Kāvērippākkam, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year [figure lost]

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation (?). The inscription is incomplete.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī nirupa-toṅka-varmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu pati[ṉ]-[**][-ā]-
⟨2⟩ vatu paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu māṅkāṭu-nāṭṭu viṭēlviṭuku[***]-
⟨3⟩ yamattu sabhaiyōm Ik-kōṭṭattu-k kāviti-p-pā[kkam āki]-
⟨4⟩ ya Amani-nārāyaṇa-c-caturvveti-maṅkalam yāḷu[ṅkaṇat]-
⟨5⟩ tāruḷ Aṅkāṇacca(n){yai} vasan=tayājiyār pa[unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ nirupa° ⬦ nirupa° SII • SII notes: “The letter pa is engraved below the line.” — ⟨1⟩ pati[ṉ][2+][ā]⟨2⟩vatu ⬦ pati[3+]⟨2⟩vatu SII.

⟨2⟩ viṭēlviṭuku ⬦ viṭēlviṭuku SII • SII notes: “The letter ṭu is engraved below the line.”

⟨3⟩ sabhaiyōm ⬦ sabhaiyōm SII • IP notes: “The letter m engraved below the line.” — ⟨3⟩ kāviti-p-pā[kkam āki]⟨4⟩ya ⬦ kāviti-p-pā[kkam āki]⟨4⟩ya SII.

⟨4⟩ yāḷu[ṅkaṇat]⟨5⟩tāruḷ ⬦ yāḷu[4+]⟨5⟩tāruḷ SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ …teenth year of Nirupatoṅkavarmar.¹

⟨2–5⟩

Commentary

⟨1–2⟩ Note on the lost year: between 11th and 19th.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1905-06 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/394).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12.82). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 169).

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

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 35, item 82.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 483, item 169.

Secondary

ARIE 1905-06. G.O. No. 492, 2nd July 1906. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1905-1906, and directing that the report be forwarded to the Government of India. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1906. Page 25, appendix B/1905, item 394.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅkavarman.

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