Tiruvaikāvūr, donation, time of Nandivarman, year 22

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00143

Summary: Donation of land for the upkeep of a perpetuel lamp and for food-offering to a god.

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¹svasti śrī

nantipa(nma)-rājaṟku yāṇṭu Iru-patt’ iraṇṭ-āvatu

tiruvaiykā-v-u-
²ṭaiya mahādevaṟku tiru non=tā viḷakkum Amutu paṭikkum U(paiya)m vai-
³ykka ca(n)tippeliyār tiri-puvaṉa-mātēvi-c-caruppēti-maṅkalat-
⁴tu sabhaiyār pakkal poṉ kuṭuttu-p poli-k kūlikku-c cela-
⁵vāka kācu koḷḷā Ūṟkiḻ Iṟaiyili-y-āka maṇaliṭil vēli-
⁶-y-āka-k koṇṭu-viṭṭa vaṇṇakka-viḷākam nilam {symbol} kaṟā I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam Oṉṟ’ a-
⁷raiyu⟨m⟩

Iṟakkātā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tiru-v-aṭi Iraṇṭum en talai mēliṉa

Itu Iṟakkuvā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ taṅka-
⁸ḷ ammaikku-t tānē-y miṉāḷaṉ |

Itu kalveṭṭu-p paṭi

Apparatus

¹ nantipa(nma)° ◇ nanti¿pma?⟨vanma⟩° VVA; nantipa⟨nma⟩° YS
² non=tā ◇ nontā VVA; non=tā YS
³ ca(n)tippeliyār ◇ ca(n)tippeliyār VVA; cantippeliyār YS
⁴ poli-k ◇ poli VVA; poli-k YS
⁵ maṇaliṭil ◇ maṇaliṭil VVA; maṇalīṭil YS
⁶ {symbol} ◇ kaṟā VVA; kaṟā YS • According to YS, these are symbols for 1 and 1/2.
⁷ mēliṉa ◇ mēliṉa VVA; mēlaṉa YS — ⁷ Iṟakkuvā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ◇ Iṟakkuvān VVA; Iṟkkuvān YS
⁸ miṉāḷaṉ ◇ miṉāḷaṉ VVA; miṇāḷaṉ YS
⁰ ◇ VVA; YS

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹ Prosperity! Fortune!

¹ Twenty-second year of the king Nandivarman. 

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^7-8

⁸ This [is] the copy of a stone-inscription. 

Commentary

This is a later copy of an original of the 9th century, as indicated in line 8.

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 58); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 143); re-edited by Subbarayalu 2015 (SII 34, no. 48); encoded and translated here for the first time by Emmanuel Francis for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994), based on previous editions.

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