Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 18

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00168.

Summary: Donation of gold for supplying food offerings.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicai⟨2⟩ya-nṛpatuṅka-va⟨r⟩mmak=ku ⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu patiṉ eṭṭ-āvatu

⟨4⟩ [t]iru-v-oṟṟi(yū)[r]-p-puṟattu ⟨5⟩ (m)aṇali sabhaiyōm ⟨6⟩ (E)mm¡u!⟨ū⟩r-uṭaiya mahāde⟨7⟩[va](r)k=ku Umpaḷa-nāṭṭu viṭē⟨8⟩[l]-(vi)ṭuku pallavarai⟨9⟩(yar) [devi]yāri[ṟ] paḻiya⟨10⟩[n] pilli kuṭutta po⟨11⟩ṉ Ūrkkaṟ cemmai ⟨12⟩ (ayṅ)-kaḻañcu I⟨13⟩(y poṉayṅka)⟨ḻañcu po⟩⟨14⟩ṉ koṇ[ṭu celu]tta⟨15⟩k kaṭavōm āyiṉa pari{c}⟨16⟩cāvatu

cen-neṟ kuttaṟ ⟨17⟩ (pa)ḻa-v arici karu-nāḻiyiṉā[l]⟨18⟩(nā)-ṉāḻiyum Uḻak=ku ne⟨19⟩yyum ¿ā?⟨a⟩ṭukk’ ilaiy(u)m ai⟨20⟩ntu k(ā)yum nālu-paḻa⟨mu⟩m saṅ⟨21⟩ki(rā)n=ti-tōṟum muṭṭāmai ⟨22⟩ [ni]l(ai)-p poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka-t ti⟨23⟩ṅkaṭoṟum āka kuṭup⟨24⟩pōm āṉōm muṭṭuvatā⟨25⟩yiṟ dhammāsanattu nicati nā(lē)⟨26⟩[kā]l kāṇam paṭuvō{m}⟨27⟩m āṉōm paṭṭum po⟨28⟩li-y-[ū]ṭṭu muṭṭāmai (caṉ) [unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ °va⟨r⟩mmak=ku ⬦ °varmmak=ku VVA

⟨12⟩ (ayṅ)° ⬦ °(ayṅ) VVAVVA notes: “Engraved over an erasure.”

⟨13⟩ (poṉayṅka)(poṉayṅka) VVAVVA notes: “Engraved over an erasure.”

⟨25⟩ dhammāsanattu ⬦ dhammā¿dha?⟨sa⟩nattu VVA

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–3) Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅkavarman.

(4–16)

(16–28)

Commentary

(28) Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 notes: “The slab is broken at this place and the continuation of the inscription is lost.”

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 70); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 168); encoded and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), 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 30, item 70.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 481–482, item 168.

Secondary

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 24, appendix B/1912, item 162.