Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 22

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00177.

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

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-10-29 23:21 (731357b), last modified 2024-06-25 16:07 (45e0ce9).

⟨Zone 1: Pillar, upper square portion, face 1⟩ ⟨1⟩ [svas]ti ⟨2⟩ śrī

kō-vi⟨3⟩⟨cai⟩ya-ni⟨ru⟩pa⟨4⟩t¡o!⟨u⟩ṅ⟨5⟩ka-va(ṉ)⟨6⟩¿v?⟨m⟩aṟku ⟨7⟩ Irupat⟨8⟩t’ iraṇṭā⟨Zone 2: Pillar, middle octagonal portion, faces 1-2⟩⟨9⟩vatu

(tanu) ⟨10⟩ (nāyaṟṟu) ⟨11⟩ (v)e(ḷḷ)i(k)⟨12⟩kiḻamai ⟨13⟩ p(e)ṟṟa ti(ru)⟨14⟩k(ē)ṭṭ(ai) [1+] ⟨15⟩ [5+] ⟨16⟩ tiru(kka)ṭai⟨17⟩muṭi ma[hā]⟨18⟩t(ē)varkku ⟨19⟩ (n)i(ca)ti [U]⟨Zone 3: Pillar, lower square portion, face 1⟩⟨20⟩[ḻa]kku ney⟨21⟩(y)āl no⟨22⟩(n)tā viḷa⟨23⟩kku Eri[ya]

⟨Zone 4: Pillar, upper square portion, face 2⟩ ⟨24⟩ śrī-kaṇ(ṭa)⟨25⟩purattu ⟨26⟩ peru⟨ñ⟩-cēri⟨27⟩ya⟨r⟩ kai Uḻa⟨28⟩(tār)ka ci [C]e⟨29⟩ṭṭu Aric[V]⟨30⟩ṇi ceri⟨31⟩yaṉ ti(ṇ)⟨32⟩ṭiyūr kuṭu⟨33⟩tta [poṉ]⟨Zone 5: Pillar, middle octagonal portion, face 3⟩⟨34⟩(paṉ)⟨35⟩(niru)⟨36⟩(nra) (kaḻa)⟨37⟩(ñ)[cu][1+]⟨38⟩[3+]⟨39⟩[3+]⟨40⟩(viḷa)⟨41⟩(kku pa)⟨42⟩l-mā⟨43⟩ye⟨44⟩sūra⟨45⟩⟨ra⟩kṣai

Apparatus

⟨14⟩ k(ē)ṭṭ(ai) ⬦ (ko)ṭṭai KVSA; ¿(ko)?⟨kē⟩ṭṭai CS.

⟨27⟩ Uḻa ⬦ vaḻi KVSA.

⟨28⟩ (tār)ka ci [C]e ⬦ ci [1+] mi [1+] KVSA.

⟨29⟩ ṭṭu Aric[V] ⬦ ṭi [2+] rica [2+] KVSA.

⟨30⟩ ṇi ceri ⬦ ṇicai cila KVSA.

⟨45⟩ ⟨ra⟩kṣai ⬦ (ra)kṣai KVSA.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–2) Prosperity! Fortune!

(2–9) Twenty-second year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavarman.

(10–23)

(24–45)

(24–26)

Commentary

(24–25) The characterśrī extends to height of both lines.

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 528); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 177); edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos and on previous editions.

Primary

[KVSA] 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: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 320, item 528.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 498–500, item 177.

[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 310–312, item 8.

Secondary

Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1901. 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. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 27, appendix A/1901, item 303C.

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Twenty-second year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavarman.

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