Kāñcīpuram copper plate, Jovian year Vikāri

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00201.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00201.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:24 (69e3379), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (b80acdf).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨1r1=1⟩ śubham astu yāvac (c)andrasya sūryyau tāvad ṭiṣṭadi medani yāvad rāma-kathā lo-

⟨1r2=2⟩ ke tāvad rāñjyaṃ vibhiṣaṇaṃ ↝ Alakil aṇṭamuñ cila vaḻintu maṟṟ’ aṇṭā-

⟨1r3=3⟩ ṇṭamuñ ...

⟨Page 1v⟩
⟨1v1=55⟩ ... kāmāṭci-
⟨1v55=99⟩ -y-ammaṉ ca(ṉi)ya-tāṉ(attiṟ) kaluṅ kāvēriy¿i?m pullum pūmiyum uḷḷa varaikkum āṇṭaṉ a-
⟨1v56=100⟩ (ṉ)upa(vi)ttu-k koḷvīr ākavum eṉṟu Eḻuti-k kuṭuṭta tāmpūra-cātaṉa[m/ñ] cāṭṣi kāṃāṭci-y-amma-
⟨1v57=101⟩ ṉ (Ā)kāca(p)āṇi pū-mā-tēvi cantira-cūriyāḷ ivāḷ cāṭṣi-y-āka cāṟanta-kulam iruva-
⟨1v58=102⟩ tti-ṉālu⟨m⟩ ma(ṉ)aiyārun tāmpūra-cātaṉam eḻuti kuṭuttōm inta-t taṟma[t/tt]uku vākku-c-cakā-
⟨1v59=103⟩ (yañ ca)rīra-cakāyam aṟtta-cakāyam inta-t taṟma paripāli(ṉa)⟨ñ⟩ ceyta pērkaḷ kāci-keṅkaiyil
⟨1v60=104⟩ (ṣ)[t/n]āṉa ce(y)tu kā(c)i-vicuva-ṉātaraiyum viṣālāṣṣiyaiyuñ cevi(tta) palaṉ peṟuv(ā)-
⟨1v61=105⟩ (r) ākavun ta(ṉu)-k-koṭiyil ṣtāṉa ceytu rāma-liṅkattaiyum pacuv[ātā]-pattiṉi-
⟨1v62=106⟩ (yai)yuñ cevi(tta) palaṉ peṟuvār ākavum intat taṟma(tt)ukku y-iṭaṅ-kēṭu ceyta pērkaḷu-
⟨1v63=107⟩ m nintiṉai cey(ta) pērkaḷuṅ k(ā)ṣi-pār[u/ā]vatattil 68 civālaiyattil 100 8-t tiru-p-patiyil-k
⟨1v64=108⟩ keṅkai-k karaiyil-p piramaṇaṉaiyuṅ kār-ām-pacuvaiyuṅ koṉṟa tōṣattilē[y/yu] mā-
⟨1v65=109⟩ tā-p-pitāvaiyuṅ kuruvaiyuṅ kuruvaiyuṅ koṉṟa tōṣattil aṭaivār ākavum (a)-
⟨1v66=110⟩ (p-paṭi) v(ā)rāmal (a)ttaṟma-paripāliṉ(a)⟨ñ⟩ ceytu varuvār āk¿i?vum y-ēkāmp[ār/arar] kāmāṣṣi-y-am-
⟨1v67=111⟩ maṉ cakā([y])am ↝ śrī-rāma-cuvāmi cakāyam ↝

Translation

⟨1⟩ Let ther be goodness!

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Edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on photos (Melikian Foundation, 2014).

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kāmāṭci

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eṉṟu Eḻuti-k kuṭuṭta tāmpūra-cātaṉa[m/ñ] cāṭṣi kāṃāṭci-y-amma

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inta-t taṟma[t/tt]uku vākku-c-cakā

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intat taṟma<unclear>tt</unclear>ukku y-iṭaṅ-kēṭu ceyta pērkaḷu

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y-ēkāmp[ār/arar] kāmāṣṣi-y-am

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