Iḷaiyanallūr, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 22

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of land for providing water and fire in a god’s temple.

Palaeographic description: Medial i and ī not distinguished and interchangeable.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-15 19:40 (7e3925e), last modified 2025-09-12 19:41 (da31395).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-nanti-vi-
⟨2⟩ kk¡ī!rama-parumaṟku yā-
⟨3⟩ ṇṭu Irupatt’ iraṇ-
⟨4⟩ ṭ-āvatu cakaḷa-maṉu-
⟨5⟩ mpāṭiyum I(va)ru-
⟨6⟩ varumam v¡ī!ṇṇ¡ī!-
⟨7⟩ kkiṭiyār taṉ cē-
⟨8⟩ ¿ṇ?aikku Iṟai Illi
⟨9⟩ Iḷayaṉūr mum-
⟨10⟩ mūlaippaṭṭi taṇ-
⟨11⟩ ṇīrkkum t¡i!kkum vai-
⟨12⟩ t(ta)tu Itu kāttā-
⟨13⟩ ṉ aṭi Eṉ ṟalai
⟨14⟩ mēḻaṉa

Translation

⟨1–4⟩ Twenty-second year of the victorious king Nantivikkiramaparumaṉ.¹

⟨4–12⟩ The [land named] Mumūlaippaṭi [in] Iḷayaṉūr, [made] tax-free, … is that which … Viṇṇikkiṭiyar … has given for water and fire.

⟨12–14⟩ The feet of he who protects this [pious act] are on my head.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1992-1993 (ARIE/1992-1993/B/1992-1993/324).

Edited in No name 1991–2019 (Āvaṇam 5.1). Text in Dayalan 2005. Edited in Irācavēlu 2022.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2009).

Primary

[Āvaṇam] No name. 1991–2019. Āvaṇam. 30 vols. Tanjore: Archaeological Society. Volume 5 (July 1994), item 1.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1301, item 64.

[R] Irācavēlu, Cu. 2022. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XXI. Vēlur māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti III. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 60. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page 140, item 518/2022.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1992-1993. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1992-93. Edited by Madhav N. Katti. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1998. Page 54, appendixes B/1992-1993, item 324.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.

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