Uttiramērūr, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 16

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

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    1[s]vasti śrī

    nṛpat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-varmmar¡k!⟨kk⟩u yāṇṭu patināṟ-āvatu

    Ut=tarameru-c-catu(r)vvedi-maṁkalattu tiru-p-
    2-pulivalattu mahādevar¡k!⟨kk⟩u na¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tā-viḷakkukk’ āka Ālappā⟨kka⟩ttu kōyilāṉ harinandi maṇavāṭṭi pa(ṭā)-
    3ri-y-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ k¡u!⟨o⟩ṭutta poṉ patiṉ mu-k-kaḻañcu

    Ip-poṉṉiṉ poliyālē na¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tā-viḷakk’ erippa-
    4t’ āka k¡u!⟨o⟩ṭuttēṉ

    Itu rakṣippār vāriya-p-perumakkaḷ

    Id-dharmaṁ rakṣittār tiruvaṭi En talai mē-
    5(l ā)ka

    Apparatus

    1 Ut=tarameru° • U or U?

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1Prosperity! Fortune!

    1Sixteenth year of Nṛpatuṅgavarman.

    1-3The gold that I, Paṭāri↓1, wife (maṇavāṭṭi) [of] Harinandin, temple-man (kōyilāṉ) at Ālappākkam, have given for the sake of an unperishable lamp for the Mahādeva of Tiruppulivalam in Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala: thirteen kaḻañcus.

    3-4This gold, I have given for burning an unperishable lamp with [its] interest (poliyālē).

    4The great men of the supervision committee (vāriyapperumakkaḷ) [are] the protectors [of] this.

    4-5Let the feet of those who will protect this pious act (dharma) be on my head.

    Commentary

    Compare t=ta (line 1) and tta (line 5). Thus first could be encoded as Grantha.

    Note rākṣippār, present habitual, and rakṣittār, past. Literally: “of those who have protected.” The honour of taking the feet on the head is placed in the future and, as the reason (the act of protecting) for conferring the honour will take place before conferring of honour, the act of protecting is in past tense.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6, no. 346); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 163); re-edited and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (2019).

    Primary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume VI: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada Countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch.
    Page 17, № 162. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 471, № 163. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1897-1898. Page 18, appendix B/1898, № 63. [siglum ARIE 1897-1898]

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, Skt. Bhaṭāri.