Parameśvaramaṅgalam, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 16

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00161

Summary: Donation of gold for supplying food-offerings.

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Medial i and ī are interchangeable.


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    1svasti śrī

    nṛpatuṅka-va-
    2(r)mmaṟkku yāṇṭu patiṉ-āṟ-āvatu

    pa-
    3rameśvara-maṅkalattu śaileśva-
    4rattu ma¿ha?⟨hā⟩devarkku ma{(n/d)}dhyāhna-vē(ḷ)ai-
    5yiṟ ṟiru-v-amutukku maṇṇaiku-
    6ṭi maṟamaṭakki viḻuppēraraiyar ma-
    7ka(ṉ) nan=ti niṟaimati śaileśvara-
    8rattu-k kaṇa-p-peru-makkaḷ vaḻi kuṭut-
    9ta cem-poṉ patiṉ oru kaḻañcu Itaṉ-
    10poliyūṭṭiṉāṉicati nāṭuri kuttal ariciyu-
    11m oru piṭi neyyum appōtu kāṭṭum viḷa-
    12kkiṉukku Oru ¿m?⟨p⟩iṭi Eṇṇaiyyumuṭṭāmai-
    13-c celuttuvōm āṉōṅ kaṇappe-
    14ru-makkaḷōm

    Itu ma¿ha?⟨hā⟩sabhai rakṣai

    Apparatus

    4 ma{(n/d)}dhyāhna°madhyāhna° VVA4–5 vē(ḷ)ai/yiṟvēḷai/yiṟ VVA • The stone is broken at the locus concerned.
    6–7 ma/ka(ṉ) nan=tima/kan= nan=ti VVA
    9 kaḻañcukaḻañci VVA; kaḻañc¿i?⟨u⟩ IP

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 Sixteenth year of Nṛpatuṅgavarman. 

    2-14

    8-11

    14This [donation is under] the protection of the great assembly.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 69); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 161); 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 29, № 69. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 467–468, № 161. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1912-1913. Page 34, appendix B/1912, № 257. [siglum ARIE]