Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, donation, time of Nantippōttaraiyaṉ, year 18

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00137

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of perpetual lamps.

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    1svasti śrī


    2teḷḷāṟṟ’ e-
    3ṟinta nanti-
    4-p-pōttaraiya-
    5rkku yāṇṭu-
    610 8-Avatu

    ti-
    7ru-k-kaṭai-muṭi
    8m¿ā?⟨a⟩h¿a?⟨ā⟩devark-
    9ku Iraṇṭu no-
    10ntā viḷakkiṉu-
    11kku kuṭutta po-
    12ṉ Aṟupatiṉ
    13kaḻañcu

    Ip-po-
    14ṉ koṇṭu pali-
    15cai Ūṭṭiṉā-
    16l nā¡ḻ!⟨ḷ⟩vāy nā-
    17ḻi ney muṭṭā-
    18mai Ar{i}ccip-
    19pār kaiyilē-y
    20kuṭuttu tiruvi-
    21ḷakk’ erippō-
    22m āṉōm Aṉ-
    23pil sabhaiyō-
    24m

    Itu panmā(he)-
    25śvara-⟨ra⟩[rakṣai |]

    Apparatus

    18–19 Ar{i}ccip/pār ◇ Ar{i}ccip/p(ā)r KVSA • The -ā is clear on the stone.
    24–25 panmā(he) /śvara-⟨ra⟩[rakṣai |] ◇ panmāhe /śvara-⟨ra⟩kṣai | KVSA • The end of lines 24 and 25 has been damaged since the edition by KVSA.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    2-6 18th year of Nantippōttaraiyar who vanquished at Teḷḷāṟu.

    6-13

    13-24

    25-25

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 503); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 137); edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis, 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 312, № 503. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 408–409, № 139. [siglum IP]
    Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une Reine: Śiva à Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry; École française d’Extrême-Orient. [https://books.openedition.org/ifp/645].
    Pages 300–303, № 3. [siglum CS]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1900-1901. Page 26, appendix B/1901, № 283. [siglum ARIE]