Tirukkōṭikkāval, time of Nṛpatuṅga, year 22

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for performing rituals (hiraṇyagrbha and tulābhāra).

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī Ituvu¡mm! oru paḻaṅ-kal paṭi yāṇṭu I(rupa)tt’ iraṇ{ṭ}ṭu nṛpat¡o!ṅka-mahārāja⟨r⟩ deviyār viramahādeviyār hiraṇyagarbhamu⟨m⟩ tulāpāra[mum] pukka poṉṉil tiru-k- koṭikāvil mahā[*********]-

⟨2⟩ tta poṉ Aimpatiṉ kaḻañcu Itaṉil Iru-patt’ aiṅ-kaḻañcu poṉṉiṉ palicaiyāl nicati Iru-nāḻi Ariciyum Oru piṭi neyyum taḷi Arcci⟨p⟩pār kai mahā[*********]-

⟨3⟩ l nicati Uḻakku ney taḷi Aṟcippār kai¡yy!ilē no¡ṉ!tā-viḷakki⟨ṉu⟩kku kuṭu⟨p⟩pōm āṉōm tirukkoṭikā-v-āṉa kaṇṇamaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Itu paḻaṅ-kal paṭi I[*********]-

⟨4⟩ Ubhaiyogam illāmaiyil Atu tavintatu Itu muṭṭil paṉmāyeśvarar kaṭaikkūṭṭa-p peṟṟār

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ yāṇṭu I(rupa)tt’ iraṇ{ṭ}ṭu ⬦ (Irupattiraṇ){ṭ}ṭu SII.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ This also [is] a copy of an old stone.

⟨1⟩ Twenty-second year.

⟨1–2⟩

⟨2–3⟩

⟨3⟩ This [is] the copy of the old stone.

⟨3–4⟩

Commentary

This is a later copy of an original Pallava inscription.

⟨1⟩ Note on the king of the year.

⟨3–4⟩ This phrase pertains to the time of the copy.

⟨4⟩ SII notes: “The inscription is built in at the right end.”

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1930-1931 (ARIE/1930-1931/B/1930-1931/38).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12.74). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 178).

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 32, item 74.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 501–502, item 178.

Secondary

ARIE 1930-1931. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1931. Edited by K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1933. Page 8, appendixes B/1930-31, item 38.

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Twenty-second year.

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