Parameśvaramaṅgalam, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 16

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00161.

Summary: Donation of gold for supplying food-offerings.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

nṛpatuṅka-va⟨2⟩(r)mmaṟkku yāṇṭu patiṉ-āṟ-āvatu

pa⟨3⟩rameśvara-maṅkalattu śaileśva⟨4⟩rattu ma¿ha?⟨hā⟩devarkku ma{(n/d)}dhyāhna-vē(ḷ)ai⟨5⟩yiṟ ṟiru-v-amutukku maṇṇaiku⟨6⟩ṭi maṟamaṭakki viḻuppēraraiyar ma⟨7⟩ka(ṉ) nan=ti niṟaimati śaileśvara⟨8⟩rattu-k kaṇa-p-peru-makkaḷ vaḻi kuṭut⟨9⟩ta cem-poṉ patiṉ oru kaḻañcu Itaṉ⟨10⟩poliyūṭṭiṉāṉicati nāṭuri kuttal ariciyu⟨11⟩m oru piṭi neyyum appōtu kāṭṭum viḷa⟨12⟩kkiṉukku Oru ¿m?⟨p⟩iṭi Eṇṇaiyyumuṭṭāmai⟨13⟩-c celuttuvōm āṉōṅ kaṇappe⟨14⟩ru-makkaḷōm

Itu ma¿ha?⟨hā⟩sabhai rakṣai

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ ma{(n/d)}dhyāhna° ⬦ madhyāhna° VVA. — ⟨4⟩(ḷ)ai⟨5⟩yiṟ ⬦ vēḷai⟨5⟩yiṟ VVA • The stone is broken at the locus concerned.

⟨6⟩ ma⟨7⟩ka(ṉ) nan=ti ⬦ ma⟨7⟩kan= nan=ti VVA.

⟨9⟩ kaḻañcu ⬦ kaḻañci VVA; kaḻañc¿i?⟨u⟩ IP.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) Sixteenth year of Nṛpatuṅgavarman.

(2–14)

(8–11)

(14) This [donation is under] the protection of the great assembly.

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 69); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 161).

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. Page 29, item 69.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 467–468, item 161.

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 257.