Vēḷañcēri plates, time of Aparājita, year 9

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00390.

Hand description:

Grantha. Medial o instead of medial au.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (61a9e6c), last modified (c535aa0).

Edition

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Plates

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=1⟩ svasti śrī

I

lakṣmī⟨ḥ⟩ śrītānimiṣam ujvala-śaṃkha-cakraM

a

pracchāya-vidru⟨1v2=2⟩ma-latādharam añjanā-bhaM

b

sindhoḥ surāsura-vinirmmadhitād ivānyaṃ

c

sindhuṃ ⟨1v3=3⟩ yay¡o!⟨au⟩ yam avatāt sa janārdano vaḥ

d

⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=⟩ ⟨Page 3v1⟩ ⟨3v1=⟩ ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=48⟩ ...

... ⟨4r1=49⟩ ... ⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨4v1=62⟩ ... ⟨4v13=74⟩ ...

I

... ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r1=75⟩ ...

a

... ⟨5r8=82⟩ ...

I-praśasti ceyta kāśyapa-gotrattu prāvaccaṉan-sūtrattu-p pōtiṉi mahādeva⟨5r9=83⟩-bhaṭṭar peṟṟatu n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-nilam paṭṭi

I-praśasti Eḻutiṉa vicayaṇṇaṉ peṟṟatu n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-nilam paṭṭi ⟨5r9=84⟩

paṭṭainākaṉ makaṉ viṭēlviṭuku peruṅkaṉnāṉ tirumukam aṭṭi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩amaiyil peṟṟa paṅk’ oṉṟu ()

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Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1977-1978 (ARIE/1977-1978/A/1977-1978/20), in Francis 2013 (IR 92).

Edited in Nagaswamy 1979. Sanskrit text and French translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 66).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

Primary

[N] Nagaswamy, R. 1979. Tiruttani and Velanjeri copper plates. TNSDA publication 55. Madras: State Department of Archaeology; Government of Tamil Nadu. [URL].

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris. Pages 758–773, item 66.

Secondary

ARIE 1977-1978. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1977-78. Edited by K. G. Krishnan. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1986. Appendix A/1977-1978/20, pp. 6, 35.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l'Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IVème-IXème siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Pages 302–303, item IR 92.