Vantavāci, sale-deed, time of Nantippōtairayar, year 6

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00120

Summary: Sale-deed of tax incomes for conducting worship.

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    1svasti śrī

    nanti-p-pōttaraiya(rk)ku yāṇṭ’ ā-
    2(ṟ-ā)vatu

    veṇ-kuṉ(ṟa)-k-kōṭṭattu veṇ-kuṉṟattu
    3sabhaiyōm Emm-(u/ū)r malai mēṟ-p bhaṭārarai nō-
    4k(ka)tt’ ellā-nellum Aiyaciyum poṉṉun
    5neyyum Epp¿o?⟨ē⟩rppaṭṭatum nelvāyilil iruntu-
    6(v)āḻum tōciyārkku viṟṟu vilai-y-āva(ṇa)m cey(tu) ku-
    7ṭuttōm veṇ-kuṉ⟨ṟa⟩ttu sabhai¡m-m!⟨m⟩

    it’ aṉṟ’ eṉ(ṟō)-
    8m Uṇṭik¿e?⟨ai⟩yum paṭṭikaiyum kāṭṭāmē(y/l) nilaikk(ā)t-
    9tu muṉpu ni(ṟka)vēy meyv(oṟ ā)yiraṅ--
    10kāṇam iṭa-v oṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm

    It-tarmma-
    11ttai ¿Ilakkittāṉ?⟨Irakṣittāṉ⟩ aṭi Eṉ ṟal¿e?⟨ai⟩ mēlaṉa

    Apparatus

    2 °kuṉ(ṟa)°°kuṉṟa° KVSA • A damage appears to have occurred after the edition by KVSA.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    2-3 Sixth year of Nantippōtaraiyar.

    2-7 We the members of the assembly of Veṇkuṉṟam in the Veṇkuṉṟakkōṭṭam, so as to look for (nōkka) the god (bhaṭār) on the hill in our village, having sold to Tōciyār, who resides in Nelvāyil, all [the tax income from] the paddy, the gold of the Aippaci month, and the oil, of whatsoever kind, having made the sale-document, We the members of the assembly of Veṇkuṉṟam, we have given it.

    7-10 If we say that this is not so, we solemnly declare (oṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm) so that we place one thousand kāṇams ...

    10-11 The feet of he who protects this pious deed are on my head.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 80); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 120); re-edited by Valérie Gillet (ref ); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on photos.

    Primary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume VII: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada Countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch.
    Page 34, № 80. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 369–371, № 120. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1899-1900. Page 53, appendix B/1900, № 73. [siglum ARIE]