Vēlūrpāḷaiyam plates, time of Nandivarman, year 6 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00121

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Plates svasti śrīḥ namaś śivāya .. nityaM vyāpi nirāmayaM paramayā bhaktyādhigamyaṁ śivaM vācān dūram aci ntyam akṣayam iti prodgīyamānaM· budhaiḥ saṁyamyendriya-vāhinīṁ yati-varair yyan mṛgyate santa taM tejas tat paramārttha-sac cirataran niśreyasāyāstu vaḥ .. śarvvāṇīkucakuṁkumāṁkaśubhakasubha gāḥ proddāmadarppāmara dveṣivrātavadhūprasādhanaparāmṛṣṭiprasaṁgocitāḥ yuṣmānpāntu yu gāntavahnivilasaddīprāstracakrāśriraṁ śrīkaṇṭhasya śikhaṇḍaratnaruciravyāḷāṁgadā bāha vaḥ Āsīd aṁbujanābhanābhikamalādbrahmā tatopyaṁgirās tasmāddevagurustataśśubhamatiśśaṁyu stataśśāṁyavaḥ stasmātkumbhasamudbhavaḥ smararipordrauṇistatoṁśaḥ kramād asmādvismayanīyakīrttira khilakṣmāvallabhaḥ pallavaḥ vaṁśastatovarttata pallavānāṁ rakṣāvidhidhvastavipallavānām· bhū bhārakhedālasapannagendra sāhāyyaniṣṇātabhujārggaḷānām· Aśokavarmmādiṣu devabhūyaṁ ga teṣu vaṁśyeṣvatha pārtthiveṣu vaṁśasyacūḷḍāmaṇirāvirāsīd bharttendirāyā Iva kāḷabharttā .. tat-sutād ajani cūtapallavād vīrakūrcca Iti viśrutāhvayaḥ yaḥ phaṇīndrasutayā sahāgrahīd rāja cihnamakhilaṁ yaśodhanaḥ Anvavāyanabhaśrandraḥ skandaśiṣyastatobhavat dvijānāṁ ghaṭikāṁ rājñas satya senātjjahāra yaḥ . gṛhītakāñcīnagarastatobhūt kumāraviṣṇussamareṣu jiṣṇuḥ bharttā bhuvo bhūdatha buddhavarmmā yaścoḷasainyārṇṇavavbāḍabāgniḥ saviṣṇugope ca narendrabṛnde gate tatojāyata nandivarmmā Anugrahādyena pinākapāṇeḥ pranarttito dṛṣṭiviṣaḥ phaṇīndraḥ Atha prathitavikra mo jagati siṁhavarmmāhvayān nṛpātparamadāpahādajani siṁhaviṣṇurjayīḥ lasatkramukamaṇḍalāḥ kaḷlama kānanālaṁkṛtāḥ kavīratanayāñcitāssapadi yena coḷā hṛtāḥ tadāntmajādāvirabhūnmahendrād upe ndrakīrttirnnarasiṁhavarmmā vātāpimaddhye vijitārivarggaḥ sthitañjayastambhamalam·bhayadyaḥ tataḥ paramadaddhva ṁsī babhūva parameśvaraḥ cāḷukyakṣitibhṛtsainya dhvāntadhvaṁsadivākaraḥ tatputrasūnurnnarasiṁhavarmmā pu naryvyadhādyo ghaṭikāṁ dvijānāṁ śilāmayaṁ veśma-śaśāṁkamauleḥ kailāsakatlpañca mahendraka tlpaḥ tatsūnurbhūbhṛtāṁ mānyo babhūva parameśvaraḥ mānavena krameṇorvvīm aśād yaḥ kali-śāsanaḥ tad-a nantaramanvayasya lakṣmīñ caturambhonidhivāsasā sahorvvyā samavāpadaśeṣapūrvvabhū bhṛd guṇasaṁmeḷanadhāma nandivarmmā tasyāṁburāśeriva vāhinīnān nāthasya nānāguṇaratna dhāmnaḥ dhīrasya bhūbhṛdvaralabdhajanmā reveva revā mahiṣī babhūva tasyāmāvirabhūttrilokaparira kṣārtthaḥ kṣamānandanaḥs sākṣādaṁburuhekṣaṇassvayamiha śrīdantivarmmā nṛpaḥ śauryyatyāgakṛtajña tādiramalo yasminguṇānāṁ gaṇaḥ prāptānyonyasamāgamotsava Iva prāpatpratiṣṭhāñci rāt· prakhyātasya kadambavaṁśatilakasyorvvīpaterātmajā vīrāṇāṁ prathamasyaṁ pallavamahārāja sya tejasvinaḥ Ākhyāmaggaḷanimmaṭīti dadhatī śuddhānvavāyocitā bharttustasya bhuvo babhūva mahiṣī gaurīva jetuḥ puraām· .. śrīnandivarmmāṇamasūta seyaṁ sandhyeva te jasvinamambikeva kumāramatyadbhutaśaktiyuktaṁ yathā jayantaṁ jayinaṁ śacīva .. Utkhāta -khaḍga-nihata-dvipa-kumbha-mukta muktāphalaprapāsite samarāṁgaṇe yaḥ . śatrū nnihatya samavāpadananyalavbhyāṁ rājyaśiśraiyaṁ svabhujavikramadarppaśālī .. Udyaānaṁ ma dhunā guṇaiḥ kulabhuūvaḥś śīlena vāmertkṣaṇā tyāgenārtthapatiśśrutena vinaya ssūryyeṇa patdmākaraḥ prāleyadyutinā payodasamayāpāye nabhaḥprāṁgaṇan nai vaṁ bhāti tathā yathā jagadidaṁ yena tkṣamābandhunā pṛthvīpālasya tasya pradhthitagu ṇagaṇo bappabhaṭṭārakāgkhyaś śāstre vede ca sāṁkhye prakaṭitamahimā yajña bhaṭṭābhidhānaśḥ śrīkaṭṭuppaḷḷināmni śrutavinayadharastuṁgakailāsakalpaṁ grā mebālendumaulerbhbhavanamakṛta yadbhaktiyogapratītaḥ .. pitābhavadyasya viśuddhabuddhir ggirāmiveśaśśivadāsanāmā mātābhavadyasya guṇaissamaśgrai r ggarīyasī dreṇamaṇirmmahīva .. pitāmaho yasya viśuddhavṛttir dvijāgragaṇya stamasānnipāhantā nidhiḥ kalānāmiva yajñanāmā babhūva vikhyātayaśaḥprakāśaḥ tasmai devāya śarvvāya pūjāsatrādikarmaṇe sodāgdgrāmantirukkāṭṭup paḷḷināmāna mīśvaraḥ . vijñaptimatrākṛta coḷavaṁśa cūḷḍāmaṇirvviśrutavikramaśrīḥ dhīraḥ kumā rāṁkuśanāmadheyas tyāgena rādheyasamaḥ kṛtajñaḥ .. Atrājñaptir abhūn mantrī na mpanāmā mahīpateḥ Agradattānvayavyoma śarannīhāradīdhitiḥ .. vāg-manaḥkaā ya-karmmāṇi parārtthānyeva yasya saḥ māheśvaro manodhīraḥ praśastiṁ kṛta vān imām· ..

puḻaṟkōṭṭattu nāyaṟu-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-kāṭṭu-p-paḷḷi-p pañcavaram ĀIrakkā ṭi Itu kōvicaiya nan=tivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu cōḻa-mahārājar viṇṇappattā l Iraiyūr Uṭaiyāṉ nampaṉ āṇatti-y-āka-t tiru-k-kāṭṭu-p-paḷḷi-c caṉṉa ... kuttevatāṉamāy sarvva-parihāram-āka paradat=ti ceṉṟatu .

sukṛtam idam ajasraṁ ratkṣate titkṣitīśās sakala-nṛpati-ketus so ’yam āgāmino vaḥ hara-caraṇa-sarojo ttaṁsa-cihnena mūrddhnā mukuḷita-karapatdmo vandate nandivarmmā . sarvvān etān bhāvinaḥ pārtthivendrān bhūyo bhūyaḥ prārtthayaty eṣa rāmaḥ sāmānyo ’yan dharmma-setur nnṛpāṇāṁ kā le kāle paālanīyo bhavandbhiḥ .. kara-kauśala-kṛta-yaśasā ciṟṟaya-putre ṇa patra-saṁgho ’yaM . likhitaṁḥ peraya-nāmnā sthapati-kula-vyoma-candreṇa ..

kaccip pēṭṭai-m-maṉaiccēri-k kāṣṭhakāri makaṉ perayaṉ Eḻuttu ..

Plates °mahārājar mahārājar paradat=ti paradatti bhavandbhiḥ bhavanīdbhiaḥ °vyoma° °vyāoma°

Reported in (ARIE/1910-1911/A/1910-1911/24), in (IR 88).

Edited in , with English translation (SII 2.98). Edited in . Text and summary in (IP 121). Sanskrit text and French translation in (B 60).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

501-517 98 249-262 372-379 121 700-718 60 Appendix A/1910-1911/24, pp. 14, 57-61. 300 IR 88