Vayalaikkāvūr, time of Dantivarman, year 2

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00097

Summary: Donation by five land-owners at Paḷḷikkaṭṭil.

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    1kō-vicaiya-tanti-
    2vikkiramaparumaṟku (yā)-
    3ṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āva-
    4tu

    paḷḷikkaṭṭil-uṭai-
    5ya kaṇṭiyum para(ṉum)
    6ciṟu-nampiyum Ātu(ri)-
    7yum Āyiravaṉum (I)-
    8vva¡(y)!⟨i⟩vōm vayalai-
    9-k-kāvil (Aṭu)tta kā-
    10ṭi m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu kūṟṟālum
    11bhaṭārarkku Oḻu(kka)vi(k)-
    12kum nantā viḷa(kkuk)-
    13k{k}um kuṭuttō[m]

    [1+]-
    14 [2+] tt’ ūṭṭuvōm ā(ka-k)


    15[?10+ ā-]
    16(nō)m

    Itu kā(tt’ ū)-
    17(ṭṭu)vāṉ Aṭi E¡m!⟨n⟩ (talai)-
    18mēlana

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    7–8 (I)/vva¡(y)!⟨i⟩vōm(I)/vvayvōm VVA
    12–13 viḷa(kkuk)/k{k}umviḷa(kkuka)/kkum VVA
    13 kuṭuttō[m]kuṭuttō[1+] VVA
    15–16 [ā-]/(nō)m[1+]/(nō)m VVA
    17 E¡m!⟨n⟩Em VVA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-4Second year of the victorious king Dantivikramavarman.

    4-13Kaṇṭi, Paraṉ, Ciṟu-nampi, Āturi, and Āyiravaṉ, owners at Paḷḷikkaṭṭil, We, these five [persons] (ivv-ay-v-ōm, that is ivv-ai-v-ōm) by a share (kūṟṟ-āl-um) [of] three kāṭis adjacent to (aṭutta) Vayalaikkāvil, for the Bhaṭārar, We have given for food offerings (oḻukkavi) and for a perpetual lamp.

    13-14[...] we shall feed.

    15-16[...] we have become (āṉōm)

    16-18[Of] He, who, protecting this [donation], feeds (the Bhaṭārar), the feet are on our heads.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 39); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 97); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with Introductory Notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press.
    Page 16, № 39. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 333–334, № 97. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1921-1922. Page 78, appendix C/1922, № 256.