Lālkuṭi, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00149

Summary: Donation of gold for annual festival food-offering.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaya-nirupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkirama-parumarkku yāṇṭu 2dashṇṭ-āvatu

    Iṭaiyāṟṟu-nāṭṭu-t tiru-t-tava-t-tuṟai mahādeva(rkku)
    2I¡ñ-ñ!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu kavira-p-poṟ-kaṭṭiyūr-Uṭaiyāṉ pūti kaṇṭaṉ ci(t)tirai-viṣu tiru-viḻāvukku tāyārai-c cārtti v¿a?⟨ai⟩tta poṉ (pati)-
    3ṉ kaḻ¿a?⟨ai⟩ñc’ arai

    Ip-poṉ patiṉ kaḻ¿a?⟨ai⟩ñc’ arai poṉṉuṅ I¡(ñ)-ñ!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu muttaiyil sabhaiyōṅ koṇṭu ca¡ṉ!⟨n⟩(tirātittava)-
    4Āṭṭāṇṭu-toṟuñ cittirai-viṣu tiru-viḻāvukku nārāya-n(āḻi)yāl Eḻu nāḷaikkum nicati kalavarai Arici patt-e(ṭṭu-k kuttal)
    5[ma]ṭāvil Aṭṭum paricē Eḻu nāḷ muṉt’ uṟa śrī-kōyilukkē (koṇ)ṭu ceṉṟu Aḷappōm āṉōm

    Aḷavōmāyi(l muṭṭ’ ira)-
    6[ṭṭi] panmāheśvarar· taṇṭi-k-koḷḷa Oṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm t-tiru-t-tava-(t-tu)ṟai mahādevarkku muttaiyil sabhaiyōm

    Itu (panm)āheśva(ra-rakṣai)

    Apparatus

    5 (koṇ)ṭu(ko)⟨ṇ⟩{ṭ}ṭu VA
    6 t-tiru°tiru° VA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    2 Second year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman. 

    1-3

    3-5

    5-6

    6 This [is] under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 61); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 149); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) and translated for the first time by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous editions and photos.

    Primary

    Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with Introductory Notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press.
    Page 25, № 61. [siglum VA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 435–436, № 149. [siglum M]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1928-1929. Page 16, appendix B/1928–29, № 122. [siglum ARIE]