Kīḻūr, donation, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 11

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00124

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of perpetual lamps.

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    1svasti śrī

    (kō)-vicaiya-nanti-vikkirama-paruma-
    2ṟku (yā)ṇṭu patiṉ oṉ(ṟ-ā)vatu

    malāṭṭu-k ku-
    3ṟukkai-k-kūṟṟattu-t tiru-k-kōvalūr-t ti-
    4ruvīraṭṭāṉattu mātēvarku nantā viḷa-
    5kk’ i(ravu)m pakalu¡mm!⟨m⟩ iraṇṭu viḷakk’ erippata-
    6ṟ(ku viṭēlvi)ṭuku I(ḷaṅkō) Ati-Araiyaṉ āyi-
    7[ṉa 9*] vikramapūti makaḷ viṭē-
    8[l-viṭuku 6* ā]yiṉa cāttaṉ maṟavaṉ ṟēvi pūti
    9[10*] viṭēlviṭuku kallā⟨l⟩ ni-
    10[10*] ṉ ṉiṟai nārpatt’ eṇ ka-
    11[ḻañcu 5* pali]cai kaḻañciṉ vāy-t tiṅ-
    12[8* a]ṭṭuvat’ āka tiru-k-kōvalūr
    13[nakara]ttār [kai]y v¿ai?⟨a⟩ḻi ⟨vai⟩ttatu

    Apparatus

    6–7 āyi/[ṉa]āyi/[1*] KVSA
    7–8 viṭē/[l-viṭuku]viṭē/[4*] KVSA
    10–11 ka/[ḻañcu]ka/[3*] KVSA
    13 [nakara]ttār [3*]ttār KVSA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 Eleventh year of the victorious Pallava king Nandivikramavarman. 

    2-13

    Commentary

    Compare IP 129.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 924); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 124); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

    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 455, № 924. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 384–385, № 124. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1901-1902. Page 18, appendix B/1902, № 295. [siglum ARIE]