Kīḻūr, Vīraṭṭānēśvara, rock, time of Nandivarman III, year 4

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00118

Summary: Donation (16 kaḻañcus of gold) for a perpetual lamp in honour of the Mahādeva of the Tiruviraṭṭānam at Tirukkōvalūr.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-(vicaiya)-nanti-vi(kkira)-
    2ma-parumaṟku yāṇṭu nāl-āvatu

    tiru-
    3-k-kōvalūr tiru-viraṭṭānattu mā-
    4-tēvarkku naṉtā viḷakkiṉu-
    5kku Ati-(Araiya)-maṅkalattu
    6tirunilai-kiḻa[vaṉ ?5*] kaṉṉa[ṉ kuṭu]-
    7tta poṉ [?5*] ma [?1*] ma [?2*]
    8pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ aṟu kaḻa(ñcu)

    (I)p-po¡(n)-
    9n!
    ⟨ṉ⟩i¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ukku nicatam Uri-y ne-
    10y poliyūṭṭ’ āka

    Aṭṭa vaittatu


    11kāttār kayy uḻutu kuṭu⟨t⟩tu


    12Ip-poṉ panmāyeśvara-⟨ra⟩kṣai

    Apparatus

    7 tirunilaikiḻa[vaṉ ?5*] kaṉṉa[ṉ kuṭu]tirunilaikiḻa [7*] kaṉṉa [2*] KVSA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2Fourth year of the victorious king Nandivikramavarman.

    2-8[As for] the sixteen kaḻañcus [...] of gold that Tirunilaikiḻa[vaṉ ...] Kaṉṉa[ṉ] of Atiyaraimaṅkalam [gave] for a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the Tiruviṭṭānam at Tirukkōvalūr.

    8-10With this gold there shall be poured daily [out of its] interest one uri of ghee.

    10[Thus] has it been given.

    11 ... (kāttār kayy uḻutu kuṭu⟨t⟩tu)

    12This gold [is under] the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 929); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 118); encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020).

    Primary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume VII: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada Countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch.
    Page 456, № 929. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    № 118, page 367. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1901-1902. Page 18, appendix B/1902, № 300. [siglum ARIE 1901-1902]