Parameśvaramaṅgalam, foundation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 15

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00159.

Summary: Construction of a shrine, setting up of a cult image and endowment of paddy for the upkeep of perpetual lamps and for worship.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (e8a670e), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

yāṇṭu patiṉaint-ā⟨2⟩vatu

parameśvara-maṅ⟨ka⟩lattu śai⟨3⟩leśvarattu gaṇa¡v!⟨p⟩at¡ī!⟨i⟩-bhaṭārarai ¡vaiy!⟨vai⟩⟨4⟩ttu-k kōyi¡ll!⟨l⟩ eṭuppitt(ā)r taṇṭiya⟨5⟩ṅ-kiḻār pāṇṭ¿a?⟨i⟩ya-kramavittar{r} brāhma⟨6⟩ṇi tēvaccāṉi tāṉ eṭuppitta taḷik⟨7⟩ku A(r)ccanā-bhoga¡mm!⟨m⟩-āka vaitta nel ⟨8⟩ mutal nāṟpatiṉ kāṭi

Ivaittil va⟨9⟩(r)ddhamānaṁ koṇṭu tiṅkaḷ nā¡l!⟨ḷ⟩ avi⟨10⟩yum Anti-viḷakkum A(r)ccanaiyu⟨11⟩m

Ip-paricu vaḻuvāmai-c cey⟨12⟩vōm āka

in-nāṟpatiṉ k¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭiyum ⟨13⟩ koṇṭōm taḷi-y-uṭai¡yy!⟨y⟩¿ka?⟨r⟩ civa⟨14⟩catti civa-kurava civa-nakka civa-kāma ci [unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ gaṇa¡v!⟨p⟩at¡ī!⟨i⟩-bhaṭārarai ⬦ gaṇavati-bhaṭārarai VVA; gaṇa¡v!⟨p⟩ati-bhaṭārarai IP.

⟨4⟩ eṭuppitt(ā)r ⬦ eṭuppitt¿a?⟨ā⟩r VVA; eṭuppitt(ā)r IP.

⟨5⟩ pāṇṭ¿a?⟨i⟩ya-kramavittar{r}pāṇṭiya-kramavittar VVA IP.

⟨9⟩¡l!⟨ḷ⟩ avi⟨10⟩yum ⬦ nālvi⟨10⟩yum VVA; ¿lv?⟨l a⟩vi⟨10⟩yum IP.

⟨13⟩ taḷi-y-uṭai¡yy!⟨y⟩¿ka?⟨r⟩taḷi-y-uṭai¿yy?⟨y⟩¿ka?⟨r⟩ VVA IP.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) Fifteenth year.

(2–8)

(8–11)

(11–12)

(12–14) These fourteen kāṭis, We have taken them, We ... Ci[va] […]

Commentary

The inscription is incomplete. Mahalingam 1988 notes: “Probably a few more letters are wanting. The significance of these names is not clear. They were probably the taḷi uḍaiyār (temple priests), as stated in l. 13.”

According to Mahalingam 1988: “This gives the earliest reference to the setting up of the image of god Ganapati, during the Pallava period.”

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 68); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 159).

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous editions and photos.

Primary

[VVA] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 28–29, item 68.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 464–465, item 159.

Secondary

[ARIE] Krishna Sastri, H. 1913. 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. No place. Page 34, appendix B/1912, item 258.