Tirumukkūṭal, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 24

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00185.

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-vi⟨2⟩caiya-nṛpat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vi⟨3⟩kkirama-paruma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu Iru⟨4⟩pattu nāl-āvatu

kāṭupaṭṭi ⟨5⟩ muttaraiyar makaṉār Ari⟨6⟩kaṇṭaperumāṉārkku Ūṟṟu⟨7⟩k-kāṭṭu-k-kō[ṭ]ṭattu ciyapu⟨8⟩rattu sabhai¡mm!⟨m⟩ oṭ⟨9⟩ṭi-k kuṭutta paric-āvatu

tiru-mu⟨10⟩k-kūṭal viṣṇubhaṭāra⟨r⟩kku n¿u?on=tā⟨11⟩viḷa⟨k⟩k’ erippataṟku Eṅka⟨12⟩ḷ kaiyi{l}ṟ ṟanta poṉ ⟨13⟩ mu-p-patiṉ kaḻañciṉā⟨14⟩lum poli-y-ūṭṭu Āṇṭu⟨15⟩varai-y kaḻañciṉ vāy ⟨16⟩ m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañcāṭi poṉ ⟨17⟩ Āyaṉpaṭiyāl nāṟ-ka⟨18⟩ḻañc-araiyālum Ēṟilu⟨19⟩ñ curuṅkiluṅ kaḻañcu⟨20⟩k=ku nāṟ-pati¡ṉ!⟨ṉ n⟩āḻi-p paṭi E⟨21⟩ṇṇai nūṟṟ’ eṇ-pati⟨ṉ⟩⟨22⟩ḻiyālum Iravum pakalu [unknown number of lost lines]

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–4) Twenty-fourth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.

(4–9)

(9–22)

(3–4)

(4)

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 75); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 185); encoded and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions and photos.

Primary

[VVA] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 32–33, item 78.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 515–516, item 185.

[NMG] Marxia Gandhi, N., A. Padmavathy and S. Swaminathan. 2011. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXX: Inscriptions collected during the year 1915. South Indian Inscriptions 30. New Delhi; Chennai: Archaeological Survey of India; Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu. Pages 85–86, item 102.

Secondary

Krishna Sastri, H. 1916. G.O. No. 99, 29th August 1916. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1915-1916. No place. Page 16, appendix B/1915, item 179.