Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00074
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nanti-p-pōttarai-
2carkku-p patiṉāṉk-āvatu
I-
3p-paḷḷi-Uṭai-Ārai nīkki Irun-
4ta tavacikaḷukku-p piccai Eḻu
5kaḻañcu poṉ Ivv-ūr antai I-
6ḷaiyār appaṇanti vaitta Aṟam
7kaḻañciṉā⟨l⟩ Uḻakk’ arici muṉ kuṟaṭṭi
8vaittatu
Ivv-aṟam ūrōṅ kāp-
9pōm āka Oṭṭiṉōṅ kāmakkō-
10ṭṭam aḻitta pāvam āka Oṭṭiṟ 2 nā-
11l-vāy uḻakk’ arici-Um muṭṭiṟ kō-Iṟku
12nāḷ-vāy oru kāṭi neṟṟaṇṭam
13Ip-poṉ ṟaṭṭārkkulam paṭātu
1–2 -pōttarai/carkku-p ◇ -pōttarē/carkku-p MDS; -pōttarai/carrkku-p IP 74
5 Ivv-ūr antai ◇ Ivv-ūr āṉtai MDS
6 appaṇanti ◇ appaṉanti MDS
7 kaḻañciṉā⟨l⟩ ◇ kaḻañciṉāl MDS; kaḻañciṉā⟨l⟩ RN; kaḻañciṉāl IP 74 — 7 muṉ kuṟaṭṭi ◇ muṉ kuṟaṭṭi MDS; muṉ kuṟaṭṭi RN; (muṉ kuṟaṭṭi) IP 74
9 Oṭṭiṉōṅ ◇ Oṭṭiṉāl MDS; Oṭṭiṉōṅ RN; Oṭṭiṉōṅ IP 74
10 Oṭṭiṟ 2 ◇ Oṭṭiṟ MDS; Oṭṭiṟ 2 RN; Oṭṭiṟ IP 74
11 kō-Iṟku ◇ kōka MDS; kō-Iṟku RN; kō-Iṟku IP 74
13 ṟaṭṭārkkulam ◇ paṭṭārakkulam MDS; ṟaṭṭārkkulam RN; ṟaṭṭārkkulam IP 74
1Fortune!
1-2Fourteenth year of Nantippōttaraicar.
2-6The pious donation (aṟam) that Antai Iḷaiyār Appananti, [of this] village, gave for the ascetics who reside [here], excluding those belonging (uṭai) to this paḷḷi: seven kaḻañcus of gold, [as] alms (piccai).
7-8With one/per kaḻañcu, one uḻakku of rice … muṉ kuṟaṭṭi is to be given/provided (vaittatu).
9-This pious donation, We, the members of the ūr, shall protect, … (oṭṭiṉōṅ).
As the sin of ruining the Kāmakkōṭṭam, … (Oṭṭiṟ = oṭṭiṉ/oṭṭil?) .
Daily, one uḻakku of rice … (muṭṭiṟ = muṭṭiṉ/muṭṭil?) .
To the king daily one kāṭi … (neṟṟaṇṭam).
13This gold is not to befall (paṭātu↓1) to the lineage of goldsmiths (ṟaṭṭārkkulam).
6appaṇanti. IP: “May be read as Iḷaiyār Bavanandi.” But not granted: there might have been one Appananti and one Pavananti.
Edited in Sampath 1968; re-edited by Nagaswamy 1970; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 74); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on previous editions.
↑1. Literally: “to happen”.