Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 18

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Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00166

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

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^{Zone 1} ¹svasti śrī

nirupa-
²toṅka-varm-
³maṟku yāṇṭu-
⁴10 8-Āvatu

^{Zone 2}
⁵śrī-kaṇṭapurat-
⁶tut tēvaṉār ma-
⁷kaḷ nakkaṅ kāḷi
⁸tiru-k-kaṭai-muṭi-p
⁹peru-māṉaṭikaḷu-
¹⁰kku-t tiru-nontā
¹¹viḷakkiṉukku vai-
¹²tta cem-poṉ-
¹³pann-iru kaḻ¿ai?⟨a⟩ñcu

^{Zone 3}
¹⁴Ippoṉ-
¹⁵perumāṉ-a-
¹⁶ṭikaḷ vārika
¹⁷śrī-kaṇṭa-
¹⁸purattu-p
¹⁹peruñ-cē-
²⁰riyār kaiva-
²¹ḻi Itaṉ
²²policai-y
²³nicati Uḻakku

²⁴Itu paṉmā-
²⁵heśvara-ra-
²⁶kṣai

Apparatus

¹³ kaḻ¿ai?⟨a⟩ñcu ◇ kaḻañcu KVSA

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹ Prosperity! Fortune!

^1-4 18th year of Nṛpatuṅgavarman

^5-13

^14-23

^24-26

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 526); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 166); edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (up to line 13) and on previous editions (from line 14 onwards).

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 319, № 526. [siglum KVSA]

Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.

Pages 476–477, № 166. [siglum IP]

Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une Reine: Śiva à Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry; École française d’Extrême-Orient. [https://books.openedition.org/ifp/645].

Pages 305–306, № 5. [siglum CS]

Secondary

ARIE 1900-1901. Page 27, appendix A/1901, № 303A.