Kaṇṭiyūr, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 21

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00171

Summary: Donation of land (after sale) and of gold.

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¹svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-nirupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkirama-paruma-
²ṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 1-Āvatu

Avv-āṇṭu Ārkkā-
³ṭṭu-k-kūṟṟattu brahmatēyan tiru-k-kaṇṭiyūr
⁴sabhaiyōm

Ivv-ūr-c cēri vicaiya-nal(lu)-
⁵ḻāṉ māṟaṅkāḷiyiṭai koṇṭa t¡i!⟨ī⟩pam oṉṟu-
⁶kku-c cempoṉ campirāṇip paḻaṅ-kā(ci)-
⁷ṉōṭ’ urai-y oppatu Ūrāṭukallāl 100 10 {symbol}
⁸ṉūṟ(ṟo)ru(pa)tiṉ kaḻañcu

Ivv-ūr kāḷāpaṭāriyā-
⁹rkku Oḻukk’ avippuṟam-āka-p pattu-c ce(yyum) O-
¹⁰ḻukku-p puṟam-āka Oru mā-c ceyyum (Āka patiṉ o)-
¹¹ru mā-c ceyyum Eṅkaḷ brahma[10*]-
¹²ṟuk kuṭutta nilattukk’ ellai tā(ṉai) [4*]-
¹³rañ centaṉum Iva-
¹⁴ṉ (tampi ti)v¿a?⟨ā⟩kara-nak-
¹⁵kaṉu[4*]kaḷ nilattu-
¹⁶kku-(k kiḻa)kkum paḻaiya-
¹⁷taḷi-t tēvatāṉam-āṉa
¹⁸nilattukku-t teṟkum
¹⁹It-tēvatāṉa nilat-
²⁰tukkum vaḻiñcivāyk-
²¹ku mē¿k?⟨ṟ⟩kum vaḻiñcivāy-
²²kku vaṭakkum

Ivv-icain-
²³ta peru-nāṅk’ ellai-
²⁴yil akappaṭṭa nilam O-
²⁵ṭṭai-c-cey muṟṟum

²⁶Iṉṉam itaṟkēy viṟ-
²⁷kiṉṟa nilattu⟨k⟩k’ ellai
²⁸(Ū)r-uṭaiya perumāṉaṭi-
²⁹kaḷ (ve)li-p peruñ-cey-
³⁰yil ālkiṉṟa nilattukku-
³¹k kiḻakkuṅ kāmakkāṇi (calā)-
³²kaṉ tiru-maḻavāṭiyun tampi-
³³maruṅ kākakkāṇi centa(ṉ) brā-
³⁴hmaṇi divākaraṉ puṇ(ṭu)m ni-
³⁵lattukku-t teṟku tāṉain(ta)-
³⁶ṉ vāsudevaṉ talaiyaṉun-
³⁷tāṉainta(ṉ) tā(mō)tira(ṉ v)ā-
³⁸sudevabha(ṭṭa)ṉum mōcitē-
³⁹vaṉ tiru-ve(ṅ)kāṭaṉ ¿s?⟨ś⟩rīdha-
⁴⁰nam pe(ṟṟa) nilattukkum pālā-
⁴¹ciriyaṉ (ce)ṭṭi mātēva nilat-
⁴²tukkumē Aṇaivāykkālu-
⁴³kkum Iv-veli-p peruñ-ce-
⁴⁴y pāyavum vāravum-āka
⁴⁵v(ai)cca A(rai)kko(ṭṭivā)-
⁴⁶(yk)kālukku vaṭakku [3*]
⁴⁷[3*] makkum

(Ivv-icai)t-
⁴⁸ta (pe)ru-nāṅk’ e(llaiyill a)-
⁴⁹kappaṭṭa nilan taṭi-y ira-
⁵⁰(ṇ)ṭu

ni(lan ka)ruttāka U-
⁵¹ṇṇilam oḻiv’ iṉṟi O-
⁵²ṭṭai-c ceyyum velip
⁵³peruñ-ceyyi(l) kiḻakkaṭai-
⁵⁴yavum-āka Aḷa(n)tu Araiyē-
⁵⁵y oru mā cceyyum ōḻu-
⁵⁶(kk’ avi)-p-puṟamum ¿e?⟨o⟩ḻukku-
⁵⁷p puṟamum A⟨r⟩ccanā-bhoga-
⁵⁸mum-āka In-ni⟨la⟩ttāl pañcavā-
⁵⁹ramum Ec-cōṟum nēr(v)ā-
⁶⁰yamum veṭṭi vetiṉaiyu-
⁶¹ñ ceṉṉir-p potivi [unknown number of lines lost]

Apparatus

⁷ 100 10 {symbol} ◇ 100 10 {symbol} HKS; {symbol} IP • IP reads only the symbol and notes: "Here there is a symbol representing 110."
⁴⁵ v(ai)cca • Only the first of the two successive kompus is unclear.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹ Prosperity! Fortune!

^1-2 21st year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman. 

^4-8

^8-22

^22-25

^26-47

^47-50

^50-61

Commentary

⁶¹The inscription stops short here. HKS notes: "This inscription is left unfinished."

Bibliography

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1925 (SII 5, no. 572); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 171); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions.

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