ (ma)hādeva [***]
⟨17⟩ [**] Arccanābhoga-
⟨18⟩ [***]-k kāḷaṉ Arcci-
⟨19⟩ (tt’ uṇ)pāṉ-āka-k kā-
⟨20⟩ [***]ku-p paṇit [**]
⟨21⟩ [**] taluṭṭāṅ kaṇ-
⟨22⟩ ṭ-aruḷa tirukkōyi-
⟨23⟩ (liṟ) bhaṭārar tiruva(ṭi)-
⟨24⟩ -(k) kiḻai ¿ślā?-le(kh)ai
⟨25⟩ c(e)ytu kuṭukka Iṟ
⟨26⟩ n¡i!kki [****]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ -va(r)mma- ⬦ -varmma- SII.

⟨7⟩ (u/ū)⟨8⟩r ⬦ ur SII; ūr IP.

⟨8⟩ akkaḷa(nimma)ṭi • The m look like v.

⟨26⟩ n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki ⬦ nikki SII; nīkki IP.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Writ of the mahārāja Nantivarman.¹

⟨3–7⟩ Let the honourable members of the assembly of Kūram know!²

⟨7–14⟩ Having removed the previous holders of the six paṭṭis of land named (āyiṉa³) Akkaḷanimmaṭippoṟṟi in their village, in the twentieth year […]

⟨14–26⟩ ...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1899-1900 (ARIE/1899-1900/B/1900/38).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.38). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 140). Edited in Civāṉantam 2013.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s). Lines 1-11 revised by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

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: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 16, item 40.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 413–414, item 140.

[C] Civāṉantam, Irā. 2013. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ: tokuti IV. Kāñcipuram māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ: tokuti IV. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 43. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page 65, item 535/2013.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1899-1900. G.O. etc., Nos. 833-34, 22nd August 1900. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1899-1900. Copy to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1900. Page 50, appendix B/1900, item 38.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandivarman.
2. Literally: see.
3. Literally: which is.

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