Lālkuṭi, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 2

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for annual festival food-offering.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00149.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaya-nirupat¡o!ṅka-vikkirama-parumarkku yāṇṭu 2⁓ṇṭ-āvatu Iṭaiyāṟṟu-nāṭṭu-t tiru-t-tava-t-tuṟai mahādeva(rkku)
⟨2⟩ I¡ñ-ñ!āṭṭu kavira-p-poṟ-kaṭṭiyūr-Uṭaiyāṉ pūti kaṇṭaṉ ci(t)tirai-viṣu tiru-viḻāvukku tāyārai-c cārtti v¿a?tta poṉ (pati)-
⟨3⟩ ṉ kaḻ¿a?ñc’ arai Ip-poṉ patiṉ kaḻ¿a?ñc’ arai poṉṉuṅ I¡(ñ)-ñ!āṭṭu muttaiyil sabhaiyōṅ koṇṭu ca¡ṉ!(tirātittava)-
⟨4⟩ Āṭṭāṇṭu-toṟuñ cittirai-viṣu tiru-viḻāvukku nārāya-n(āḻi)yāl Eḻu nāḷaikkum nicati kalavarai Arici patt-e(ṭṭu-k kuttal)
⟨5⟩ [ma]ṭāvil Aṭṭum paricē Eḻu nāḷ muṉt’ uṟa śrī-kōyilukkē (koṇ)ṭu ceṉṟu Aḷappōm āṉōm Aḷavōmāyi(l muṭṭ’ ira)-
⟨6⟩ [ṭṭi] panmāheśvarar· taṇṭi-k-koḷḷa Oṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm t-tiru-t-tava-(t-tu)ṟai mahādevarkku muttaiyil sabhaiyōm Itu (pa)(nm)āheśva(ra-rakṣai)

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ (koṇ)ṭu ⬦ (ko)⟨ṇ⟩{ṭ}ṭu SII.

⟨6⟩ t-tiru° ⬦ tiru° SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2⟩ Second year of the victorious king nirupatoṅka-vikkirama-parumar.¹

⟨1–3⟩

⟨3–5⟩

⟨5–6⟩

⟨6⟩ This ⟨is⟩ under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1928–29 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/122).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.61). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 149).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and photos (2016, kindly supplied by Valérie Gillet).

Primary

[SII] 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 25, item 61.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 435–436, item 149.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1928–29. Annual report on epigraphy for the year 1928-1929. Edited by S. V. Viswanatha. Madras: Government Press, 1930. Page 16, appendixes B/1928-29, item 122.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.

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