Kīḻūr, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 21

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00173.

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-niru(pat)¡(o)!(u)(ṅka)-vikkira⟨2⟩ma-parumaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 1-āvatu

t(i)ru-k-kō⟨3⟩valūr tiru-v¡i!⟨ī⟩raṭṭ(ā)ṉattu mahādevarkku (na)⟨4⟩ntā viḷak(k)iṉukku veṭṭuvatiyaraiyar a⟨5⟩ṟāmuṇṇuna¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉaṉ koṟṟaṉ kuṭutta po⟨6⟩(ṉ) paṉṉiru-kaḻañcu

Itaṉ palicaiyā(l) ⟨7⟩ nantā viḷakku Iravum pakalum erippō⟨8⟩¡mm!⟨m⟩ āṉōm tiru-k-kōvalūr nakarattōm

I⟨9⟩⟨tu paṉ-māheśvara-rakṣai

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

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

(2–6)

(6–8)

(8–9)

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in by Hultzsch 1902–1903 (EI 7, no. 20C); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 173); encoded and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous editions. The Grantha characters and numerals are not warranted due to the defective transliteration scheme used by Hultzsch 1902–1903.

Primary

[EH] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1902–1903. “Fourteen inscriptions at Tirukkovalur.” EI 7, pp. 138–147. Item C.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 491, item 173.

Secondary

[ARIE] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1902. G.O. Nos. 763, 764, 6th August 1902. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1901-1902. Copy to the Government of India. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 18, appendix B/1902, item 303.