Uttiramērūr, time of Kampavarman, year 15

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00217.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00217.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-kampa-varmmaṟku yāṇṭu pa‡tiṉ ain‡t-āvatu Īkkāṭṭu-k-kōṭṭattu-t toḻūr-nāṭṭu-t ‡ tiru [**********]
⟨2⟩ perumā¡ṉṉ!aṭika¡ḷḷ! aṭiyēṉ ceyya ‡ Aparāji‡taṉēṉ Eḻuttu-k kāliyūr-k-kōṭṭattu Uttara-me‡ru-c-catu(r)vveti‡-maṅkalattu vayirameka-taṭākattukku [****]
⟨3⟩ Āyira-k kaḻañcu poṉ kuṭuttēṉ Ivv-āyira‡k kaḻañcu ‡ poṉṉālum Āṭṭāṇṭu-tōṟum nilamum nā‡yarum Uḷḷa ‡ tuṇaiyum [********] [iru?]-
⟨4⟩ nūṟṟu-k kaḻañcu poṉṉum Iv-vayiramēka-taṭākat‡tukkē Ā¿n?i-mu‡tal-āka m(ū/u)(ṉṟu) ti(ka)ṅkaḷ Aka-p-paṭa Ivv-iru-n‡ūṟṟu-k kaḻañcu ‡ poṉṉum I‡ṭṭu [*********] [A]-
⟨5⟩ parājitanēṉ sabhaiyōmum Ip-paricē-y Ivv-ērikkē‡-y Ivv-iru-nū‡ṟṟu-k- kaḻañcu poṉṉum Ivaṉukkē-y ‡ dharmmam āka-k kuḻi ‡ kutti āṭṭā‡ṇṭu-tōṟum Āṭṭuvi[ppōm āṉōm] [******]
⟨6⟩ Aṭṭōmāyilum Aṭṭāmai vilakkināṉum nicati ‡ Āyiraṅ kurā‡l-āka koṉṟa pātakam eytuvāṉ āṉāṉ ‡ Id-dha(r)mmattai-‡k keṭuppā‡ṉum Ik-kurā [********] [kaṅ]-
⟨7⟩ kai Iṭai-k kumari Iṭai Eḻu-nūṟṟu-k kātamuñ ‡ ceytār ‡ ceyta pāvamum Eytuvāṉ ‡ Id-dha(r)mmat¿th?ai Ira¡t!ṣittā‡¡ṉṉ! aṭi Eṉ ta[lai mēlāṉa] [**********]-
⟨8⟩ ṭi Eḻuttu

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ toḻūr-nāṭṭu-t ‡ tiru [ca. 10×] ⬦ toḻūr-nāṭṭu ta [10+] SII.

⟨2⟩ Aparāji‡taṉēṉ ⬦ Aparājitaṉēṉ SII. — ⟨2⟩ Uttara-me‡ru-c-catu(r)vveti‡-maṅkalattu vayirameka-taṭākattukku [ca. 4×] ⬦ Uttara-meru-c-caturvveti [10+] SII.

⟨3⟩ Uḷḷa ‡ tuṇaiyum [8+] [iru?] ⬦ Uḷḷa [10+] SII. — ⟨3⟩ [iru?]⟨4⟩nūṟṟu-k ⬦ [2+]⟨4⟩nūṟṟu-k SII.

⟨4⟩ I‡ṭṭu [9+] [A?] ⬦ I [9+] SII. — ⟨4⟩ [A]⟨5⟩parājitanēṉ ⬦ [1+]⟨5⟩parājitanēṉ SII.

⟨5⟩ āṭṭā‡ṇṭu-tōṟum Āṭṭuvi[ppōm āṉōm] [ca. 6+] ⬦ āṭṭā [10+] SII.

⟨6⟩ keṭuppā‡ṉum Ik-kurā [ca. 8+] [kaṅ] ⬦ keṭuppā [10+] SII. — ⟨6⟩ [kaṅ]⟨7⟩kai ⬦ [2+]⟨7⟩kai SII.

⟨7⟩ Ira¡t!⟨k⟩ṣittā‡¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ aṭi Eṉ ta[lai mēlāṉa] [ca. 10×] ⬦ Iratṣittā [10+] SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Fifteenth year of the victorious king Kampavarmaṉ.¹

⟨1–2⟩ Writ/Writing of me Aparājita, whereas I, servant (aṭiyēṉ) of Perumāṇaṭikaḷ of […] the glorious (tiru) […] in the Īkkāṭṭukkōṭṭam in the Toḻūrnāṭu.

⟨2–3⟩ I have given one thousand kaḻañcus of gold […] for the Vajramegha tank in Uttaramēruccaturvedimaṅgala in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam.

⟨3–5⟩ With these one thousand kaḻañcus of gold, each and every year, as long as earth and sun last […] ¿two? hundred kaḻañcus of gold, for this Vajramegha tank, starting in the month of Āṉi, so that three lunar months are included, […] having given (iṭṭu) these two hundred kaḻañcus of gold […] I, Aparājita.

⟨5⟩ We, the members of the assembly, so that these two hundreds kaḻañcus of gold be, in this wise, for this very tank, a pious donation (dharma) by him (ivaṉukkē²), the silt (kuḻi kutti), each and every year, we will have it removed (Āṭṭuvi[ppōm āṉōm])

⟨6⟩ […] Even if we give (aṭṭōmāyilum), he who obstructs (vilakkināṉum) ⟨this⟩ without giving (aṭṭāmai), he will become (āṉāṉ) permanently (nicati) one who attains (eytuvāṉ) the crime (pātakam) of killing (koṉṟa) like one thousand tawny cows (āyiraṅ kurāl-āka).

⟨6–7⟩ He who harms this pious donation […] he attains the entire sin done by those who do murder of ⟨one among⟩ the “Seven Hundreds” between the Ganges and Kumari.

⟨7⟩ Of him who protects this pious donation, the feet are on my head.

⟨7–8⟩ Writings of […]ṭi.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1897–98 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/42).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.325). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 217).

This revised edition, with substantial additional readings, by Emmanuel Francis from autopsy and photos (2019).

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VI: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Pages 155–156, item 325.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 562–563, item 217.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1897–98. G.O. Nos. 1093-1096, 29th August 1898. Epigraphy. Directing that the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for 1897-98 be forwarded to the Government of India, approving provisionally his programme of work for the next fields season. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1898. Page 17, appendix B/1898, item 42.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavarman.
2. Literally: for him. That is, Aparājita.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

Fifteenth year of the victorious king Kampavarmaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Kampavarman.</note>

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