Kiḷiyaṉūr, donation, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00115

Summary: Donation of sheep for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp and of land for food offerings.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vi(caiya)-nanti-vikkirama-pa¿ṟ?⟨ṉ⟩ma⟨r⟩kk¡i!⟨u⟩ yāṇṭu muṉṟ-āvatu

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    2ymā-ṉāṭṭu kiḷi(ñe)lūr tikaittiṟal viṣṇu(gra)ham· Eṭu-
    3ppitta tikaittiṟalār tiruviḷakku⟨k⟩ku vaitta Āṭu mu-¡(n)n!⟨n⟩ūṟum Ivarē tiru-v-amu-
    4tukku vaitta śrī-kōyiliṉ kiḻai ceṟuv’ iraṇṭum Iṟaiyili

    I⟨dha⟩nmam rakṣi⟨t⟩tār śrī-pātam Eṉ ṟa‡laiy (mēl)i¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1Prosperity! Fortune!

    1Third year of the victorious king Nandivikramavarman.

    2-4 Three hundred goats that the honourable Tikaittiṟal, who had the temple of Viṣṇu [named after] Tikaittiṟal built in Kiḷiñelūr in the Oymānāṭu, gave for a glorious lamp and two fields, east of the glorious temple, that he also (ivarē) gave for the glorious food [are given] tax-free (iṟaiyili↓1).

    4The florious feet of those who protect this pious deed are on my head.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 with facsimile (SII 12, no. 47); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 115); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on pictures.

    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 19, № 47. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 363, № 115. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. According to the summary in IP , this applies only to the land donation. This makes sense but goes agaisnt the syntax of the sentence.