Kīḻūr, donation, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 17

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00130

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaiya-vikrama-nanti-vi⟨k⟩kiramaṟkku yāṇṭu 10 7-Āva¿ṭ?⟨t⟩u

    malāṭṭu
    2kuṟukkai-k-kūṟṟattu tirukkōvalūr tiruvi{vī}(ra)ṭṭāṉattu-p perumāḷukku Oru no-
    3ntā viḷakku māṇikka⟨t⟩tār makaḷār kōṉakkaṉār vāṇa-kō-v-araiyar pōki-
    4yār vaitta poṉ paḻaṅ-kāciṉōṭu urai-y oppatu 10 5 kaḻañcu

    Ip-poṉ
    5patiṉ ¡añ!⟨aiṅ⟩-kaḻañcuṅ koṇṭu kaṭavōm ivv-ūr nakarattōm

    Ip-poṉ-
    6ṉiṉ palicaiyālē-y nicatam uḻakk’ eṇṇai ¿Ā?⟨A⟩ṭṭuvōm āṉōm nakarattōm

    Itu pan-māheśvara-rakṣai

    Apparatus

    1 kō-vicaiya-vikrama° ◇ kō-vicaiya-{vikrama}° EH • The formula is indeed unusual, but contra EH, it is retained here.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 17th year of the victorious valorous king Nandivikramavarman. 

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    6

    Commentary

    Perumāḷ = Śiva. See IP p395fn1.

    Bibliography

    Edited in by Hultzsch 1902–1903 (EI 7, no. 20A); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 130); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1902–1903. “Fourteen Inscriptions at Tirukkovalur.” EI 7: 138–47.
    № A. [siglum EH]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 394–395, № 130. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1901-1902. Page 17, appendix B/1902, № 278. [siglum ARIE]