Tirukkōṭikkāval, Tirukkōṭīśvara, time of Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman, year 24

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_INSPallava00184.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00184.xml.

Version: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (6edbbfa).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī Ituvu¡mm! oru paḻaṅ kal paṭi kō-vicaya-

⟨2⟩ -nr̥pat¡o!ṅka-vikrama-panmaṟku yāṇṭu Irupattu nāl-āvatu tiru-k-kōṭikāvil mahādevarkku non=tā viḷakkiṉukku koṇṭanāṭuṭaiya veṭṭuvati Araiyaṉ-āṉa mallaṉ ve(ṅ)kaṭavaṉ kuṭutta poṉ patiṉ aiṅ-kaḻañcu Ip-po¡n! koṇṭu Itaṉ palicaiyāl nāl u-

⟨3⟩ ḻakkum piḻaiyānāḻikkiḻ muḻaiyāl nicati Uḻakku ney taḷi Ar⟨c⟩ci⟨p⟩(pāṟ)ku kuṇantu Aḷantu kuṭuppō¡mm! āṉō[¡m(m)! (ā)cantira-kālamum aḷan=tu kuṭuppōm āṉo(m) nāraṇakka-c-caturveti-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Itu paḻ¡a!ya kal paṭi I-

⟨4⟩ nta śrī-vimānattile Ēṟa veṭṭinamaiyil muṉṉivājagam veṭṭi-k kiṭanta taṉi-⟨k⟩(-kallāl) Ubhaiyōkam illāmaiyāl Atu tavi{ṉ}n=tatu Itu muṭṭil paṉ-māyeśvara⟨r⟩ kaṭai (kūṭṭa) peṟṟā⟨r⟩

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ peṟṟā⟨r⟩ ⬦ peṟṟār SII • There is possibly a character engraved after peṟṟā, which looks like a Grantha ra.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ This also is the copy of an old stone.

⟨1–2⟩ Twenty-fourth year of the victorious king Nr̥patoṅka-vikrama-panmaṉ.¹

⟨2–3⟩

⟨3⟩ This² is the copy of the old stone.

⟨3–4⟩

⟨4⟩

Commentary

Later copy of an original Pallava inscription.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1930–31 (ARIE/1930-1931/B/1930-1931/220).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.78). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 184).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 33–34, item 78.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 513–514, item 184.

Secondary

ARIE 1930–31. 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 7, appendixes B/1930-1931, item 22.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nr̥patuṅgavikramavarman.
2. That is, what precedes.

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