Kalciṟunākalūr, time of Nantippōttaraiyar, year 6

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of paddy (nellu) for maintaining a tank (ēri).

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00439.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00439.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:33 (d9e9623), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (ecb0276).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī nan=ti-⟨p⟩-pōttaraica-
⟨2⟩ (r){(acaru)} yāṇṭu Āṟ-āva-
⟨3⟩ tu muṉaiyaraiyar-nāṭṭu-
⟨4⟩ -p perumāṉār cēvakar
⟨5⟩ naruṅkalattu (pērā)l i-
⟨6⟩ ṭu nellu ce […] r ē-
⟨7⟩ rik(ki)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ nan=ti-⟨p⟩-pōttaraica⟨2⟩(r){(acaru)} ⬦ natipōttarai ca⟨2⟩(racaru) V.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ Sixth year of Nantippōttaraicar.¹

⟨3–6⟩ The rice that the servant of Perumāṉār of the Muṉaiyaraiyarnāṭu, placed (iṭu²) in Naruṅkalam (naruṅkalattu pēr-āl³), for the tank […] .

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 2000–01 (ARIE/2000-2001/B/2000-2001/5187).

Edited in Vīrarākavaṉ & Vīrarākavaṉ 1999 (Āvaṇam 10.8), with a picture. Text in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[V] Vīrarākavaṉ, Ci. & Maṅkaiyarkkaraci Vīrarākavaṉ. 1999. “pallava nantivarmaṉiṉ (?) kalveṭṭu.” Āvaṇam 10, p. 14. Item 8.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1293, item 58.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 2000–01. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 2000-01. Edited by T. S. Ravishankar. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 2015. Pages 4, 104, appendixes B/2000-2001, item 518.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraicar. That is, the Pallava king Dantin.
2. Grammatically, a viṉaitokai to nellu.
3. Literally: through the name of Naruṅkalam.

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Fortune!

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