Tiruccāṉūr, donation, time of Dantivarman, year 51

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00111

Summary: Donation of 30 kaḻañcus of gold for the upkeep of a permanent lamp.

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    1svasti śrī

    ko-vicaiya-danti-vikrama¡r!⟨ṟ⟩ku yāṇṭu ¿a?⟨ai⟩mpatt-oṉṟ-āvatu

    tiru-ve(ṅ)-
    2kaṭa-k-kōṭṭattu-k kuṭavūr-nāṭṭut ti⟨ru⟩-c-cōkiṉūr-t tiru-vēṅkaṭattu (E)m-perumāṉaṭikaḷuk-
    3ku Eḻunt-aruḷuvitta tiru-v-iḷaṅkōyi(ṟ) perumāṉaṭikaḷukku-c cōḻa-nāṭṭu-(c) cōḻaṉār
    4Ulaka-perumāṉār vaitta tiru-viḷakku mutal mu-p-patiṉ kaḻañcu

    im-mutalukk-āka-k karukki-
    5paṭṭi Ip-poṉṉukku-k koṇṭu ku⟨ṭu⟩ttu-t tiru-viḷakku vaippittōm |

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1Prosperity! Fortune!

    1Fifty-first year of the victorious king Dantivikramavarman.

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    4-5

    Commentary

    2Note on Kuṭavūr-nāṭu.

    3Note on tiruviḷaṅkōyil.

    4Note on Ulaka-perumāṉār.

    Bibliography

    Edited and translated in TTDI, with facsimile ; re-edited by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 43); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 111); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with Introductory Notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press.
    Pages 17–18, № 43. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 358–359, № 111. [siglum IP]