Kūram, Śiva temple pillar

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00140.

Summary: Regulation by the king Nandivarman pertaining to a land-grant.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (731357b), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

na⟨n⟩ti⟨2⟩-va(r)mma-mahārāja⟨3⟩¡nn!⟨ṉ⟩ 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)(ṟā)r(ai) māṟṟi ⟨13⟩ (y)āṇ(ṭu Irupa)⟨14⟩ttu

[ca. 4*] ⟨15⟩ [ca. 6*] ⟨16⟩ (ma)hādeva [ca. 3*] ⟨17⟩ [ca. 2*] Arccabhoga⟨18⟩[ca. 3*]-k kāḷaṉ Arcci⟨19⟩(tt’ uṇ)pāṉ-āka-k kā⟨20⟩[ca. 3*]ku-p paṇit [ca. 2*] ⟨21⟩ [ca. 2*] taluṭṭāṅ kaṇ⟨22⟩ṭ-aruḷa tirukkōyi⟨23⟩(liṟ) bhaṭārar tiruva(ṭi)⟨24⟩-(k) kiḻai ¿ślā?śīlā-le(kh)ai ⟨25⟩ c(e)ytu kuṭukka Iṟ ⟨26⟩ n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki [ca. 4*]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ -va(r)mma- ⬦ -varmma- KVSA.

⟨7⟩ (u/ū)⟨8⟩r ⬦ ur KVSA; ūr IP.

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

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

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–3) Writ of the Mahārāja Nandivarman.

(3–7) Let the honourable members of the assembly of Kūram know1!

(7–14) Having removed the previous holders of the six paṭṭis of land named (āyiṉa2) Akkaḷanimmaṭippoṟṟi in their village, in the twentieth year […]

(14–26) ...

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 38); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 140); lines 1-11 re-edited, based on photographs, and lines 12-26 encoded, based on previous editions, by Emmanuel Francis (2021).

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 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.

Secondary

[ARIE 1899-1900] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 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. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 50, appendix B/1900, item 38.

Notes

  1. 1. Literally: "see".
  2. 2. Literally: "which is".