Vilāppākkam rock, sculpture donation, time of Dantivarman, year 50

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00085

Summary: Foundation of an image of Poṉṉiyakkiyār and Nākaṇandi by Nāraṇaṉ (Nārāyaṇa), son of Maruttuvar of Pukaḻālaimaṅkalam.

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    Edition

    1nanti-p-pōtt-araca(r)kku A¡y!⟨i⟩(m)pat-āvatu

    nāka-(ṇa)ndi-kura(var)
    2(Iru)kka poṉṉiya(k)kiy(ā)r paṭimam koṭṭuvittā(ṉ)
    3pu(ka)ḻālai-maṅka(la)ttu maruttuvar makaṉ nāraṇa-
    4ṉ

    Translation by Venkayya 1896-1897

    In the fiftieth [year] of Nandippōttaracar,— Nāraṇaṉ (Nārāyaṇa), the son of Maruttuvar↓1 of Pugaḻālaimaṅkalam, caused to be engraved an image of Poṉṉiyakkiyār, along with↓2 the preceptor (gurava)↓3 Nāgaṇandi (Nāganandin).

    Translation by Venkayya (1996-1897). Standardised according to DHARMA TG and EG.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    Fiftieth [year] of Nantippōttaracar (that is, Nandippōtaraiyar, Nandivarman).

    Nāraṇaṉ (Nārāyaṇa), son of Maruttuvar of Pukaḻālaimaṅkalam, caused to be engraved [this] image of Poṉṉiyakkiyār accompanied with (irukka) the Preceptor Nākaṇandi.

    Commentary

    1 nāka(ṇa)ndi-kura(var Iru)kka. Literally: “while the Preceptor Nākaṇandi is present”.

    Add note on the sculptures accompanying the inscription. Cf. EI.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkayya 1896–1897 (EI 4, no. 14), with facsimile and English translation; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 85); re-edited here by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on the facsimile published in Venkayya 1896–1897.

    Primary

    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    № 85, page . [siglum IP]
    Venkayya, V. 1896–1897. “Jain Rock-Inscriptions at Panchapandavamalai.” EI 4: 136–40.
    № A, pages 136–137. [siglum VV]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1894-1895. Page 10, appendix B/1895, № 10. [siglum ARIE 1894-1895]

    Notes

    ↑1. The word maruttuvaṉ means ‘a physician.’ In the present case it seems to be the proper name of a person.
    ↑2. Literally: “while there is present.”
    ↑3. On this word, which appears to be derived from the honorific plural of guru, see South-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. II. p. 251, note 3.