Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 22

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00176.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00176.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨Zone 1: Pillar, upper square portion, face 1⟩
⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī]
⟨2⟩ kō-vicaya-
⟨3⟩ -nirupa-t¡o!-
⟨4⟩ ṅka-vaṉma-
⟨5⟩ ṟku Irupa-
⟨6⟩ tt’ iraṉ-
⟨7⟩ ṭ-āvatu nāḷ
⟨8⟩ patiṉ oṉṟi-
⟨9⟩ ṉāl

⟨Zone 2: Pillar, middle octagonal portion, face 1⟩
⟨10⟩ koṇ-
⟨11⟩ ṭa nāṭu-
⟨12⟩ ṭaiya
⟨13⟩ veṭṭu-
⟨14⟩ vati-
⟨15⟩ yarai-
⟨16⟩ yar ti-
⟨17⟩ ru-k-kaṭai-
⟨18⟩ muṭi mā-
⟨19⟩ tēvar-
⟨20⟩ ⟨k⟩ku non-
⟨21⟩ tā viḷa-
⟨22⟩ kk’ erip-
⟨23⟩ pataṟku
⟨24⟩ kuṭutta
⟨25⟩ poṉ

⟨Zone 3: Pillar, lower square portion, face 1⟩

⟨26⟩ paṉṉiru-kaḻa-

⟨27⟩ ñcu Itu paṉ-

⟨28⟩ māyeśvarar (i)-

⟨29⟩ rakṣai

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–9⟩ Twenty second year of the victorious king Nirupatoṅkavaṉmaṉ.¹

⟨10–27⟩

⟨27–29⟩

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1900–01 (ARIE/1900-1901/A/1901/301).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.522). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 176). Edited and translated in Schmid 2014.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2006, by kindly supplied by EFEO).

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 317, item 522.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 496–497, item 176.

[CS] Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une reine: Śiva à Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry; École française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 308–310, item 7.

Secondary

ARIE 1900–01. G.O., etc., Nos. 762-63, 25th July 1901. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1900-1901. Copy to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1901. Page 27, appendix A/1901, item 301.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavarman.

Display Options Word Wrap Line Numbers Comments Processing Instructions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_Schema.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_SQF.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<title>Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 22</title>

<resp key="creator">author of digital edition</resp>

<forename>Emmanuel</forename>

<surname>Francis</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

</titleStmt>

<authority><ref target="https://dharmalekha.info">DHARMA</ref></authority>

<pubPlace>Paris, CEIAS</pubPlace>

<idno type="filename">DHARMA_INSPallava00176.xml</idno>

</publicationStmt>

<repository>DHARMAbase</repository>

<idno/>

</msIdentifier>

<summary>Donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.</summary>

</msContents>

<p/>

</handDesc>

</physDesc>

</msDesc>

</sourceDesc>

</fileDesc>

<p>Encoded in TEI/EpiDoc according to the <ref target="https://hal.science/halshs-02888186">DHARMA Encoding Guide for Documentary Editions, version 2</ref></p>

</encodingDesc>

<change who="part:emfr" when="2021-06-23" status="draft">Creation of the file</change>

</revisionDesc>

</teiHeader>

<body>

<ab>

<label xml:lang="eng">Pillar, upper square portion, face 1</label>

<lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha"><supplied reason="lost">svasti śrī</supplied></hi>

</ab>

<p>

<lb n="2"/>kō-vicaya

<lb n="3" break="no"/>-nirupa-t<choice><orig>o</orig><reg>u</reg></choice>

<lb n="4" break="no"/>ṅka-vaṉma

<lb n="5" break="no"/>ṟku Irupa

<lb n="6" break="no"/>tt’ iraṉ

<lb n="7" break="no"/>ṭ-āvatu nāḷ

<lb n="8"/>patiṉ oṉṟi

<lb n="9" break="no"/>ṉāl

</p>

<p>

<label xml:lang="eng">Pillar, middle octagonal portion, face 1</label>

<lb n="10"/>koṇ

<lb n="11" break="no"/>ṭa nāṭu

<lb n="12" break="no"/>ṭaiya

<lb n="13"/>veṭṭu

<lb n="14" break="no"/>vati

<lb n="15" break="no"/>yarai

<lb n="16" break="no"/>yar ti

<lb n="17" break="no"/>ru-k-kaṭai

<lb n="18" break="no"/>muṭi mā

<lb n="19" break="no"/>tēvar

<lb n="20" break="no"/><supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>ku non

<lb n="21" break="no"/>tā viḷa

<lb n="22" break="no"/>kk’ erip

<lb n="23" break="no"/>pataṟku

<lb n="24"/>kuṭutta

<lb n="25"/>poṉ

<label xml:lang="eng">Pillar, lower square portion, face 1</label>

<lb n="26"/>paṉṉiru-kaḻa

<lb n="27" break="no"/>ñcu

</p>

<p>

Itu paṉ

</p>

</div>

<!--<div type="apparatus">

</app>

</listApp>

</div>-->

Prosperity! Fortune!

</p>

Twenty second year of the victorious king Nirupatoṅkavaṉmaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavarman.</note>

</p>

</p>

</p>

</div>

<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1900-1901"/></bibl> (ARIE/1900-1901/A/1901/301).</p>

<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01"/></bibl> (SII 7.522). Text and summary in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1988_01"/></bibl> (IP 176). Edited and translated in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Schmid2014_02"/></bibl>.</p>

<p>This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2006, by kindly supplied by EFEO).</p>

</bibl>

</bibl>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

<bibl>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

</div>

</body>

</text>

</TEI>