Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 22

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00177

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.

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^{Zone 1 1}[svas]ti
²śrī

kō-vi-
³⟨cai⟩ya-ni⟨ru⟩pa--
⁴t¡o!⟨u⟩ṅ-
⁵ka-va(ṉ)-
⁶¿v?⟨m⟩aṟku
⁷Irupat-
⁸t’ iraṇṭā ^{Zone 2} -
⁹vatu

(tanu)
¹⁰(nāyaṟṟu)
¹¹(v)e(ḷḷ)i(k)-
¹²kiḻamai
¹³p(e)ṟṟa ti(ru)-
¹⁴k(ē)ṭṭ(ai) [1+]
¹⁵[5+]
¹⁶tiru(kka)ṭai-
¹⁷muṭi ma[hā-]
¹⁸t(ē)varkku
¹⁹(n)i(ca)ti [U] ^{Zone 3} -
²⁰[ḻa]kku ney-
²¹(y)āl no-
²²(n)tā viḷa-
²³kku Eri[ya]

^{Zone 4
24}śrī-kaṇ(ṭa)-
²⁵purattu
²⁶peru⟨ñ⟩-cēri-
²⁷ya⟨r⟩ kai Uḻa-
²⁸(tār)ka ci [C]e-
²⁹ṭṭu Aric[V]-
³⁰ṇi ceri-
³¹yaṉ ti(ṇ)-
³²ṭiyūr kuṭu-
³³tta [poṉ] ^{Zone 5} -
³⁴(paṉ)-
³⁵(niru)-
³⁶(nra kaḻa)-
³⁷(ñ)[cu 1+]-
³⁸[3+]-
³⁹[3+]-
⁴⁰(viḷa)-
⁴¹(kku pa)-
⁴²l-mā-
⁴³ye-
⁴⁴sūra-
⁴⁵⟨ra⟩kṣai

Apparatus

¹⁴ k(ē)ṭṭ(ai) ◇ (ko)ṭṭai KVSA; ¿(ko)?⟨kē⟩ṭṭai CS
²⁷ Uḻa ◇ vaḻi KVSA
²⁸ (tār)ka ci [C]e ◇ ci [1+] mi [1+] KVSA
²⁹ ṭṭu Aric[V] ◇ ṭi [2+] rica [2+] KVSA
³⁰ ṇi ceri ◇ ṇicai cila KVSA
⁴⁵ ⟨ra⟩kṣai ◇ (ra)kṣai KVSA

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

^1-2 Prosperity! Fortune!

^2-9 Twenty-second year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavarman. 

^10-23

^24-45

^24-26

Commentary

^24-25The characterśrī extends to height of both lines.

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 528); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 177); edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos and on previous editions.

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