Kīḻūr, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 21

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00173

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

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaiya-niru(pat)¡(o)!⟨(u)⟩(ṅka)-vikkira-
    2ma-parumaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 1-āvatu

    t(i)ru-k-kō-
    3valūr tiru-v¡i!⟨ī⟩raṭṭ(ā)ṉattu mahādevarkku (na)-
    4ntā viḷak(k)iṉukku veṭṭuvatiyaraiyar a-
    5ṟāmuṇṇuna¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉaṉ koṟṟaṉ kuṭutta po-
    6(ṉ) paṉṉiru-kaḻañcu

    Itaṉ palicaiyā(l)
    7nantā viḷakku Iravum pakalum erippō-
    8¡mm!⟨m⟩ āṉōm tiru-k-kōvalūr nakarattōm

    I-
    9⟨tu paṉ-māheśvara-ra⟩kṣai

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 21st year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikrama.

    2-6

    6-8

    8-9

    Bibliography

    Edited in by Hultzsch 1902–1903 (EI 7, no. 20C); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 173); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous editions. The Grantha characters and numerals are not warranted due to the defective transliteration scheme used by EH.

    Primary

    Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1902–1903. “Fourteen Inscriptions at Tirukkovalur.” EI 7: 138–47.
    № C. [siglum EH]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 491, № 173. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1901-1902. Page 18, appendix B/1902, № 303. [siglum ARIE]