Marutāṭu, time of Nr̥patuṅgavarman, year 12

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Construction of a weir and renovation of a sluice.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00157.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00157.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī
⟨2⟩ kō-vicaiya-nr̥pa-
⟨3⟩ tuṅkavarmmaṟku yā-
⟨4⟩ ṇṭu pa¡nn!iraṇṭ-āva-
⟨5⟩ tu marutāṭṭ’ ēri-k ka-
⟨6⟩ li¿ñc?u ceyvit-
⟨7⟩ tu-t tūmpu putuk-
⟨8⟩ kuvittār koṅkarai-
⟨9⟩ yar niṉṟaperu-
⟨10⟩ māṉ

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ ka⟨6⟩li¿ñc?⟨ṅk⟩u ⬦ ka⟨6⟩liñcu SII; ka⟨6⟩li¿ñc?⟨ṅk⟩u IP.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–5⟩ Twelfth year of the victorious king Nr̥patuṅkavarmmaṟ.¹

⟨5–10⟩ The Koṅkaraiyar Niṉṟaperumāṉ had a weir (kaliṅku) made ⟨for⟩ the tank at Marutāṭu and had a sluice (tūmpu)renovated.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/417).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.65). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 157).

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

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 27, item 65.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 462, item 157.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1912–13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Page 49, appendix B/1912, item 417.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavarman.

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