Parameśvaramaṅgalam, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 16

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for supplying food-offerings.

Palaeographic description: Medial i and ī are interchangeable.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00161.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00161.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī nṛpatuṅka-va-
⟨2⟩ (r)mmaṟku yāṇṭu patiṉ āṟ-āvatu pa-
⟨3⟩ rameśvara-maṅkalattu śaileśva-
⟨4⟩ rattu ma¿ha?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?iṭi Eṇṇaiyyumuṭṭāmai-
⟨13⟩ -c celuttuvōm āṉōṅ kaṇappe-
⟨14⟩ ru-makkaḷōm Itu ma¿ha?sabhai rakṣai

Apparatus

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

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

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

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Sixteenth year of Nṛpatuṅkavarmaṉ.¹

⟨2–14⟩

⟨8–11⟩

⟨14⟩ This ⟨donation is under⟩ the protection of the great assembly.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/257).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.69). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 161).

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

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 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] 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 34, appendix B/1912, item 257.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavarman.

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