Toṇṭūr rock, donation, time of Dantivarman, year 6

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00100

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¹svasti śrī

kō-vicaya-tanti-vik=kirama-parumaṟk=ku yāṇṭ’ āṟ-āvatu

ciṅka-puranāṭṭu-k= kīḻvaḻi
²Aruvākūrōṅ kai-y eḻuttu

viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar ēṟṟuk=kuṉṟaṉār (bha)ṭṭārik=ku-p pati-
³ṉaṟu kaḻañcu poṉ ko [4+] (po)māy itaṉ poli-y-ūṭṭu-t tamak=ku viṭai pōy-p-paṭṭa
⁴Utāraṭiyaiyum nampi [6+] ñ cārtti viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar vaitta tāṉam nicati nā-
⁵ṉāḻi Arici tēci-kappāṭu [4+] m āṉōm aruvākūrōm Ipparic’ ūraik= koṇṭ’ iyaṟṟu-vataṟk=ku
⁶vārika-p-paṭṭōm kāśyaparu(m) [3+] ṇi paiyarum eṅ kuṭiyil nāyakañ ce(y)tār iyaṟṟuvār-āka A-
⁷maintōm Aṭṭi-muṭṭiyataṉāṟk=kāṟ-p-palicai Ēṟṟi viṇṇa-kō-v-araiyar akattārk=ku-k= kuṭuppō-
⁸m āṉōm itaṟ ṟiṟampil-uṇṭikaiyum paṭṭikaiyuṅ kāṭṭātē nālē kāl mutal-āka Iyṟ ṟaṇṭap-
⁹paṭa Oṭṭik=kuṭuttōm aruvākūrōm

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¹ (bha)ṭṭārik=ku-p • The reading (pa)ṭṭārik=ku-p is also possible.
⁵ ūraik= koṇṭ’ ◇ ūraikekāṇṭ’ VVA; ūraik koṇṭ’ IP • We follow here the suggestion of Mahalingam.
⁶ kāśyaparu(m) ◇ kāśyaparu(m) VVA — ⁶ [3+]ṇi paiyarum ◇ [4+]paiyarum VVA — ⁶ iyaṟṟuvār-āka ◇ iyaṟṟuv(ā)r-āka VVA • The letter vā is clear on the stone.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

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Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 with facsimile (SII 12, no. 42); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 100); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) and first (?) translated by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (2008).

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