Kaṇṭiyūr, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 21

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00171.

Summary: Donation of land (after sale) and of gold.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (731357b), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-nirupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkirama-paruma⟨2⟩ṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 1-Āvatu

Avv-āṇṭu Ārkkā⟨3⟩ṭṭu-k-kūṟṟattu brahmatēyan tiru-k-kaṇṭiyūr ⟨4⟩ sabhaiyōm

Ivv-ūr-c cēri vicaiya-nal(lu)⟨5⟩ḻāṉ māṟaṅkāḷiyiṭai koṇṭa t¡i!⟨ī⟩pam oṉṟu⟨6⟩kku-c cempoṉ campirāṇi’p paḻaṅ-kā(ci)⟨7⟩ṉōṭ’ urai-y oppatu Ūrāṭukallāl 100 10 {symbol} ⟨8⟩ ṉūṟ(ṟ’ o)ru(pa)tiṉ kaḻañcu

Ivv-ūr kāḷāpaṭāriyā⟨9⟩rkku Oḻukk’ avippuṟam-āka-p pattu-c ce(yyum) O⟨10⟩ḻukku-p puṟam-āka Oru mā-c ceyyum (Āka patiṉ o)⟨11⟩ru mā-c ceyyum Eṅkaḷ brahma[10*]⟨12⟩ṟuk kuṭutta nilattukk’ ellai tā(ṉai)[4*]⟨13⟩rañ centaṉum Iva⟨14⟩(tampi ti)v¿a?⟨ā⟩kara-nak⟨15⟩kaṉu[4*]kaḷ nilattu⟨16⟩kku-(k kiḻa)kkum paḻaiya⟨17⟩taḷi-t tēvatāṉam-āṉa ⟨18⟩ nilattukku-t teṟkum ⟨19⟩ It-tēvatāṉa nilat⟨20⟩tukkum vaḻiñcivāyk⟨21⟩ku mē¿k?⟨ṟ⟩kum vaḻiñcivāy⟨22⟩kku vaṭakkum

Ivv-icain⟨23⟩ta peru-nāṅk’ ellai⟨24⟩yil akappaṭṭa nilam O⟨25⟩ṭṭai-c-cey muṟṟum

⟨26⟩ Iṉṉam itaṟkēy viṟ⟨27⟩kiṉṟa nilattu⟨k⟩k’ ellai ⟨28⟩ (Ū)r-uṭaiya perumāṉaṭi⟨29⟩kaḷ (ve)li-p peruñ-cey⟨30⟩yil ālkiṉṟa nilattukku⟨31⟩k kiḻakkuṅ kāmakkāṇi (calā)⟨32⟩kaṉ tiru-maḻavāṭiyun tampi⟨33⟩maruṅ kākakkāṇi centa(ṉ) brā⟨34⟩hmaṇi divākaraṉ puṇ(ṭu)m ni⟨35⟩lattukku-t teṟku tāṉain(ta)⟨36⟩ṉ vāsudevaṉ talaiyaṉun⟨37⟩tāṉainta(ṉ)(mō)tira(ṉ v)ā⟨38⟩sudevabha(ṭṭa)ṉum mōcitē⟨39⟩vaṉ tiru-ve(ṅ)kāṭaṉ ¿s?⟨ś⟩rīdha⟨40⟩nam pe(ṟṟa) nilattukkum pālā⟨41⟩ciriyaṉ (ce)ṭṭi mātēva nilat⟨42⟩tukkumē Aṇaivāykkālu⟨43⟩kkum Iv-veli-p peruñ-ce⟨44⟩y pāyavum vāravum-āka ⟨45⟩ v(ai)cca A(rai)kko(ṭṭivā)⟨46⟩(yk)kālukku vaṭakku [3*] ⟨47⟩ [3*] makkum

(Ivv-icai)t⟨48⟩ta (pe)ru-nāṅk’ e(llaiyill a)⟨49⟩kappaṭṭa nilan taṭi-y ira⟨50⟩(ṇ)ṭu

ni(lan ka)ruttāka U⟨51⟩ṇṇilam oḻiv’ iṉṟi O⟨52⟩ṭṭai-c ceyyum velip ⟨53⟩ peruñ-ceyyi(l) kiḻakkaṭai⟨54⟩yavum-āka Aḷa(n)tu Araiyē⟨55⟩y oru mā cceyyum ōḻu⟨56⟩(kk’ avi)-p-puṟamum ¿e?⟨o⟩ḻukku⟨57⟩p puṟamum A⟨r⟩ccanā-bhoga⟨58⟩mum-āka In-ni⟨la⟩ttāl pañcavā⟨59⟩ramum Ec-cōṟum nēr(v)ā⟨60⟩yamum veṭṭi vetiṉaiyu⟨61⟩ñ ceṉṉir-p potivi [unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ 100 10 {symbol} ⬦ 100 10 {symbol} HKS; {symbol} IPIP reads only the symbol and notes: “Here there is a symbol representing 110.”

⟨45⟩ v(ai)cca • Only the first of the two successive kompus is unclear.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) 21st year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.

(4–8)

(8–22)

(22–25)

(26–47)

(47–50)

(50–61)

Commentary

(61) The inscription stops short here. Krishna Sastri 1925 notes: “This inscription is left unfinished.”

Bibliography

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1925 (SII 5, no. 572); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 171); re-edited here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

Primary

[HKS] Krishna Sastri, H. 1925. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume V: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 5. Madras: Government Press. Pages 226–227, item 572.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 486–488, item 171.