Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, pillar, no king, year lost

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00524.

Summary: Donation of land for offering food during a festival.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (117d0d9), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

yāṇ⟨2⟩ṭ’ ēḻ-āvatu

peruñ-caṭṭi Āṟṟulaka nārāyaṇa⟨3⟩-śarmaṉ talai-p-pali⟨4⟩-viḻāvukku kuṭutta tō⟨5⟩ṭṭan kiḻāṉ ceṟuvum catan⟨6⟩maṇ kollaiyil kālam u⟨7⟩tuvārkkum paṭṭiyum ⟨8⟩ kuṭuttar-k

kāṇiyar ko⟨9⟩ṟṟa-śarma-cataṅkaviya⟨10⟩ṟum viṟṟu-k koṇṭa paḷ⟨11⟩la-c ceṟuvum It-tiru-vi⟨12⟩ḻavukkē kuṭuttar

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) Seventh year.

Bibliography

Edited in Rajavelu 2008, in Badhreenath 2015.

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on the previous editions, none sufficiently reliable and with notable variant readings. The distinction between vowel akṣaras and markers, and between Grantha and Tamil letters, cannot be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition (based on conjectural reading of Rajavelu 2008) is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[R] Rajavelu, S. 2008. “Recent discoveries near Mamallapuram.” In: Airāvati: Felicitation volume in honour of Iravatham Mahadevan. Chennai: Varalaaru.com, pp. 177–190. Page 184, item 5.

[B] Badhreenath, Sathyabhama. 2015. Śāḷuvan̤kuppam excavations 2005-07. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 155–156, item 8.