Nārttāmalai, foundation and donation, time of Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman, year 7

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00154

Summary: Foundation of a temple (kōyil) and donation of land as arcanābhoga.

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No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Medial i and ī not distinguished and interchangeable.

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    Zone 1 1(svasti śrī)

    (kō-vicaiya-ni)rupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅ[ka]-(vi)[kkirama-vanmaṟ]ku yāṇṭu Ēḻ-āvatu

    viṭēlviṭuku mutta-
    2(rai)yaṉ (ma)ka(ṉ) cāttam paḻ(i)yili kuṭaivitta śrī-kōyil

    Ic-ciri-kōyilu-
    3(k)ku muka-maṇṭakamum I(ṣavamum) [Iṣa](va-k)-koṭ(ṭilu)m pali-p-p¡i!⟨ī⟩(ṭamum)-
    4ceyvittā(ḷ) cātta(m) [paḻiyili ma]kaḷ miṉavaṉ tamiḻ-atiyaraiya(ṉ-ā)ṉa pāl-
    5laṉ Aṉantaṉu(kku)-p pukka paḻiyili ciṟiya naṅkai _

    Zone 2
    6Ic-ciri-kō-¡I!⟨y-i⟩lukku A(r)cc¿i?⟨a⟩nā-bho(ga)t(tukku) Aṇṇal[vā-]
    7yiṟ-kūṟṟattu-p peru-viḷattūr-c cavaiñ cāttaṉ kāṇi-y-āṉa mū-vēliyi-
    8(l viḷai) ko(ṇṭa) kāṟ cē(y)yum Ev-vakai-p-paṭṭa I(ṟai) Itaṉāl vantat’ e-
    9l(lām) kōviṉukk’ av(i)-p-patuḷ ātu cavaiñ cāttaṉum ivaṉ vaḻiyilāru¿pe?⟨m⟩ p¿a?⟨e⟩(ṟa/ra) Zone 3
    10[ka](ṭa)vat’ ākavum

    Itu caṭai⟨ya⟩ṉum-
    11[I]ṭ(ai)yūṟ ētum paṭaṉmurai kōvi-
    12[ṉu]kku va(ru)m Irupatt’ aiṅ-ka¿k?⟨ḻ⟩añcu po-
    13[ṉ taṇṭaṅ kaṭavar ā](kavum)

    paṭṭ-uṭaiya-
    14ṉ U¿ḻ?⟨r⟩uttiraṉ tēyapukkikku-c ce Zone 4-
    15yvittēṉ paḻiyi-
    16li ciṟiya naṅkai-¡Ē!⟨y-ē⟩ṉ


    17ppuṟapivi Īśvarattu-p pa-
    18ṭṭ-uṭaiyāṉ uruttiraṉ tē-
    19ya-pu⟨k⟩ku-c ceyvi⟨t⟩tatu

    Zone 5
    20(I)t-tēvatāṉaṅ kātta-
    21r aṭi Eṉ ṟalai (mēlaṉa)

    Apparatus

    1 (svasti śrī) ◇ svasti śrī IPS B+V; (svasti) śrī VA
    2–3 Iccirikōyilu/(k)ku ◇ Iccirīkōyilu/(k)ku IPS
    3 palipp¡i!⟨ī⟩(ṭamum) ◇ palippīṭamum IPS B+V; palippiṭamum VA
    4 ceyvittā(ḷ) ◇ ceyvittāṉ IPS B+V; ceyvittā(ḷ) VA — 4 cātta(m) ◇ cāttam IPS B+V; cātt¿ā?⟨a⟩(m) VA — 4 [ma]kaḷ ◇ (ma)kaṉ IPS; makāṉ B+V; (ma)kaḷ VA — 4–5 pāl/laṉ ◇ vā/laṉ IPS; mal/laṉ B+V; pāl/laṉ VA
    6 Iccirikō¡I!⟨y-i⟩lukku ◇ IccirīkōIlukku IPS; Iccirīkōyilukku B+V; IccirikōIlukku VA
    8 (viḷai )ko(ṇṭa) ◇ vilakova IPS; vilakōvā B+V; vi(lai) ko(ṇṭa) VA — 8 kāṟ cē(y)yum ◇ (I)kicaṟ ceyyum IPS; (i) kicar ceyyum B+V; kārceyyum VA
    9 vaḻiyilāru¿pe?⟨m⟩ ◇ vaḻiyilāru⟨m⟩ IPS VA; vaḷiyilārum B+V — 9 p¿a?⟨e⟩(ṟa/ra) ◇ pe(ṟa)k IPS VA; peṟak B+V
    10 caṭai⟨ya⟩ṉum ◇ cuṭaiṉum IPS; kataiṉum B+V; caṭai⟨ya⟩ṉum VA • B&V suggest it could be ketataiṉum as the first letter looks like ke.
    13–14 paṭṭuṭaiya/ṉ ◇ paṭṭuṭaiva/ṉ IPS B+V; paṭṭuṭaiyā/ṉ VA • VA aligns with the spelling of the same word, lines 17-18.
    14 U¿ḻ?⟨r⟩uttiraṉ ◇ Ulutā tiraṉ IPS; Oḷutātiraṉ B+V; Uḷuttiraṉ VA
    17 ppuṟapivi ◇ paḻaṟpili IPS; paḻiyi⟨li⟩ B+V; paḻiyili VA IP • VA notes: "The -ī sign of ḻi is indicated on the side as in Vaṭṭeḻuttu script." — 17 Īśvarattup ◇ Īśvarattup IPS B+V VA; B+V
    18 uruttiraṉ ◇ uruttiraṉ IPS VA; urutiraṉ B+V; VA — 18–19 tē/yapu⟨k⟩kuc ◇ tē/y pukuc IPS; tē/yi pukuc B+V; tē/yapu⟨k⟩kuc VA; IP
    19 ceyvi⟨t⟩tatu ◇ ceyvitta[4*] IPS; ceyvitta B+V; ceyvi⟨t⟩tatu VA; ceyvi(t)tatu IP

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 [Prosperity! Fortune!]

    1 Seventh year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman. 

    1-2 [This is] the glorious temple that Cāttam Paḻiyili, son of Viṭeḷviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ, had made carved out.

    2-5 She who has, for this glorious temple, a front hall, a ṛṣabha, a hall for the ṛṣabha and an altar made [is] the daughter of Cāttam Paḷiyili, [that is,] Paḻiyili Ciṟiya Naṅkai ... (pukka) fo Pāllaṉ Aṉantāṉ

    6-10 For this glorious temple, for [its] arcanābhoga, let it be that should be obtained a quarter cēy bought ...

    10-13 Let it be that those who ... should [receive] a fine of twenty-five kaḻañcus of gold ...

    13-16 I, Paḻiyili Ciṟiya Naṅkai have this made as for ... (tēyapukkikku) [of] the priest Uruttiraṉ↓1.

    17-19 It has been made ... (tēyapukku) [of] the priest Uruttiraṉ.

    20-21 The feet of he who protects this devadāna are on my head.

    Commentary

    The beginning of lines 1-5 is severely damaged and nowadays hardly legible.

    The lines 20-21 have not been previously noticed.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929 (IPS no. 19); first translated in Srinivasa Aiyar 1941 (IPS no. 19); re-edited in Balasubrahmanyan and Venkataranga Raju 1934 (without marking alveolar ṉ); re-edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943; text (mainly after Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943) and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 154); re-edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on photographs.

    Primary

    Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State Arranged According to Dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar.
    Page 11, № 19. [siglum IPS]
    Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1941. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai State: Translated into English. Part I: Early, Pallava and Cola Inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar.
    Pages 20–21, № 19. [siglum SA]
    Balasubrahmanyan, S. R. & K. Venkataranga Raju. 1934. “Narttāmalai and Its Temples. Part II: The Early Cave-Temples in the Melamalai.” Journal of Oriental Research Madras 8 (1): 24–30.
    Pages 29–30. [siglum B+V]
    Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with Introductory Notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press.
    Page 26, № 63. [siglum VA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 452–453, № 154. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1904-1905. Page 12, appendix A/1904, № 365.
    Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Chronological List of Inscriptions of the Pudukkóttai State Arranged According to Dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar.
    Page 2, № 19.
    Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian Inscriptions. Volume XVII: Inscriptions Collected during the Year 1903-04. South Indian Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications).
    Page 169, № 395.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, a Tamil tadbhava of Sanskrit Rudra.