Kunnāṇṭārkōyil

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00099

Summary: Foundation of a pond.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaiya-tanti-
    2-pōttaraiyaṟku yāṇṭu 5-Ā-
    3vatu

    māṟappiṭuviṉār-āyiṉā pē-
    4rati Araiyarkaḷ aṭiyāṉ vāli vaṭu-
    5kaṉ-āyiṉa kalimūrkka-Iḷavaraiyaṉ
    6ceyta kuḷam vāli Ēri

    Ik-kuḷa-
    7m ¿l?⟨r⟩akṣittā¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ aṭi Eṉ ṟalai
    8m¿o?⟨ē⟩laṉa

    Apparatus

    2 -pōttaraiyaṟku ◇ ppōttaraiyaṟku IPS; pōttaraiyaṟku YS — 2–3 5-Ā/vatu ◇ 5 Ā/vatu IPS; 5 ñ(cā)/vatu YS
    8 m¿o?⟨ē⟩laṉa ◇ mē{ra}laṉa IPS; mēlaṉa YS • The original incorrect spelling cannot be mera, as this inscription makes the distinction between medial ā and ra. Both IPS and YS read a piḷḷaiyār cūḻi after this final word, but there is no punctuation mark on the stone.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity!

    1-3 5th year of the victorious king Tantippōttaraiyaṉ↓1

    3-6 [This is] the pond that Kalimūrkka-Iḷavaraiyaṉ, alias Vāḻi Vaṭukaṉ, a servant of the honourable king Pērati, alias Māṟappiṭuviṉār, made; [its name is] the Vāli tank.

    6-7 The feet of he who protects this pond are on my head.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929 (IPS no. 17); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 99); re-edited by Subbarayalu 2015 (SII 34, no. 348); re-edited and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on photographs.

    Primary

    Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State Arranged According to Dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar.
    Page 10, № 17. [siglum IPS]
    Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1941. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai State: Translated into English. Part I: Early, Pallava and Cola Inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar.
    Pages 19–20, № 17. [siglum KRSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 337, № 99. [siglum IP]
    Subbarayalu, Y. 2015. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XXXIV: Inscriptions Collected during the Year 1914. South Indian Inscriptions 34. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General).
    Page 321, № 348. [siglum YS]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1914-1915. Page 37, appendix B/1914, № 348.
    Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with Introductory Notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press.
    Page 17, № 41. • Summary only.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, the Pallava king Dantin, that is, Dantivarman.