Olakkūr, dedication of an image, no king, no year

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00248

Summary: Dedication of an image of the Goddess.

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    1piritivi-vitapā-
    2ṅkurati Arai-
    3caṉ ceyvitta⟨tu⟩

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-3 This has been caused to be made by king Pṛthvīvṛṣabhāṅkura.

    Commentary

    According to ARIE 1909-1910: page 30, the inscription is in archaic characters and "[r]ecords that the much worn image at the top of the slab was caused to be made by the king," while "[t]he image itself, perhaps, represents Piridiviviḍa[ṅga]-kurati." Mahalingam 1988 dates the inscription to the 6th century and notes: "The inscription is engraved below the stated image of a goddess flanked by a lamp and canopied by an umbrella."

    Bibliography

    First mentioned in ARIE 1909-1910; Edited in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 248); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022).

    Primary

    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 622, № 248. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1909-1910. Pages 30, 70, appendix B/1909, № 356.