SII 12.125: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 125. (A.R. No. 296 of 1912). ATTI, CHEYYAR TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE AGASTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is a set of six verses in Tamil in the Kaṭṭaḷaikkalittuṟai metre praising the greatness of Pallavāṇḍār alias Kāḍavarāyar ‘who conquered Toṇḍai-maṇḍalam’ and who was the son of Kūḍal Āḷappiṟandāṉ alias Kāḍavarāyar. He is called Pallavaṉ, Kāḍavar-kōṉ, Kūḍal-maṉṉavar and one of the verses alludes to the battle at Śēvūr, probably identical with Mēl-Śēvūr in the Tindivanam taluk of the South Arcot district, where he slew a large number of his enemies and ‘created mountains of dead bodies and swelling rivers of blood’. His opponent on the battle-field at Śēvūr is not specified, but the result was the conquest of Toṇḍai-nāḍu which included Peṇṇai-nāḍu, Vaḍa-Vēṅgaḍam and Kachchi ‘surrounded by the sea’. That Pallavāṇḍār also defeated the northern powers is indicated by a verse stating that the ‘northern kings who did not come and make obeisance to the Kāḍava, could not find even a hill or a forest to which they could flee for refuge’.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kūṭal Āḷappiṟantāṉāṉa kāṭavarāyar makaṉār toṇṭaimaṇṭalaṅ
⟨2⟩ koṇṭa pallavāṇṭārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kalveṭṭu [||] taṅko nakarpeṟat tampulitāmpeṟat tāḷ
⟨3⟩ vaṇaṅkiya ceṅkol vaḷaikkai yarivaiyaroṭum (A)ṭiyuṅ kaiyum paṅkeruka maṉṉa pallavaṉ kāṭava-
⟨4⟩ ṉ pārmuḻutā ḷeṅkoṉṉu(m) tan toḷiliṭa maṉṉarem maṉṉare ||~ ⟨1⟩ porutikki luñ ceṉṟu por-
⟨5⟩ veṉṟa pallavaṉ kāṭavarkoṉ karutip (p)orc ceṉṟu cevūriṉiṟ tirukkaṇ civakkap parutikku melu muyar piṇakkuṉ-
⟨6⟩ ṟiṟ parantiḻinta kurutip puṉaltoṇṭai naṉṉāṭṭaṅkaluṅ koṇṭatuve ||~ ⟨2⟩ kūrāḻi yentiya pallavaṟkuk
⟨7⟩ kūṭal maṉṉavaṟkup pārāḻi cūḻnticaiparikku(p) panti paṇṭaṭaitta nirāḻi veḻaṅkaṇīrāṭu māmaṭuniṉṟa
⟨8⟩ k(oṟṟap) perāḻi veṟpivaṉ ceṅkol naṭakkum peruvaḻiye ||~ ⟨3⟩ toḻu(ti)yalā maṉṉar
⟨9⟩ toṇṭait tirunāṭu koṇṭavarur kaḻutiyalakkaṇṭa kāṭavaṉ pallavaṉ kāciṉi-
⟨10⟩ meṟ paḻutiyalāt taṉicceṅkol naṭāttip parākramañ ceṉṟeḻutiya tūṇa-
⟨11⟩ ṅka ḷeṇṭicai cūḻnta veḻakiriye ||~ ⟨4⟩ kaimmalai veḷḷak kaṭaṟpaṭaip pallava-
⟨12⟩ ṉ kāṭavar tañ cemmalai vantu paṇiyā vaṭamaṉṉar ceṉaiviṭṭuttammalai viṭṭup puṟama-
⟨13⟩ lai velittalattuḷañcā temmalaiyeccurattup pukuvār pukkiruppataṟke ||~ ⟨5⟩ vaṇṭaṟ puṉaṟ
⟨14⟩ peṇṇaināṭuṭaiyāṉ vaṭaveṅkaṭaveṟpa(ṉ) toṇṭaittirunāṭu toḷvaliyāṟ koṇ-
⟨15⟩ ṭa toṇṭai maṉṉaṉ kaṇṭaṟa kaṭaṟkaccip pallavaṉ kāṭa⟨⟨(va)⟩⟩ṉ kāriruḷiṟ paṇṭappiramavark kaṉpilā⟨p⟩ po-
⟨16⟩ ¡(ṉ)!patāmpuyaṉe ||~ ⟨6⟩ Ik kalveṭ ṭaḻippāṉ taṉ vaṅśattut taṉ pitāvukkup piṟavātāṉ [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||]

kūṭal Āḷappiṟantāṉāṉa kāṭavarāyar makaṉār toṇṭaimaṇṭalaṅ ⟨2⟩ koṇṭa pallavāṇṭārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kalveṭṭu [||]

1. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

taṅko nakarpeṟat tampulitāmpeṟat tāḷ ⟨3⟩ vaṇaṅkiya

ceṅkol vaḷaikkai yarivaiyaroṭum (A)ṭiyuṅ kaiyum

paṅkeruka maṉṉa pallavaṉ kāṭava⟨4⟩ṉ pārmuḻutā

ḷeṅkoṉṉu(m) tan toḷiliṭa maṉṉarem maṉṉare ||~ ⟨1⟩

2. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

porutikki luñ ceṉṟu por⟨5⟩veṉṟa pallavaṉ kāṭavarkoṉ

karutip (p)orc ceṉṟu cevūriṉiṟ tirukkaṇ civakkap

parutikku melu muyar piṇakkuṉ⟨6⟩ṟiṟ parantiḻinta

kurutip puṉaltoṇṭai naṉṉāṭṭaṅkaluṅ koṇṭatuve ||~ ⟨2⟩

3. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

kūrāḻi yentiya pallavaṟkuk ⟨7⟩ kūṭal maṉṉavaṟkup

pārāḻi cūḻnticaiparikku(p) panti paṇṭaṭaitta

nirāḻi veḻaṅkaṇīrāṭu māmaṭuniṉṟa ⟨8⟩ k(oṟṟap)

perāḻi veṟpivaṉ ceṅkol naṭakkum peruvaḻiye ||~ ⟨3⟩

4. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

toḻu(ti)yalā maṉṉar ⟨9⟩ toṇṭait tirunāṭu koṇṭavarur

kaḻutiyalakkaṇṭa kāṭavaṉ pallavaṉ kāciṉi⟨10⟩meṟ

paḻutiyalāt taṉicceṅkol naṭāttip parākramañ ceṉ

ṟeḻutiya tūṇa⟨11⟩ṅka ḷeṇṭicai cūḻnta veḻakiriye ||~ ⟨4⟩

5. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

kaimmalai veḷḷak kaṭaṟpaṭaip pallava⟨12⟩ṉ kāṭavar tañ

cemmalai vantu paṇiyā vaṭamaṉṉar ceṉaiviṭṭut

tammalai viṭṭup puṟama⟨13⟩lai velittalattuḷañcā

temmalaiyeccurattup pukuvār pukkiruppataṟke ||~ ⟨5⟩

6. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

vaṇṭaṟ puṉaṟ ⟨14⟩ peṇṇaināṭuṭaiyāṉ vaṭaveṅkaṭaveṟpa(ṉ)

toṇṭaittirunāṭu toḷvaliyāṟ koṇ⟨15⟩ṭa toṇṭai maṉṉaṉ

kaṇṭaṟa kaṭaṟkaccip pallavaṉ kāṭa⟨⟨(va)⟩⟩ṉ kāriruḷiṟ

paṇṭappiramavark kaṉpilā⟨p⟩ po⟨16⟩⟨ṟ⟩patāmpuyaṉe ||~ ⟨6⟩

Ik kalveṭ ṭaḻippāṉ taṉ vaṅśattut taṉ pitāvukkup piṟavātāṉ [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||]

kūṭal Āḷappiṟantāṉāṉa kāṭavarāyar makaṉār toṇṭaimaṇṭalaṅ ⟨2⟩ koṇṭa pallavāṇṭārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kalveṭṭu [||]

1. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

taṅko nakarpeṟat tampulitāmpeṟat tāḷ ⟨3⟩ vaṇaṅkiya

ceṅkol vaḷaikkai yarivaiyaroṭum (A)ṭiyuṅ kaiyum

paṅkeruka maṉṉa pallavaṉ kāṭava⟨4⟩ṉ pārmuḻutā

ḷeṅkoṉṉu(m) tan toḷiliṭa maṉṉarem maṉṉare ||~ ⟨1⟩

2. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

porutikki luñ ceṉṟu por⟨5⟩veṉṟa pallavaṉ kāṭavarkoṉ

karutip (p)orc ceṉṟu cevūriṉiṟ tirukkaṇ civakkap

parutikku melu muyar piṇakkuṉ⟨6⟩ṟiṟ parantiḻinta

kurutip puṉaltoṇṭai naṉṉāṭṭaṅkaluṅ koṇṭatuve ||~ ⟨2⟩

3. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

kūrāḻi yentiya pallavaṟkuk ⟨7⟩ kūṭal maṉṉavaṟkup

pārāḻi cūḻnticaiparikku(p) panti paṇṭaṭaitta

nirāḻi veḻaṅkaṇīrāṭu māmaṭuniṉṟa ⟨8⟩ k(oṟṟap)

perāḻi veṟpivaṉ ceṅkol naṭakkum peruvaḻiye ||~ ⟨3⟩

4. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

toḻu(ti)yalā maṉṉar ⟨9⟩ toṇṭait tirunāṭu koṇṭavarur

kaḻutiyalakkaṇṭa kāṭavaṉ pallavaṉ kāciṉi⟨10⟩meṟ

paḻutiyalāt taṉicceṅkol naṭāttip parākramañ ceṉ

ṟeḻutiya tūṇa⟨11⟩ṅka ḷeṇṭicai cūḻnta veḻakiriye ||~ ⟨4⟩

5. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

kaimmalai veḷḷak kaṭaṟpaṭaip pallava⟨12⟩ṉ kāṭavar tañ

cemmalai vantu paṇiyā vaṭamaṉṉar ceṉaiviṭṭut

tammalai viṭṭup puṟama⟨13⟩lai velittalattuḷañcā

temmalaiyeccurattup pukuvār pukkiruppataṟke ||~ ⟨5⟩

6. Kaṭṭalaikkalittuṟai

vaṇṭaṟ puṉaṟ ⟨14⟩ peṇṇaināṭuṭaiyāṉ vaṭaveṅkaṭaveṟpa(ṉ)

toṇṭaittirunāṭu toḷvaliyāṟ koṇ⟨15⟩ṭa toṇṭai maṉṉaṉ

kaṇṭaṟa kaṭaṟkaccip pallavaṉ kāṭa⟨⟨(va)⟩⟩ṉ kāriruḷiṟ

paṇṭappiramavark kaṉpilā⟨p⟩ po⟨16⟩¡(ṉ)!⟨ṟ⟩patāmpuyaṉe ||~ ⟨6⟩

Ik kalveṭ ṭaḻippāṉ taṉ vaṅśattut taṉ pitāvukkup piṟavātāṉ [||]

Apparatus

⟨15⟩ kāṭa⟨⟨(va)⟩⟩ṉ • The letter va is engraved below the line.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.125 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 62, item 125.

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<p>kūṭal Āḷappiṟantāṉāṉa kāṭavarāyar makaṉār toṇṭaimaṇṭalaṅ

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<l n="1">taṅko nakarpeṟat tampulitāmpeṟat tāḷ

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<l n="2">ceṅkol vaḷaikkai yarivaiyaroṭum <unclear>A</unclear>ṭiyuṅ kaiyum</l>

<l n="3">paṅkeruka maṉṉa pallavaṉ kāṭava

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<l n="1">porutikki luñ ceṉṟu por

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<l n="2">karutip <unclear>p</unclear>orc ceṉṟu cevūriṉiṟ tirukkaṇ civakkap</l>

<l n="3">parutikku melu muyar piṇakkuṉ

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<l n="2">kaḻutiyalakkaṇṭa kāṭavaṉ pallavaṉ kāciṉi

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