Tiruvaikāvūr, time of Nandivarman, year 22

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of land for maintaining a perpetuel lamp and for food-offering to a god.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00143.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī nantipa(nma)-rājaṟku yāṇṭu Iru-patt’ iraṇṭ-āvatu tiru-vaiykā-v-u-
⟨2⟩ ṭaiya mahā-devaṟku tiru-non=tā-viḷakkum Amutu paṭikkum U(paiya)m vai-
⟨3⟩ ykka ca(n)tippeliyār tiri-puvaṉa-mātēvi-c-caruppēti-maṅkalat-
⟨4⟩ tu sabhaiyār pakkal poṉ kuṭuttu-p poli-k kūlikku-c cela-
⟨5⟩ v-āka kācu koḷḷā Ūṟkiḻ Iṟaiyili-y-āka maṇaliṭil vēli-
⟨6⟩ -y-āka-k koṇṭu-viṭṭa vaṇṇakka-viḷākam nilam 1 1/2 I¡ṉ-ṉ!ilam Oṉṟ’ a-
⟨7⟩ raiyu⟨m⟩ Iṟakkātā¡n! tiru-v-aṭi Iraṇṭum en talai mēliṉa Itu Iṟakkuvā¡n! taṅka-
⟨8⟩ ḷ ammaikku-t tānē-y miṉāḷaṉ ↝ Itu kalveṭṭu-p paṭi

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ nantipa(nma)° ⬦ nanti¿pma?⟨vanma⟩° SII12; nantipa⟨nma⟩° SII34.

⟨2⟩ non=tā ⬦ nontā SII12; non=tā SII34.

⟨3⟩ ca(n)tippeliyār ⬦ ca(n)tippeliyār SII12; cantippeliyār SII34.

⟨4⟩ poli-k ⬦ poli SII12; poli-k SII34.

⟨5⟩ maṇaliṭil ⬦ maṇaliṭil SII12; maṇalīṭil SII34.

⟨7⟩ mēliṉa ⬦ mēliṉa SII12; mēlaṉa SII34. — ⟨7⟩ Iṟakkuvā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦ Iṟakkuvān SII12; Iṟkkuvān SII34.

⟨8⟩ miṉāḷaṉ ⬦ miṉāḷaṉ SII12; miṇāḷaṉ SII34.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Twenty-second year of the king Nantiparman.¹

⟨1–7⟩ ...

⟨7⟩ ...

⟨7–8⟩ ...

⟨8⟩ This ⟨is⟩ the copy of a stone-inscription.

Commentary

This is a later copy of an original of the 9th century, as indicated in line 8.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1914–15 (ARIE/1914-1915/B/1914/48).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.58). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 143). Edited in Subbarayalu 2015 (SII 34.48).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis , based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[SII12] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 24, item 58.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 419–420, item 143.

[SII34] Subbarayalu, Y. 2015. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXIV: Inscriptions collected during the year 1914. South Indian Inscriptions 34. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Page TBC, item 48.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1914–15. G.O. No. 1260, 25th August 1915. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1914-1915. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1915. Page 48, appendix B/1914, item 48.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandivarman.

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