Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 18

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00168

Summary: Donation of gold for supplying food offerings.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicai-
    2ya-nṛpatuṅka-va⟨r⟩mmak=ku
    3yāṇṭu patiṉ eṭṭ-āvatu


    4[t]iru-v-oṟṟi(yū)[r]-p-puṟattu
    5(m)aṇali sabhaiyōm
    6(E)mm¡u!⟨ū⟩r-uṭaiya mahāde-
    7[va](r)k=ku Umpaḷa-nāṭṭu viṭē-
    8[l]-(vi)ṭuku pallavarai-
    9(yar) [devi]yāri[ṟ] paḻiya-
    10[n] pilli kuṭutta po-
    11ṉ Ūrkkaṟ cemmai
    12(ayṅ)-kaḻañcu I-
    13(y poṉayṅka)⟨ḻañcu po⟩-
    14ṉ koṇ[ṭu celu]tta-
    15k kaṭavōm āyiṉa pari{c}-
    16cāvatu

    cen-neṟ kuttaṟ
    17(pa)ḻa-v arici karu-nāḻiyiṉā[l-]
    18(nā)-ṉāḻiyum Uḻak=ku ne-
    19yyum ¿ā?⟨a⟩ṭukk’ ilaiy(u)m ai-
    20ntu k(ā)yum nālu-paḻa⟨mu⟩m saṅ-
    21ki(rā)n=ti-tōṟum muṭṭāmai
    22[ni]l(ai)-p poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka-t ti-
    23ṅkaṭoṟum āka kuṭup-
    24pōm āṉōm muṭṭuvatā-
    25yiṟ dhammāsanattu nicati nā(lē)-
    26[kā]l kāṇam paṭuvō{m}-
    27m āṉōm paṭṭum po-
    28li-y-[ū]ṭṭu muṭṭāmai (caṉ) [unknown number of lines lost]

    Apparatus

    2 °va⟨r⟩mmak=ku°varmmak=ku VVA
    12 (ayṅ)°°(ayṅ) VVA VVA notes: "Engraved over an erasure."
    13 (poṉayṅka)(poṉayṅka) VVA VVA notes: "Engraved over an erasure."
    25 dhammāsanattudhammā¿dha?⟨sa⟩nattu VVA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-3 Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅkavarman. 

    4-16

    16-28

    Commentary

    28VVA notes: "The slab is broken at this place and the continuation of the inscription is lost."

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 70); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 168); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), 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 30, № 70. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 481–482, № 168. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1912-1913. Page 24, appendix B/1912, № 162.