Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, pillar, time of Kampavarman, year 18

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00508.

Summary: Donation of gold for upkeeping a perpetual lamp.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (f2f3eaa), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ kampa-va(r)mmaṟku ⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu patiṉ ⟨4⟩ Eṭṭāvatu

maṉai(yiṟ)⟨5⟩-kōṭṭattu maṉai(yi)⟨6⟩[5+] ṇṭaṅ kiḻavarkaḷil ra⟨7⟩[5+] l ciyacarmaṉ brāhmaṇi ⟨8⟩ naṅkai-p perumāṉ ⟨9⟩ tiru-v-iḻiccil subra⟨10⟩hmaṇya-bhaṭāra⟨r⟩kku nantā-viḷa⟨11⟩kkukku kuṭutta poṉ pattu

I⟨12⟩p-poṉṉālum vanta Aṟu-patiṉā⟨13⟩ḻi Eṇṇaiyum Āṭṭā⟨14⟩ṇṭu tōṟum tiru-viḷakku ⟨15⟩ muṭṭāmai-y Eriya [10+] vai⟨16⟩ppōm āṉōm sapaiyōm

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ °va(r)mmaṟku ⬦ °varmmaṟku R1; °varmmarku R2; vaṟmarku B.

⟨7⟩ brāhmaṇi ⬦ pirāhmaṇi R1; brhamani R2; pirāmaṇi B.

⟨9⟩ subra⟨10⟩hmaṇya-bhaṭāra⟨r⟩kku ⬦ supra⟨11⟩hmaṇya paṭārarkku R1; subra⟨11⟩hmaṇya batararkku R2; cuprama⟨11⟩ṇya paṭārarkku B.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(2–3) Eighteenth year of Kampavarman.

(4–12) [There are] ten kaḻañcus of gold that ..., the Brahmin [spouse] of ... gave for a perpetual lamp for the glorious Subrahmaṇya ...

(12–16) We, the members of the assembly, have become those who will ...

Bibliography

Edited in Irājavēl 2006 (Āvaṇam 17.23.3), in Rajavelu 2008, in Badhreenath 2015. Both editions count 17 lines of text, but the photo published in Rajavelu 2008 (fig. 4, p. 180) shows that there is no missing line 8.

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on a photo published in Rajavelu 2008 (fig. 4, p. 180) and, otherwise, on the previous editions, none sufficiently reliable. The distinction between vowel akṣaras and markers, and between Grantha and Tamil letters, cannot be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[R1] Irājavēl, Cu. 2006. “cāluvaṅkuppam cila putiya kalveṭṭukaḷ.” Āvaṇam 17, pp. 127–129. Page 129, item 3.

[R2] Rajavelu, S. 2008. “Recent discoveries near Mamallapuram.” In: Airāvati: Felicitation volume in honour of Iravatham Mahadevan. Chennai: Varalaaru.com, pp. 177–190. Page 183, item 3.

[B] Badhreenath, Sathyabhama. 2015. Śāḷuvan̤kuppam excavations 2005-07. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 152–153, item 4.