Tiruvatikai, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 18

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00167.

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

nṛpat¡o!⟨u⟩⟨2⟩ṅkapanmaṟku (yāṇṭu) ⟨3⟩ pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ eṭṭāvatu

(A)⟨4⟩ti(ya)raiya-maṅka⟨5⟩lattu tiruviraṭṭā⟨6⟩nattu mahādeva⟨7⟩rkku (p)āṇ⟨8⟩(ṭi)-varakuṇa-mahā⟨9⟩jaṉ kuṭutta poṉ ⟨10⟩ ¡Añ-ñ!⟨Ain-n⟩ūṟṟ’ eḻu-patiṉ ka⟨11⟩ḻañcu

Ippoṉ koṇ⟨12⟩ṭu kaṭavōm Atiyarai⟨13⟩ya-maṅkalattu nakara⟨14⟩ttōm

Ip-poṉni⟨15⟩l Iru-nūṟṟu-t toṇṇū⟨16⟩ṟṟu-k kaḻañcu poṉnā⟨17⟩l palicaiyāl nicati ⟨18⟩ […] ⟨19⟩ […] ⟨20⟩ [2+](mun)(ḻi Uri)⟨21⟩kkum (me)ṟṟi pa(tiṟ)⟨22⟩(ṟu) nāḻi Ari(ciyum) [2+] ⟨23⟩ poḻutukku Uri pacca⟨24⟩payaṟṟupparuppu kum⟨25⟩māyam uḷḷiṭṭa ¡Añc!⟨Aint⟩u kā⟨26⟩yum poḻutu puḷi(ṅkaṟi)⟨27⟩kku Uḻakku tayirum po⟨28⟩ḻutu kaṟikku kā⟨29⟩ya¡mm!⟨m⟩ iru-c-ce(vi){ṭa}ṭu⟨m⟩⟨30⟩poḻutu kaṟi tu(mi)kka⟨31⟩c cevi{ṭ}ṭu neyum ⟨32⟩ nivētikka naṟune⟨33⟩y potu Uḻakk-ā⟨34⟩ka nālu poḻutukku⟨35⟩m mēṟṟi ney nāḻi ⟨36⟩ nivētikka poḻutu⟨37⟩kkuṉ tayir Uri nālu ⟨38⟩ poḻutumē

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–3) Eighteenth year of Nṛpatuṅkavarman.

(3–11)

(11–14)

(14–38)

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 71); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 167); encoded and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

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 30–31, item 71.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 478–480, item 167.

Secondary

Venkoba Rao, G. 1923. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for the year 1921-1922. Madras: Governement Press. Page 29, appendix B/1921, item 360.