Tiruvallam, donation, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 17

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00133

Summary: Donation of land for food-offering.

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    1(sva)[sti śrī]

    kō-vicaiya nan-
    2ti-[vikkira]-
    3ma-[pa]rumarkku yā-
    4ṇṭu patiṉ eḻ-āva-
    5tu

    Iḷaiyanūr-nāṭṭu I(ḷaiya)nū-
    6r iruntu vāḻu⟨m⟩ mōṉaiyār ma-
    7(kaṉ) viṉaiyādityan tikkāḷi-
    8(ya)ṭikaḷukku Oḻuk(k-a)vi naṉ [3*]-
    9[1*] ri Ariciyum āḻākku ne¡y!⟨yy⟩um-
    10[1*] kku toṇṭai-pūvun niyati [1*]
    11(ti)kkāli Aṭikaḷukku vaḻi-
    12pāṭu cey(vatāka) kuṭuttān [2*]-
    13[1*] lu paṭṭi [4*] lvarkku (pūca)-
    14[1*] kai-ceyya-k koṭut(tān)-
    15[1*] taṉaiyu¡mm!⟨m⟩ orunāḷ muṭ-
    16[2*] māyiṟa kaṅkai Iṭai(k kumari)

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-5 Seventeenth year of the victorious king Nandi[vikrama]varman. 

    5-16 ...

    Commentary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 notes: “This inscription is damaged and obstructed by a pillar."

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6, no. 282); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 133); encoded and translated for the first time here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous edition(s).

    Primary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume VI: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada Countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch.
    Page 144, № 282. [siglum KVS]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 400–401, № 133. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1897-1898. Page 15, appendix A/1897, № 304. [siglum ARIE 1897-1898]