Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 18

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for supplying food offerings.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00168.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicai-
⟨2⟩ ya-nṛpatuṅka-va⟨r⟩mma⟨r⟩k=ku
⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu patiṉ eṭṭ-āvatu
⟨4⟩ [t]iru-v-oṟṟi(yū)[r]-p-puṟattu
⟨5⟩ (m)aṇali sabhaiyōm
⟨6⟩ (E)mm¡u!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?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 SII •

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

⟨13⟩ (poṉayṅka) ⬦ (poṉayṅka) SII • SII notes: “Engraved over an erasure.”

⟨25⟩ dhammāsanattu ⬦ dhammā¿dha?⟨sa⟩nattu SII •

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅkavarmmar¹

⟨4–16⟩

⟨16–28⟩

Commentary

⟨28⟩ SII notes: “The slab is broken at this place and the continuation of the inscription is lost.”

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/162).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.70). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 168).

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 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

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 24, appendix B/1912, item 162.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅkavarman.

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Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅkavarmmar<note>Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅkavarman.</note>

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