Piḷḷaippākkam, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 2[.]

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of land for food offerings.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ sva⟨sti⟩ śrī nṛpatuṅka-vikkirama-parumaṟku yāṇṭu Iru(pa) [***] (va)tu pi(ḷḷai)-p-pā⟨kka⟩ttu-p piḷḷai-p-pākkiḻār [*****] (pi)yārkku-t dharmmam-āka mahādevarkku nāṭ [***]

⟨2⟩ pōṉakaṅ kāṭṭuvataṟku Ivar tampiyār Ayyakkuṭṭiyār kuṭutta nilam puṟampāṭṭilē (Ā)ṟu mā nilam Ittēvarai vaḻipaṭum tiru-p-pācūraṉukkum mutti [***] Ip-paricu kāṭṭa-k kuṭuttēṉ Ip-paricu muṭṭil UnaE taṇṭa(-p-pa)-

⟨3⟩ ṭuvā¡nṉ! āka(vum)

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ UnaE ⬦ SII • “This symbol probably stands for some money value.” (Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943)

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Twenty-[...]th year of Nṛpatuṅka-vikkirama-parumaṉ.¹

⟨1–2⟩ For presenting food […] to the Mahādeva as a pious donation for (the sake of) Piḷḷaipākkiḻār [Nam?]pi of Piḷḷaippākkam, the land that Ayyakkuṭṭiyār, his younger brother gave.

⟨2⟩ I gave in this matter six mās of land in Puṟampāṭu […] to the honourable Pācūraṉ who worships this god.

⟨2–3⟩ In this matter, if opposing/failing, let he be fined (an amount of) […].

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1929–30 (ARIE/1929-1930/B/1929-1930/172).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.80). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 191).

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. Page 34, item 80.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 523, item 191.

Secondary

ARIE 1929–30. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1930. Edited by K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1932. Page 19, appendixes B/1929-30, item 172.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.

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Twenty-[...]th year of Nṛpatuṅka-vikkirama-parumaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.</note>

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