Ceṉṉivāyakkāl, time of Nantippōtairayar, year 21
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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī teḷ-
⟨2⟩ ḷāṟṟ’ eṟintu
⟨3⟩ rājya(mu)ṅ ko-
⟨4⟩ ṇṭa nanti-p-
⟨5⟩ -pōttaraiyar⟨k⟩-
⟨6⟩ ku yāṇṭu Iru-
⟨7⟩ patt-oṉṟ-āvatu
⟨8⟩ parāntakapurat-
⟨9⟩ tu Aṟinti-
⟨10⟩ kai-Īśvaragṛ-
⟨11⟩ haṁ śāsana-
⟨12⟩ t=tāl uṭaiyo-
⟨13⟩ rum [****]
⟨14⟩ [****] taḷi-
⟨15⟩ yilāt’ āki niṉṟa bhaṭṭar-ēṉ māvali-y-ani-
⟨16⟩ yasthānam-āḷvāṉ cē(vaṇaṟ kuṇṭu) ko-
⟨17⟩ ṇṭu vantu maṭamuñ cuṭṭu-k kātta ś¿i?-gura-
⟨18⟩ varaiyum eṟintu Ivar śiṣyan Oru brā-
⟨19⟩ hmaṇaṉ cattimuṟṟa-t-tēvan ṟuṇṭu pa-
⟨20⟩ ṭṭāṉ valluva-(ṉāṭ)ṭāṉ
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!
⟨2–7⟩ Twenty-first year of Nantippōttaraiyar1 who destroyed Teḷḷāṟu and took the kingdom/assumed sovereignty.
⟨8–20⟩ ...
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1928-1929 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/144).
Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12.56). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 141).
This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).
Primary
[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 23, item 56.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 415–416, item 141.
Secondary
[ARIE] ARIE 1928-1929. Annual report on epigraphy for the year 1928-1929. Edited by S. V. Viswanatha. Madras: Government Press, [1930]. Page 18, appendixes B/1928-1929, item 144.
Notes
1. Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin.
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Prosperity! Fortune!
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