Kīḻūr, donation, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 16

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00129

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

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    1svasti śrī

    k(ō)-vicaiya-na(n)tivik-
    2kirama-parumaṟku yāṇṭu pati(ṉ-ā)ṟāvatu


    3malāṭṭu-k kuṟukkai-k kūṟṟattu-t ti-
    4rukkōvalūr-t ti[ruvīraṭṭā]ṉat-
    5tu mā-tē(va)rk[k’ oru nantā vi]ḷa[kku]
    6Iravum pakalu[m cantirātittavarai Erippa]-
    7taṟku teṉṉavaṉ iḷa[ṅkō-vēḷār-āyiṉa]
    8maṟavam pūti vaitta [poṉ] viṭēl-
    9viṭuku tī-p-pōkku-c (cem-poṉ)
    10Irupattu nāṟ kaḻañcu ni[ṟai]


    11Itaṉ palicai kaḻañciṟ pērtt’ itu [nā]-
    12ḷ Uriy ney Aṭṭuvatāka tirukkōva-
    13lūr (na)karattār kaivaḻi vaiytta-
    14tu

    Apparatus

    7 teṉṉavaṉ ◇ te(ṉṉava)ṉ KVSA; teṉṉavaṉ KGK
    8 maṟavam ◇ maṟa(vam) KVSA; maṟavam KGK
    9 tī° ◇ ti° KVSA; tī° KGK
    13 kaivaḻi ◇ kaiyvaḻi KVSA; kaivaḻi KGK

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 Sixteenth year of the victorious king Nandivikramavarman. 

    3-10

    10-14

    Commentary

    Compare IP 124.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 925); reedited by Krishnan 1957–1958 (EI 32, no. 10); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 129); 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, № 925. [siglum KVSA]
    Krishnan, K.G. 1957–1958. “Kilur Inscription of Nandivarman, Year 16.” EI 32: 99–102.
    [siglum KGK]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 392–393, № 129. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1901-1902. Page 18, appendix B/1902, № 296. [siglum ARIE]