Tirukkōṭikkāval, donation, time of Nantippōtairayaṉ, year 19

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00139

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

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    1svasti śrī

    Ituvu¡m-
    2m!    ⟨m⟩ oru paḻaṅ-kaṟ paṭi

    yā-
    3ṇṭu nanti-p-pōttarai-
    4yaṟk=ku patt’ oṉpa-
    5t-āvatu

    tiru-k-kōṭikā-
    6vil ciṟu-naṅkai Iśvar¿ā?⟨a⟩-karat-
    7tu mahādeva⟨r⟩k=ku tiru-viḷakki-
    8ṉuk=ku Āḻiciṟiyaṉ kuṭutta nel-
    9lu nūṟṟu-k kalam

    i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩elliṉ pa-
    10licaiyāl nāḷvāy Uḻak=ku ney
    11nontā viḷakk’ erippōm āṉōm

    It-
    12-taḷi A⟨r⟩ccippōm Āttiraiyaṉ nā-
    13rāyaṇaṉ E(ṟa)ṉum Ivaṉ (n)ampimārum-
    14I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ālvōm _

    (I)tu paḻaṅ kaṟ-
    15paṭi

    In=ta śrī-(v)i_(m)āṉattilē
    16Ē(ṟ/ṉ)a ve[ṭṭiṉa]_(mai)yi(l muṉ)-
    17(ṉi)vājaka[m] _ [ve]ṭṭi-k ki(ṭa)-
    18nta taṉi-k _ [kallā] (l U)[bhai-]
    19yōkam i_[llāmaiyāl]
    20Atu ta[vi](n=)ta_tu

    [I]tu
    21nan=til pa_[ṉmā](yeśva)[rar ka] -
    22ṭai-k= k¡u!⟨ū⟩ṭṭa-(p)e_[ṟṟār]

    Apparatus

    8 i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩elliṉ ◇ iṉṉelliṉ VVA
    11 i¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩nontā ◇ tontā VVA
    13 E(ṟa)ṉum ◇ Eṟaṉum VVA • That is eṉṉum? — 13 (n)ampimārum ◇ ṟampimārum VVA
    16 Ē(ṟ/ṉ)a ◇ Ēṟa VVA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 [Prosperity! Fortune!]

    1-2 This also [is] a copy (paṭi↓1) [of] one old stone.

    5-9

    9-11

    11-14

    14-15

    15-20

    20-22

    Commentary

    This is a later copy of an original of the 9th century, as explicitly stated at the beginning of the record.

    14-22The text is interrupted in the middle by a statue.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 55); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 139); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) and translated for the first time by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous editions and photos.

    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 22, № 55. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 411–412, № 139. [siglum IP]

    Notes

    ↑1. Literally: “according to”.