Poṟpantal, donation, time of Kampavarman, year 2

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00196

Summary: Donation of a crop share to an individual for the upkeep of the village tank.

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    1svasti śrī


    2kampa-
    3varmma{ma}ṟku
    4yāṇṭu Ira--
    5ṇṭ-āvatu

    ka-
    6ḷattūr-k-kō-
    7ṭṭattu-k kuṟumpu-
    8ṟai-nāṭṭu-p poṟ-
    9pontai Ūrōm


    10Emm¡u!⟨ū⟩r (va)-
    11liyāṇaikku
    12Emm¡u!⟨ū⟩r malai-
    13veḷḷa-p-pe-
    14ruṅ-kuḷattukku
    15pūttōṟum pa-
    16ṭṭiyāl oru kāṭi
    17nel Ērikku dharmmam-ā-
    18ka viṟṟu-k kuṭuttō-
    19m

    itaṟṟ’ iṟampiṉō-
    20m dharmmāsaṉatti-
    21lē-y
    22veṟu I-
    23ru-pattu
    24 nālu ta-
    25ṇṭa-⟨p⟩ paṭu-
    26vōm āṉō-
    27m

    kaccip-
    28pēṭ’ aḻitt(ā)-
    29ṉ pāvam paṭu-
    30vō(m) āṉom
    31kuṭātōm

    It-ta-
    32ṉmam irakṣittār aṭi
    33eṉ ṟa{l}lai mēla-
    34ṉa

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    2-5 Second year of Kampavarman. 

    6-9 We, the villagers of Porpontai in the Kuṟumpuraināṭu in the Kaḷattūrkkōṭṭam.

    10-19 To Valiyāṇai of our village, for the great tank of Malaiveḷḷam, we have given, after purchase, as a pious act, one kāṭi of paddy per paṭṭi.

    19-27 We who [...], we have become those who incur a fine of twenty-four ⟨kāṇams⟩↓1 at the dharmāsana.

    27-31 We who [...], we have become those who incur the sin of he who destroys Kaccippēṭu.

    31-34 The feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 97); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 196); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with Introductory Notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press.
    Pages 43–44, № 97. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 529–530, № 196. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1923-1924. Page 32, appendix B/1923, № 402.

    Notes

    ↑1. See the similar formula at the end of IP 200 , where kāṇam is found.