Kāvērippākkam, time of Kampavarman, year 17

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for a daily food offering.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00220.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00220.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-kampa(va)rmma⟨r⟩(k)ku yāṇṭu patiṉ ēḻ-(āvatu) (paṭuvūrkō)ṭṭattu-k kāvati-p-pāk-
⟨2⟩ kam-ākiya Avaṉi-nārāyaṇa-c-caturvveti-maṅkalattu-c ciṟṟampalattu-p peru-makkaḷ kaṭai-
⟨3⟩ kāṭci-y-āka-t tiru-(vā)naṅkamuti tamakkai nampirāṭṭi viruttū(ṇar)kku vaitta poṉ [**] Ēḻu-⟨nū⟩¡tt!u mu-p-
⟨4⟩ -pat(t’ aṟu) kaḻañcu Ip-poṉṉāl vanta viruttiyāl nicati oru viruttūṇar uṇpat-āka vaittāḷ Itu
⟨5⟩ (Ā)candrakālamum muṭṭāmai Ūṭṭuvippat-āka-(y i)p-peru-makka(ḷ ka)ṭai-k kāṇpār āṉār It-tarmmamuṭṭil k¿e?ṅkai-y-i--
⟨6⟩ ṭai-k kumari-y iṭai-c ceytār ceyta pāvam pa(ṭu)vār āṉār Id-dharmma⟨m⟩ rakṣi⟨t⟩tār kāl eṉ muṭi mēlaṉa

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ [2×] • In SII’s edition two symbols are printed, apparently reproducing what is visible on the stone and looking like 100 and 1. SII notes: “This symbol probably stands for the figure 736.” As 736 kaḻañcus is a very unusual amount, an alternative reading could be: 36 Eḻuttu muppattāṟu. The word eḻuttu would be preceded by the figures in symbol and by the same figures in letters.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Seventeenth year of the victorious king Kampavarmar.¹

⟨1–3⟩ The gold that ... gave ...: seven hundred thirty-six kaḻañcus.

⟨4⟩ With the interest that came through this gold, she gave ...

⟨4–5⟩ This ...

⟨5–6⟩ If ...

⟨6⟩ The feet (kāl²) of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1905–06 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/391).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 with visual documentation (SII 12.104). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 220).

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 47–48, item 104.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 568, item 220.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1905–06. G.O. No. 492, 2nd July 1906. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1905-1906, and directing that the report be forwarded to the Government of India. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1906. Page 25, appendix B/1905, item 391.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavarman.
2. Note the use of the word kāl, instead of the usual word aṭi.

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