Uḻalūr land donation, time of Nandivarman II

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

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    1svasti śrī

    nanti-p-
    2pōttaraiyar koṭukka-p-pi-
    3ḷḷaika¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ukku Uḻalū¡rr!⟨r⟩ ¿u?⟨ū⟩rār makaḷmai paṭi
    4perumāṉaṭika¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ukku viṇṇappañ ce-
    5ytu sa(r)vva-pariram koṇṭu koṭu-
    6ttōm mēlālum koṭukka-p-pi-
    7¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩aika¡ḷḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ itu k(ā)tt(ā)r Aṭi muṭi mēliṉa
    8koṭukka-p-piḷḷaikaḷ paṇiyāl mā-
    9ṇikka-p-paṇṭāraṅ-kāppāṉ
    10ciṅkaḷamey{ar}-kāppaṉ Arituṭṭa-
    11ṉ vantu ceyvittatu

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    Prosperity! Fortune!

    To the koṭukkappiḷḷais (koṭukkappiḷḷaikaḷ) [at the service of] Nantippōttaraiyar:

    "[We,] the ūrārs of Uḻalūr, according to (paṭi) the makaḷmai, after having made a request to the lord (perumāṉaṭikaḷukku), we have given with (koṇṭu) all immunities."

    As per the above (mēlālum), the koṭukkappiḷḷais:

    “The feet of he who protects this (donation) are on [our] heads (literally: tufts)."

    At the order (paṇi-y-āl) of the koṭukkappiḷḷais, (this is) what Arituṭṭaṉ, the guard (kāppāṉ) of the gem-treasury (māṇikka-p-paṇṭāram) and guard of the body of the Siṁhala [king OR: the Siṁhala body-guard from] (ciṅkaḷa-mey-kāppaṉ) , after coming, had made.

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Commentary

    2, 6koṭukkappiḷḷaikaḷ: ...

    3makaḷmai: i.e. makaṇmai or makaṉmai, a tax? I.e. what is given is a tax? according to sonship? Cf. piḷḷai = “son” of NP?

    10ciṅkaḷamey{ar}-kāppaṉ: ...

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6, no. 453); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 94); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) and translated for the first time by Emmanuel Francis, based on a partial photographic documentation (2008).

    Primary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume VI: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada Countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch.
    Page 87, № 453. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 330, № 94. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1898-1899. Page 23, appendix B/1899, № 17. [siglum ARIE 1898-1899]