Tirumukkūṭal, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 24

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00185

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

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vi-
    2caiya-nṛpat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vi-
    3kkirama-paruma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu Iru-
    4pattu nāl-āvatu

    kāṭupaṭṭi
    5muttaraiyar makaṉār Ari-
    6kaṇṭaperumāṉārkku Ūṟṟu-
    7k-kāṭṭu-k-kō[ṭ]ṭattu ciyapu-
    8rattu sabhaiyō¡mm!⟨m⟩ oṭ-
    9ṭi-k kuṭutta paric-āvatu

    tiru-mu-
    10k-kūṭal viṣṇubhaṭāra⟨r⟩kku n¿u?⟨o⟩n=tā-
    11viḷa⟨k⟩k’ erippataṟku Eṅka-
    12ḷ kaiyi{l}ṟ ṟanta poṉ
    13mu-p-patiṉ kaḻañciṉā-
    14lum poli-y-ūṭṭu Āṇṭu-
    15varai-y kaḻañciṉ vāy
    16m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañcāṭi poṉ
    17Āyaṉpaṭiyāl nāṟ-ka-
    18ḻañc-araiyālum Ēṟilu-
    19ñ curuṅkiluṅ kaḻañcu-
    20k=ku nāṟ-pati¡ṉ!⟨ṉ n⟩āḻi-p paṭi E-
    21ṇṇai nūṟṟ’ eṇ-pati⟨ṉ⟩ nā-
    22ḻiyālum Iravum pakalu [unknown number of lines lost]

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-4 Twenty-fourth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman. 

    4-9

    9-22

    3-4

    4

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 75); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 185); 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 32–33, № 78. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 515–516, № 185. [siglum IP]
    Marxia Gandhi, N., A. Padmavathy & S. Swaminathan. 2011. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XXX: Inscriptions Collected during the Year 1915. South Indian Inscriptions 30. New Delhi; Chennai: Archaeological Survey of India; Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu.
    Pages 85–86, № 102. [siglum NMG]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1915-1916. Page 16, appendix B/1915, № 179.