Aracampaṭṭu, foundation, time of Nandīśvaravarman

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00452

Summary: Foundation of a pāḻi, that is, a stone-bed or a hermitage.

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    1śrī

    kō-vicaiya-nantīccuvara-parumaṟku yāṇṭu nāl-ā-
    2vatu

    śrī-kalikkuṟi Aracar ceyvitta pāḻi


    3śrī-mallaṉ tukkili

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Fortune!

    1-2 Fourth year of the victorious king Nandīśvaravarman. 

    2 The pāḻi↓1 that the Glorious Kalikkuṟi Aracar had made.

    3 The glorious Mallaṉ Tukkili↓2

    Bibliography

    Edited in Āvaṇam 1991–2019 (Āvaṇam 7, no. 4); text in Dayalan 2005; encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Āvaṇam. 1991–2019. Tanjore: Archaeological Society.
    Volume 7 (1996), № 4. [siglum Āvaṇam]
    Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer Application in Indian Epigraphy (Pallava Period). New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan.
    Volume 3, appendix I, page 1310, № 73. [siglum DD]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1996-1997. Page 42, appendix B/1996–1997, № 80.

    Notes

    ↑1. The term pāḻi has several meanings according to the Madras Tamil Lexicon, such as “temple”, “hermitage”, “cave, mountain cavern”, “sleeping place for human beings”, “small tank, pond”, “flight of steps leading into a tank”. This is a stone-bed according to ARIE 1996-1997. In Āvaṇam 1991–2019 it is suggested that it is a toṭṭi. There are three different entries for this word in the Madras Tamil Lexicon, with the following meanings, among others: “water-trough, tub, cistern, reservoir”, “climbing nettle”, “fence, yard, pound." As the inscription was found according to ARIE 1996-1997 "on the surface of a sloping rock" , it is difficult to assess which is the more appropriate referent of pāḻi in the present insription.
    ↑2. This is the name of the stone-bed according to ARIE 1996-1997.