Nriputungavarman () was a king of the

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. Nriputungavarman was the younger son of

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and his wife, the

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princess Shankha. Nrpatungavarman had at least two queens, Viramahadevi and Kadavanmadevi, as both appear in his inscriptions as donors. Under his reign, the rock-cut shrine at

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was sculpt and a Vishnu temple in Ukkal was commissioned for his queen. A copper plate inscription dating to the eighth year of the reign of Nriputunga Varman was unearthed in

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in 1879. The inscription in both

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and

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describes a grant of income from three villages to a seat of learning at Bahour.

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