Tillaisthānam, donation, time of Nantippōtairayar, year 10

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00122

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.

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Medial i and ī interchangeable.

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    1svasti śrī

    yaṇ-
    2ṭu pa[t]t-āvatu

    tiruṉe-
    3ttāṉattu m¿a?⟨ā⟩-tē-
    4varkku tellāṟṟ’ e-
    5⟨ṟi⟩nta na⟨n⟩t¿a?⟨i⟩-pōttarai-
    6yar tiru-viḷakku ku-
    7ṭutta t¡īy!⟨ī⟩-p-pōkku-
    8cem-poṉ Aṟu-pati-
    9ṉ kaḻañcu

    Itaṉā¡ll!⟨l⟩ ā-
    10ṇṭuvarai palicai
    11¡ṉ!⟨n⟩el Aṟu-patiṉ
    12kalam

    Itaṉā¡ll!⟨l⟩u-
    13m pakalum-āka ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ica-
    14ti Uri-y ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩e⟨y⟩ tiru-
    15k-kōyil-uṭaiyā-
    16ṉukku Aḷa¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tu ku-
    17ṭuttu n¿e?⟨o⟩¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tā v¿ī?⟨i⟩-
    18ḷakku Eri{p}ppō-
    19m āṉōm perum-
    20[pu]liyūr sabhai-
    21[yō]m

    Itu pa-
    22[ṉmā](h)[e]c(u)va-
    23[ra-rakṣai]

    Apparatus

    6–7 tiru-viḷakku ku/ṭutta ◇ tiru-viḷakku⟨k⟩(ku) ⟨ku⟩/ṭutta HKS
    21–22 23 pa/[ṉmā](h)[e]c(u)va/[ra-rakṣai] ◇ pa/[ṉmā]h[e]śuva/[rakṣai] HKS

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 Tenth year↓1.

    2-9

    9-12

    12-21

    21-23 This [pious deed is under] the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Krishna Sastri 1925 (SII 5, no. 609); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 122); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on photos.

    Primary

    Krishna Sastri, H. 1925. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume V: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada Countries. South Indian Inscriptions 5. Madras: Government Press.
    Page 243, № 609. [siglum HKS]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 380–381, № 122. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Most probably of tellāṟṟ’ eṟinta nanti-pōttaraiyar mentioned in lines 4-6.