Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, Valmīkanātha temple, time of Aparājitavarman, year 5

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00344.

Summary: Krishnamacharlu 1942 (p. 24): “Damaged. Registers a gift of gold by a certain Kuṭṭiyāḷi Brahmādhirājaṉ for burning a lamp in the temple.” Krishnamacharlu 1942 (p. 87): “The last Pallava king Aparājita is represented by a single inscription (No. 165) from Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. It is dated in his 5th year and registers a gift of 30 kaḻañcus of gold by Kuṭṭiyāḷi Brahmādhirājaṉ of Tirukkaṭavūr-nāṭu in Muṭṭukkūr-nāṭu, for a perpetual lamp to the god Mahādeva at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. It is stated that the endowed amount was deposited with the sabhā of Maṇali, bearing interest at the rate of 3 mañcāṭis per kaḻañcu per month, which works out at 15 per cent per annum.”

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (dc2ee33), last modified (213c6e6).

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Bibliography

Reported in Krishnamacharlu 1942 (ARIE/1937-1938/B/1937-1938/165) and in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 344).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

Primary

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 344, page 743.

Secondary

Krishnamacharlu, C. R. 1942. Annual report on South Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1938. Delhi: Government of India. Pages 24, 87 (§25), appendixes B/1937-1938, item 165.