Kūram, Keśavaperumāḷ, north wall inscription

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00164

Summary: Sale-deed of land in the Pallava-nārāyaṇa-caturvedimaṅgala to members of the ... (āḷuṅ-kaṇattārs) of Avani-nārāyaṇa-caturvedimaṅgala, sanctioned by the assembly (sabhā) of Pallava-nārāyaṇa-caturvedimaṅgala.

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Example of Grantha tu and Tamil tu used alternatively for the same word (caturvedi, line 1).


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    Edition

    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaiya-nirupa-t¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkarama-parumaṟkku yāṇṭu pati⟨ṉ⟩ Eḻ-āvatu

    (pa)ṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu karai-nāṭṭu-p pallava-nārāyaṇa-¿(śa)?caturvvedi-maṅkalattu (sa)bhaiyōm

    Em(m-ū)r kaṟkayam Iru-patt-eḻ-āyiraṅ kuḻi [?5*]

    Ik-kōṭṭattu [?6*] Amaṉi-nārāyaṇa-¿(śa)?caturvve(di)-maṅkalamum (y)-āluṅka(ṇa)tt(ā)r-uḷ

    śrī-bhālekka(ṇa) carma-kramavitta(ṉu)m [?4*] rukku mu-v-āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

    (krā)ñci-k ku(ma)raṭi-c-caṭaṅkavikku A-
    2 ¡y!⟨i⟩-(y)-āyiraṅ ku⟨ḻi⟩yum

    paciṇṭi kaṇacanna-kramavittaṉukku mu-v-āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

    nallūr-c caṉṉa (Ā)ticca-carma-mē veḷi [?3*] rikku Ir-āyiraṅ kuḻi(yum)

    muṭumpai-c cappaṭi-kramavitta-c-com(āci)kku (Ā)yiraṅ kuḷiyum

    Ivar (tampi) kāḷimaṇṭai-c caṭaṅka(vi)kku Āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

    [?5*] ṉukku Ir-āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

    kumaṭṭūr-c ca[?2*]-c caṭaṅkavikku Āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

    makacira poṟkāḷi bhaṭṭaṉukku Āyiraṅ kuḻiyum

    [?5*] yiṟ Iru-patt-eḻu maṉaiyum pāḻ [?7*]
    3 p-pāṭi Iru-patt-eḻu (paṅ)kum maṟṟum pañcākamum-uḷḷa iṭattu Ivv-iru-patt-eḻu paṅkiṉā(lu)m van=ta nilamum Im-mēṟ-colla-p-paṭṭa [?10*] m nilava(ḻi)yāl vilai-p-(po)ru(ḷ a)ṟa-k koṇṭu viṟ(ṟu)-k-(ku)ṭuttu-c cilālekai ceytu kuṭuṭṭōm sabhaiyōm Ivv-iru-patt-eḻ-ā(yiraṅ kuḻiyum paṉṉi)ru-c-cāṇ kōlāl

    Apparatus

    1 (krā)ñci(krā)ñci KVSA IP • Possibly read (kā)ñci.
    2 (Ā)ticca-carma-mē veḷi(Ā)ticcacāmamē veḷi KVSA; (Ā)ticcacarma-(mē vaḷi) IP2 ca[?2*]-cca[?2*]-c KVSA; ca[ṉṉa]-c IP

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 Seventeenth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman. 

    1 ...

    Commentary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 notes after the last word of his edition: ‘The continuation is much effaced.’

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 33); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 164); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021).

    Primary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume VII: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada Countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch.
    Pages 13–14, № 33. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 472–473, № 164. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1899-1900. Page 50, appendix B/1900, № 33. [siglum ARIE 1899-1900]