Tiruvālaṅkāṭu, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgadeva, year 15

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00160

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

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-nirupatuṅka-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 10 5-Āvatu

    Arikaṇṭaperumāḷ pakkal Eyiṟ-kōṭṭattu-p pu(l)ve-
    2ḷūr sabhaiyār koṇṭu kaṭava poṉ-3 10

    Ippoṉ muppatiṉ kaḻañcukkum palicaiyāka-t tiruvālaṅkāṭ-u-
    3ṭaiyārkku Ivvūr sabhaiyār ceyya-k-kaṭava nimantam Uṭaiyārkku tiru n¡a!⟨o⟩ntā viḷakku Iraṇṭukku-p piruti-māṇi-
    4kkatti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl nittamuṭṭāmal Aḷakka-k kaṭava Eṇṇai Uri

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 15th year of the king Nṛpatuṅgadeva.

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    2-4

    Commentary

    This appears to be a later copy of a Pallava original. See SII 12.66 .

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 66); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 160); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) and translated for the first time by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with Introductory Notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press.
    Pages 27–28, № 66. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 466, № 160. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1905-1906. Page 29, appendix B/1905, № 461. [siglum ARIE]