Kīḻmuṭṭukūr, time of Narasiṁhavarman, year 18

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of land to an individual.

Palaeographic description: Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00255.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00255.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī kō-vicaiya-naraciṅka-parumaṟku-
⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu patiṉ eṭṭ-āvatu caṉm(ā)tu-
⟨3⟩ raṉ tam aṭi vārantara-cāṭṭaiyaṉārk=ku mu-
⟨4⟩ k=kuṭ¡u!r Avar-uṭaiya puṉ-pulamun naṉ-pula EI kkuṭūr-
⟨5⟩ mum Avar irunta maṉai¡-U!m (pā) pu
⟨6⟩ ceytat’ oṉṟu kai-nn¡i!riṟ pey EI nnīriṟ-
⟨7⟩ tu piramatāyaṅ koṭuttēm I-
⟨8⟩ tu kāttār (kā)ṉ mēla-v eṉ-
⟨9⟩ (ra)lai Aṟa ma(ṟavaṟka)

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ mu⟨4⟩k=kuṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩r ⬦ mu⟨4⟩kkuṭūr EH.

⟨5⟩ (pā) ⬦ (pā) EH • EH notes: “This symbol is perhaps an archaic form of the figure ‘6.’” — ⟨5⟩ pu ⬦ pu EH • EH notes: “This is probably an abbreviation for paṇam. A similar one is still in use; compare South-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I. Nos. 52 and 55.”

⟨6⟩ kai-nn¡i!⟨ī⟩riṟ ⬦ kai-nnīriṟ EH.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1–2⟩ Eighteenth year of the victorious king Naraciṅkaparumaṉ.¹

⟨3–7⟩ We have given ...

⟨7–9⟩ The feet (kāl²) of he who protects this donation are on my feet.

⟨3–9⟩ Do not forget charity.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1895–96 (ARIE/1895-1896/B/1896/3).

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1896–1897 (EI 4.22A), with a photo and visual documentation (plates facing p. 178 and 182). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 255).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Hultzsch 1896–1897.

Primary

[EH] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1896–1897. “Three Tamil inscriptions at Kil-Muttugur.” EI 4, pp. 177–179. Pages 177–178.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 630, item 255.

Secondary

ARIE 1895–96. G.O. Nos. 814-15, 6th August 1896. Epigraphy. Reviewing the report on epigraphical work accomplished during 1895-96 and directing ist transmission to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1896. Page 8, appendix B/1896, item 3.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Narasiṁhavarman.
2. Note the use of kāl instead of the more usual aṭi.

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Do not forget charity.

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