Lālkuṭi, donation, time of Nṛpatuṇgavikramavaram, year 23

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00180

Summary: Donation of gold, after a land-sale, for providing food offerings and for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vijaya-nirupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-vikkirama-parumarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 (3)-Āvatu

    Iṭai(yāṟṟu n)āṭṭu-t tiru-t-tava-t-tuṟai m¿ā?⟨a⟩tē-
    2varkku I¿ñ?⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu kavira-p-poṟkkaṭṭi-Ūr-Uṭaiyāṉ pūti kaṇṭaṉ Iravum pakalum Oru noṉtā-t tiru-viḷakku nicati Uri-y
    3ney{i}yāl ca¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tirātittaval Erivataṟkku kuṭutta poṉ 3 10 kaḻañcum tēvar kōyil poṉ Irupatiṉ ka-
    4ḻañcu(m) Āka-p poṉ 5 10-tiṉ kaḻañcuṅ vaṭa-karai-maḻanāṭṭu kalāra-k-kūṟṟattu mikūṟṟu ciṟukavūr toḻunērvē-
    5liyum toḻunēryum Eṅkaḷ kurukkaḷ Iṟaiyili-y-āka Eṟṟu-k koṇṭa pūmi Ōmañcaṉ tuvēti nakkaṉū(ra)-
    6ṉuṅ cāvā¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ti nārāyaṇa-mā-tēvaṉum nārāyaṇaṉ cē¡ṉ!⟨n⟩(ta)ṉuṅ nārāyaṇaṉ ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩akkaṉum Ivaṉaivōm ti-
    7ru-t-tava-t-tuṟai mā-tēvar Iṭai Ippoṉ Aimpatiṉ ka([ḻa])ñcu poṉṉuṅ koṇṭu Eṅkaḷ kurukkaḷai-(t)
    8(y)oḻunērtirattu tēvarkkē Aṭṭiṉ pūmi Uḷppaṭa Ip-poṉṉukku viṟṟu kuṭutta toḻunē(r)vēli-nilam-(āva)-
    9tu

    vaṭavūr nā⟨ṉ⟩-mā-varaiyum [3*] (muṉṟum āvum Itaṉ kiḻai nā)[ṉ]-mā-varaiyum Itaṉ kiḻaikkāṟ ceyum Ita-
    10ṉ kiḻai mūṉṟum ā(vum) Itaṉ kiḻai Arai-mā-vum Ākattaṭi Āṟiṉāl nilam vēliyum Illavaḷākamum t(o)-
    11ṭṭamum Akaiyāṟum puṉ-ceyum meṉ-ceyum toḻunērvēli-y-ā(va)tu Uṭumpoṭi Āmai tavaḻ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tu E-
    12(ppēr)ppaṭṭatum Uṉṉilam oḻiv’ iṉṟi Oru nontā viḷakkum ciṟukāṭṭi Oru tiru-v-amirtukkum-āka viṟṟu
    13I⟨n⟩-nilam Iṟaiyum Eccōrum veṭṭiyum vētiṉaiyum ceṉṉīr v¿a?⟨e⟩ṭṭi Uṭpaṭṭa veṭṭi Eppērpaṭṭatum ce-
    14(yyāta)t-ākavum Ip-poṉ 5 10-tiṉ kaḻañcuṅ koṇṭu tiru-t-tava-t-tuṟai mā-tērvarkku Iṟaiyili-y-āka viṟṟu vi-
    15lai-y-āvaṇañ ce⟨y⟩tu kuṭuttōm

    Oru nontā viḷakkiṉukkum Oru ti(ru-v-ami)rtukkum-āka viṟṟu n¡i!⟨ī⟩rōṭ’ aṭṭi kuṭuttōm Ō-
    16mañcaṉ tuvēti nakkaṉūraṉum cāvānti nārāyaṇaṉ mā-tē(vaṉu)m nārāyaṇaṉ cēntaṉum nārāyaṇaṉ
    17(nakka)ṉum Ivaṉaivōm

    Itaṟ tirampil ¡Añ-ñ!⟨Ain-n⟩ūṟu kāṇam muṟppaṭa paṉ-māheśvararai taṇṭam iṭa Oṭṭi-
    18(ṉōm)

    Itu paṉ-māheśvara-rakṣai

    Itu kāttāṉukku Āyu(tum) śrīyum dharmamu¡mm!⟨m⟩ āyiṭuka | [2*]-
    19tāka Oṭṭik kuṭuttōn teṅkaṅkuṭi sabhaiyōm

    Itu pan-māheśvara-rakṣai

    Apparatus

    13 v¿a?⟨e⟩ṭṭivaṭṭi HKS; va⟨ē⟩ṭṭi IP

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 23rd year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman. 

    1-9

    9-15

    15-17

    17-18

    18

    18-19

    19

    Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

    Bibliography

    Edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4, no. 531); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 180); re-edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on published visual documentation (SII 4, plate VII).

    Primary

    Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume IV: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada Countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government Press.
    Pages 172–173, № 531, plate VII. [siglum HKS]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 505–507, № 180. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1891-1892. Page 17, appendix B/1892, № 84.