Cāttamaṅkalam (3)

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00088

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    1śrī

    nanti-p-pōttaraicarkku
    2yāṇṭu Aimpattāṟ-āvatu


    3viḻukkattu-c ciṉaṟiyār makaḷār
    4pūṇṭa mūppāvai-k kācu patiṉ E-
    5ḻu kaḻañcu poṉ

    Ip-paḷḷikku
    6kaḻañciṉāl uḻakk’ arici vaikal
    7[2*]kaṟ ūṭṭuvār

    ivv-aṟam pavaṇa
    8(nti)yu vaitta paṇam Ūrōṅ kā-
    9ppōm āṉōm

    Apparatus

    3 viḻukkattu-cviḻukkattu MDS; viḻukkattu-c RN; viḻukkattu IP 743 ciṉaṟiyārciṉaṭiyār MDS; ciṉaṟiyār RN; cīṉaṟiyār IP 74 • IP fn2 @ cīṉaṟiyār: “It should be read as Ci(Ji)ṉaṭiyār.” Sampath fn3: “jinadiyar means Samanas (or) it may refer to a Jaina ascetic.”
    4–5 mūppāvaik kācu patiṉ E/ḻumūppāvai{tta}kkācu patiṉ eḻu MDS; mūppāvaik kācu patiṉ E/ḻu RN; mū(ppā) vaitta kkācu patiṉ ē/ḻu IP 74 • Sampath = surplus. Not clear. = My interpretation --- IP fn 3 @ mū[ppā]: “The readings are doubtful.”
    5 poṉmēl MDS; poṉ RN; poṉ IP 74
    7 [2*]kaṟ ūṭṭuvārkoṟaṭṭuvar MDS; [2*]kaṟ ūṭṭuvār RN; [3*](ka)ṟ ūṭṭuvār IP 747–8 pavaṇa / (nti)yupavaṉa / ṭiyār MDS; pavaṇa / (nti)yu RN; pavaṇa / (nti)yār IP 74
    8 ŪrōṅŪrōm MDS; Ūrōṅ RN; Ūrōṅ IP 74

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    Fortune!

    Fifty-sixth year of Nantippōttaraicar.

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    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    6Sampath fn4: vaikal means daily.

    7IP: …[ka]ṟ ūṭṭuvār. Fn4: “This word, not fully read, obviously stands for an administrative or supervisory body like varigar.” --- Sampath fn5: aṭṭuvar = camaippar.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Sampath 1968; re-edited by Nagaswamy 1970; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 88); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Sampath, M. D. 1968. “Jaina Inscriptions of Sattamangalam.” SOI.
    Page 159. [siglum MDS]
    Nagaswamy, R. 1970. “Cāttamaṅkalam Kalveṭṭukaḷ.” tamiḻikam = Damilica (December 1970): 121–27.
    Page 124. [siglum RN]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 287–288, № 88. [siglum IP 74]

    Secondary