Kāvērippākkam, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 15

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Undertaking by an assembly (sabhā) concerning a donation of uṇṇāḻikaippuṟam.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00158.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00158.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ nṛpat¡o!ṅkaparmma⟨ṟ⟩ku yāṇṭu patiṉ aint-āvatu kā(vi)tipākkamum Avaṉi-nārā-

⟨2⟩ yaṇa-c-caturvvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Ōṭappuṟai-k kaṇv¡i!ḻccil caṭaṅka-

⟨3⟩ viyār pakkal patiṉ eḻu kaḻañcu poṉ koṇṭu Emm-ūr tirumēṟṟaḷi Aṭikaḷukku U-

⟨4⟩ ṇṇāḻikai-⟨p⟩-puṟam nicati Uḻakk’ eṇṇai māṉāya-ṉāḻi-y ōṭokkum Uḻakkiṉāl pakal [unknown number of lost lines]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fifteenth year of Nṛpatoṅkaparmmaṉ.¹

⟨2–4⟩²

Commentary

The inscription is incomplete. It appears to be a later copy (11th century?) of an original Pallava inscription.IP notes: “Continuation is lost. It is engraved in characters of the 11 th century A.D. The stone bearing this record must have belonged originally to a temple of Viṣṇu (Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Aḍigaḷ) in the village and was probably shifted here at some later time.” and “The name Avaṉinārāyaṇa-caturvēdimaṅgalam must have been given to Kāvidipākkam after the surname of Avaṉinārāyaṇa borne by Nandivarman III.”

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1905–06 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/404).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.67). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 158).

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 28, item 67.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 463, item 158.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1905–06. G.O. No. 492, 2nd July 1906. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1905-1906, and directing that the report be forwarded to the Government of India. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1906. Page 26, appendix B/1905, item 404.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavarman.
2. SII notes: “Continuation of the inscription is lost.”

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