Mallām, donation, time of Nandivarman II, year 35

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00075

Summary: Donation of land for a lamp (and offerings?) for the Subrahmaṇya at Tiruvāṉpūr in the Peyiyūriḷaṅkōṭṭam.

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The puḷḷi is used.


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    1svasti śrī

    nanti-p·-pōtt-aracarkku-(p pa)-
    2tiṉaint(·)-āvatu

    pey{ī}yūr-iḷa(ṅ-kō)-
    3ṭ·ṭa⟨t⟩tu tiruvāṉ·pūr subrahmaṇya(ṉ A)-
    4(v)v-ā(ṟ)ṟē-p poṉ Ayimpa(tt’ aiṅ-ka)-
    5(ḻa)ñ(c)i(ṉ-u)ḷḷum matuvār aṭ(ṭuvitta-k)
    6(kaḻa)ñcu poṉṉum viḷak·k-[avi-]
    7-(p) puṟam-āka Ā(ḷ)u(va)-Aracar vi(ṇṇa)-
    8ppattiṉāṟ caḷukki-Aracar ā(ṇa)-
    9tti-y āka-p paṇittōm(·)

    nāṭṭā-
    10rum Ūrārum Āḷ(·)vāṉum Aṟamaṟava(ṟka)

    Apparatus

    2 pey{ī}yūr-peyyūr- BVC; pey{i}yūr- TVM1; peyyūr TVM2
    3 tiruvāṉ·pūrtiruvāṉpūr BVC; tiruvāṉ¿p?⟨m⟩ūr TVM23 subrahmaṇya(ṉ)subrahmaṇya(n) BVC TVM1 TVM2
    4 poṉpon BVC TVM1; pon TVM24–5 (-ka)/(ḻa)ñ(c)i(ṉ-u)ḷḷum(-ka)/ḻañci (ko)ḷḷum BVC; (-ka)/ḻañci(ṉ-u)ḷḷum TVM1 TVM2
    5 aṭ(ṭuvitta-k)aṭ(ṭuvitta) BVC TVM1 TVM2
    6–7 viḷak·k-[avi-]/-(p)viḷakka[?3×]/-(p) BVC TVM2; viḷak·k-[avi-]/-(p) TVM1
    10 Āḷ(·)vāṉumĀḷavāḷum BVC; Āḷvāṉum TVM1; Āḷuvāṉum TVM2

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2Twenty-fifth [year] of Nantippōttaracar.

    2-9[For] the Subrahmaṇya of Tiruvāṉpūr in the Peyyūriḷaṅkōṭṭam, in that manner, ¿among? (-uḷḷum) fifty-five kaḻañcus of gold, we have ordered/declared [these/some of these] kaḻañcus of gold that the Matuvārs had given as tax-free land for a lamp ¿and offerings?, at the request/petition of Āḷuva Aracar whereas the order/execution was [by] Caḷukki Aracar.

    9-10The nāṭṭārs, the Ūrārs, and the ruler shall not forget (maṟavaṟka) this pious act (aṟam)!

    Commentary

    3Tiruvāṉpūr = Tiruvāṉmūr, according to Mahalingam 1988.

    5Matuvārs = toddy drawers?

    On the identity of Caḷukki Aracar and Āḷuva Aracar, see Mahalingam 1960. Caḷukki Aracar appears to be the executor of the order of a superior king (Nandivarman II Pallava?) rather than the issuer and/or executor of his own order.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Butterworth and Venugopaul Chetty 1905; re-edited, with improvements, in Mahalingam 1960; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 75); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on the facsimile published in Butterworth and Venugopaul Chetty 1905.

    Primary

    Butterworth, Alan & V. Venugopaul Chetty. 1905. A Collection of the Inscriptions on Copper-Plates and Stones in the Nellore District: Part I. Madras: Superintendent, Government Press.
    Pages 429–430, plate before p. 429. [siglum BVC]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1960. “Mallam Inscription of Nandipottarasar.” TASSI 1959–1960: 17–27.
    [siglum TVM1]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 225–226, № 75. [siglum TVM2]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1908-1909. Page 52, appendix B/1908, № 488–515. [siglum ARIE 1908-1909]