Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00118
Summary: Donation (16 kaḻañcus of gold) for a perpetual lamp in honour of the Mahādeva of the Tiruviraṭṭānam at Tirukkōvalūr.
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kō-(vicaiya)-nanti-vi(kkira)-
2ma-parumaṟku yāṇṭu nāl-āvatu
tiru-
3-k-kōvalūr tiru-viraṭṭānattu mā-
4-tēvarkku naṉtā viḷakkiṉu-
5kku Ati-(Araiya)-maṅkalattu
6tirunilai-kiḻa[vaṉ ?5*] kaṉṉa[ṉ kuṭu]-
7tta poṉ [?5*] ma [?1*] ma [?2*]
8pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ aṟu kaḻa(ñcu)
(I)p-po¡(n)-
9n!⟨ṉ⟩i¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ukku nicatam Uri-y ne-
10y poliyūṭṭ’ āka
Aṭṭa vaittatu
11kāttār kayy uḻutu kuṭu⟨t⟩tu
12Ip-poṉ panmāyeśvara-⟨ra⟩kṣai
7 tirunilaikiḻa[vaṉ ?5*] kaṉṉa[ṉ kuṭu] ◇ tirunilaikiḻa [7*] kaṉṉa [2*] KVSA
1Prosperity! Fortune!
1-2Fourth year of the victorious king Nandivikramavarman.
2-8[As for] the sixteen kaḻañcus [...] of gold that Tirunilaikiḻa[vaṉ ...] Kaṉṉa[ṉ] of Atiyaraimaṅkalam [gave] for a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the Tiruviṭṭānam at Tirukkōvalūr.
8-10With this gold there shall be poured daily [out of its] interest one uri of ghee.
10[Thus] has it been given.
11 ... (kāttār kayy uḻutu kuṭu⟨t⟩tu)
12This gold [is under] the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.
Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 929); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 118); encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020).