Tirukkōṭikkāval, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 24

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00184

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

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    1svasti śrī

    Ituvu¡mm!⟨m⟩ oru paḻaṅ kal paṭi

    kō-vicaya-
    2-nṛpat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikrama-panmaṟku yāṇṭu Irupattu nāl-āvatu

    tiru-k-kōṭikāvil mahādevarkku non=tā viḷakkiṉukku koṇṭanāṭuṭaiya veṭṭuvati Araiyaṉ-āṉa mallaṉ ve(ṅ)kaṭavaṉ kuṭutta poṉ patiṉ aiṅ-kaḻañcu

    Ip-po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ koṇṭu Itaṉ palicaiyāl nāl u-
    3ḻakkum piḻaiyānāḻikkiḻ muḻaiyāl nicati Uḻakku ney taḷi Ar⟨c⟩ci⟨p⟩(pāṟ)ku kuṇantu Aḷantu kuṭuppō¡mm!⟨m⟩ āṉō[¡m(m)!⟨m⟩ (ā)cantira-kālamum aḷan=tu kuṭuppōm āṉo(m) nāraṇakka-c-caturveti-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

    Itu paḻ¡a!⟨ai⟩ya kal paṭi

    I-
    4nta śrī-vimānattile Ēṟa veṭṭinamaiyil muṉṉivājagam veṭṭi-k kiṭanta taṉi-⟨k⟩(-kallāl) Ubhaiyōkam illāmaiyāl Atu tavi{ṉ}n=tatu

    Itu muṭṭil paṉ-māyeśvara⟨r⟩ kaṭai (kūṭṭa) peṟṟā⟨r⟩

    Apparatus

    4 peṟṟā⟨r⟩ ◇ peṟṟār VVA • There is possibly a character engraved after peṟṟā, which looks like a Grantha ra.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 This also is the copy of an old stone.

    1-2 Twenty-fourth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman. 

    2-3

    3 This↓1 is the copy of the old stone.

    3-4

    4

    Commentary

    Later copy of an original Pallava inscription.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 78); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 184); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), 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.
    Pages 33–34, № 78. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 513–514, № 184. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1930-1931. Page 77, appendix B/1930–1931, № 7.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, what precedes.