Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, donation, time of Nantippōttaraiyaṉ, year unknown

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00145.

Summary: Donation of gold for a festival celebration.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

Edition

⟨Zone 1: Pillar 1, upper square portion, two adjacent faces⟩ [unknown number of lost lines] ⟨1⟩ [ca. 6+]‡[ca. 6+]⟨2⟩muṭi-mahāde‡vaṟku māci-maka⟨3⟩n tiruviḻā-v e‡ṭuppa⟨ta⟩ṟkku ca⟨4⟩ntirātittava‡ṟ pallava-tila⟨ka⟩⟨5⟩-kulattu nan‡ti-p-pōttarai⟨6⟩yar mahādevī‡yār-āṉa Aṭikāl ⟨7⟩ kaṇṭaṉ māṟam‡pāvaiyār vai⟨8⟩tta poṉ ¿v?⟨p⟩ati‡ṉ ēḻu kaḻañcē ⟨9⟩ kāl

Ip-poṉ‡ṉil mutal viḻā ⟨10⟩ Eṭukku nāṉṟu ‡ Ēḻu kaḻañcu po⟨11⟩ṉṉāl ōr āṇ‡ṭil kaḻañciṉ vā⟨12⟩y kala-v-arici-y-(ā)‡ka Ēḻu kala-v-ariciy(ā)⟨Zone 2: Pillar 1, middle octagonal portion, five adjacent faces⟩⟨13⟩l tiru-‡mēṉi‡-y āṭa ne‡y pāl ‡ tayir ⟨14⟩ ai¡ñ‡-ñ!⟨n‡-n⟩āḻi-c ‡ cētum ‡ Iḷa-nīr ‡ Irupatu ⟨15⟩ Aka-nā‡ḻikai ‡ paripāra‡maṭaṅka‡t tiru⟨16⟩-v-amir‡t’ arici ‡ mu-k-kuṟu‡ṇiyum ‡ tiru-v-a⟨17⟩mirtu‡n tiru‡viḷak‡kun ne‡y nā⟨18⟩ḻi ‡ tayir ‡ Iru-nāḻi ‡ Amir‡tu kaṟi ⟨19⟩ carka‡rai vā‡ḻai-p-pa‡ḻam A‡ṭaikkā⟨20⟩y irupa‡tum Ippaṭi-y ‡ ārātip‡pi⟨k⟩kavum ⟨21⟩ mikka-v ‡ arici ‡ koṇṭu ‡ br¿a?⟨ā⟩hma‡ṇarum aṭi⟨22⟩kaḷmā‡rum uṇ‡ṭu tiruvi‡ḻā-v e‡ṭuttu ⟨23⟩ mikka ‡ poṉṉi‡l Iru-ka‡ḻañcu ‡ poṉ ⟨24⟩ ṉāṟ pa‡licai ‡ yāṇṭu‡varai ‡ Arai⟨Zone 3: Pillar 1, lower square portion, two adjacent faces⟩⟨25⟩-[k] kaḻañciṉāl nica‡t[i] naṟum pū nūṟu ⟨26⟩ vaṭam ōr ilai-c cā‡ntum Ēḻu nāḷ iṭu⟨27⟩vatāka niṉṟa poṉ‡ṉil kaḻañcē kālāl ⟨28⟩ palicai Ōr āṇṭil ‡ paṉṉiru-nāḻi-y uri-y ⟨29⟩ neyyāl parāmpa‡ṇarum Aṭikaḷmārum ⟨30⟩ Uṇpat-āka niṟai Ēḻu kaḻañcu po(ṉ) ⟨31⟩ [Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu]ttu ‡ [k]iḻ[ai]-k kāl ⟨Zone 4: Pillar 2, upper square portion, one face⟩ ⟨32⟩ [1+] ṟu [7+] [E]⟨33⟩ḻuttiṉ kuṟai ⟨34⟩ palicai yāṇṭu ⟨35⟩ varai kaḻañciṉ ⟨36⟩ vāy kāl-p pa⟨37⟩icai-y-āka van⟨38⟩ta poṉ kaḻañcē ⟨39⟩ mu-k-kāl Ip-po⟨40⟩ṉ koṇṭu ¿di?⟨tī⟩rt⟨41⟩tam āṭiṉāl tiru⟨42⟩-namaṉattukku ⟨43⟩ vēṇṭum avi ⟨Zone 5: Pillar 2, middle octagonal portion, 2 adjacent faces (and 3 for the last line)⟩ ⟨44⟩ koṇṭu ‡ ⟨nū⟩⟨45⟩ṟṟ’ eṭṭu‡-k kalai⟨46⟩cattāl ‡ tiru-na⟨47⟩maṉañ ‡ ce¡vv!⟨yv⟩a⟨48⟩t-āka Ip-‡poṉ ⟨49⟩ koṇ‡ṭārai I⟨50⟩la¡tṣ!⟨kṣ⟩aṇam cey⟨51⟩tu Ey‡y¿a?⟨i⟩ṉāṭṭu ⟨52⟩ tēvatā‡ṉam ciri⟨53⟩-kaṇṭapu‡rattu A⟨54⟩ṟukai v‡āṇikar kai⟨55⟩-¡v-v!⟨v⟩aḻi ‡ vaittatu

⟨56⟩Itu pa‡ṉmā⟨57⟩heśva‡rar ira‡¡tṣ!⟨kṣ⟩ai

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ ¿v?⟨p⟩ati‡ṉ ⬦ ⟨pa⟩tiṉ KVSA.

⟨12⟩ °v-ariciy(ā)⟨13⟩l ⬦ °v-arici(yā)⟨13⟩l KVSA.

⟨13⟩ °mēṉi° ⬦ °(m)ēṉi° KVSA.

⟨14⟩ Iḷa-nīr ⬦ Iḷa-nir KVSA.

⟨15⟩ paripāra° ⬦ pari(p)āra° KVSA.

⟨25⟩ nica‡t[i] ⬦ nicati KVSA.

⟨26⟩ iṭu⟨27⟩vatāka ⬦ iṭu⟨27⟩vitāka KVSA.

⟨29⟩ parāmpa‡ṇarum ⬦ parāmmaṇarum KVSA.

⟨30⟩ Uṇpat-āka ⬦ (U)ṇpat-āka KVSA.

⟨31⟩ [Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu]ttu ‡ [k]iḻ[ai]-k kāl ⬦ (Itaṉ) ku(ṟai) Eḻuttu kiḻaik kāl KVSA • This portion appears to have been damaged since the edition by KVSA.

⟨32⟩ This line is not taken into account by SII but it is clearly there (chopped off) at the top of the pillar ⬦ KVSA • This line is not taken into account by KVSA, but it is clearly there (chopped off) at the top of the pillar. — ⟨32⟩ [E]⟨33⟩ḻuttiṉ ⬦⟨33⟩⟨E⟩ḻuttiṉ KVSA.

⟨44⟩ ⟨nū⟩⟨45⟩ṟṟ’ ⬦ ⟨nū⟩⟨44⟩ṟṟ’ KVSA • The syllable ṉu is in fact possibly engraved.

⟨47⟩ ce¡vv!⟨yv⟩a⟨48⟩t-āka ⬦ ce⟨y⟩{v}va⟨47⟩tāka KVSA.

⟨51⟩ Ey‡y¿a?⟨i⟩ṉāṭṭu ⬦ Eyyiṇāṭṭu KVSA.

⟨57⟩ ira‡¡tṣ!⟨kṣ⟩ai ⬦ iratṣai KVSA • The final character tṣai is written on the adjacent face of the middle octagonal portion and his not covered by available photos.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(2–9)

(9–55) 18th year of Nantippōttaraiyar who vanquished at Teḷḷāṟu.

(56–57)

(13–24)

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 523); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 145); edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (beginning of lines 13-24 and end of lines 15-21 not covered by photos).

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. Pages 317–318, item 523.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 423–425, item 145.

[CS] Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une reine: Śiva à Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry; École française d'Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 300–303, item 3.

Secondary

Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1901. G.O., etc., Nos. 762-63, 25th July 1901. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1900-1901. Copy to the Government of India. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 27, appendix A/1901, item 301A.