Malaiyaṭippaṭṭi pillar inscription, time of Dantivarman, year 16

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00106

Summary: Foundation of a temple (taḷi) and installation of the deity ( bhaṭārar) by Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ alias Viṭēlviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ.

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The puḷḷi is used. Medial i and medial ī are not clearly distinguished and are interchangeable.

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    1(sva)(s)ti (ś)r(ī)

    kō-vicaya-tanti-par(·)maṟ{k(·)}ku yāṇ·ṭu pa-
    2tiṉ-āṟ-(ā)vatu

    viṭēlviṭuku muttaraiyaṉ-ākiya
    3kuvāvaṉ· cāt·taṉ-ēṉ· Tiruvālat·tūr· ma(lai)
    4taḷi-y-āka kuṭain·tu bhaṭārarai pratiṣṭhai ce-
    5ytu It·-taḷiyai [?6×] -k
    6[?5×] (kīḻ-ceṅ)kaḷi-nāṭṭu nāṭṭā-
    7[?8×] nāṭṭārkku ceyta (sa)-
    8[?15×]

    Apparatus

    1 (sva)(s)ti (ś)r(ī) ◇ svasti śrī IPS
    5 It·-taḷiyai ◇ Itt¿ā?⟨a⟩ḷiyai IPS — 5 [?6×] -k ◇ [?8×] IPS
    6 (kīḻ-ceṅ)kaḷi-nāṭṭu ◇ kīḻ-ceṅkaḷi-nāṭṭuu IPS

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 Sixteen year of the victorious king Dantivarman. 

    2-5 I, Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ, alias Viṭēlviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ, having scooped the hill [at] Tiruvāvattūr as a temple and having installed the lord (bhaṭārar↓1 ), this temple [...] the members of the nāṭu assembly of the Eastern Ceṅkaḷināṭu [...] that [...] has done for/to the members of the nāṭu [...]

    Commentary

    Note on the identity of Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ. See IP, fn1.

    Note on Ceṅkaḻināṭu. See IP, fn2.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929 (IPS no. 18); translated in Srinivasa Aiyar 1941 (IPS no. 18); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 106); re-edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on photographs.

    Primary

    Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State Arranged According to Dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar.
    Page 11, № 18. [siglum IPS]
    Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1941. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai State: Translated into English. Part I: Early, Pallava and Cola Inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar.
    Page 20, № 18. [siglum KRSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 348, № 106. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Chronological List of Inscriptions of the Pudukkóttai State Arranged According to Dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar.
    Page 2, № 18.
    ARIE 1969-1970. Page 54, appendix B/1969–70, № 54.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, Skt. bhaṭṭa.