Vēḷvikkuṭi Grant, time of Neṭuñcaṭaiyaṉ, year 3

Editors: H. Krishna Sastri, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya10002.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).

Version: (945e21f), last modified (945e21f).

Edition

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XIX. Vasantatilakā

ra¡t!⟨k⟩ṣān naraḥ parakṛtau vidadhīta vidvān

a

pādā hi dharmma-yaśasaḥ para⟨9v3=144⟩masya labdhā⟨ḥ⟩

b

dhātraiva s¡ra!⟨ṛ⟩ṣṭam akhilaM· bhuvanan tathāpi

c

ra¡t!⟨k⟩ṣant{r}i puṇyaratayaḥ p¡ra!⟨ṛ⟩thiv¡i!⟨ī⟩n narendrā⟨ḥ⟩

d
XX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨9v4=145⟩na hi bhūmi-pradānād vai

a

dānam anyad viśiṣyate

b

na cāpi bhūmi-haraṇāt

c

pāpa⟨9v5=146⟩m anyad vidhīyate

d
XXI. Anuṣṭubh

dātā daśānugrahṇāti yo

a

hare{r}d daśa hanti ca

b

Atītānāgatā⟨9v6=147⟩nī ha

c

kulāni kulanandana

d
XXII. Anuṣṭubh

svadattāM· paradattāM· vā

a

yo hareta vasundharā⟨9v7=148⟩

b

na tasya (na)rakāt ghorād

c

vidyate niṣk[ṛ]ti⟨ḥ⟩ kvacit·

d
XXIII. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vvasudhā ⟨Page 10r⟩ ⟨10r1=149⟩ dattā

a

bhujyate hi tarādhipaiḥ

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūm(i)s

c

tasya tasya ta⟨10r2=150⟩dā phalaM·

d

catvāraḥ Ime vaiṣṇave dharme ślokāḥ

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Bibliography

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1923–1924, with English translation and facsimiles (EI 17.16); in S.N. 1967, with facsimiles (PCP 1); in Krishnan 2002, with English translation and facsimiles (IEP 7).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Krishna Sastri 1923–1924 and on photos (W. Cox, 2007).

Primary

[KS] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923–1924. “Velvikudi grant of Netunjadaiyan: the third year of reign.” EI 17, pp. 291–309.

[PCP] S.N. 1967. Pāṇṭiyār ceppēṭukaḷ pattu = Ten Pandya copper-plates. Madras: Tamiḻ varalāṟṟu kaḻakam = Tamil Varalatru Kazhagam. Pages 1–48, item 1.

[K] Krishnan, K. G. 2002. Inscriptions of the early Pāṇḍyas (from c. 300 B.C. to 984 A.D.) New Delhi: ICHR & Northern Book Centre. Pages 4–15, item 7.