Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, donation, time of Kampavarman, year 7

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00200

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

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    1kampa-varmmaṟku yāṇ-
    2ṭ’ ēḻ-āvatu

    tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr-p-puṟattu maṇali sabhaiyōṅ kai-y
    3(E)ḻuttu

    mayilā⟨r⟩ppil iṟaiyāṉ cēri vēmpaṉ kuṇuṅkaṉ ammaṉ
    4tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr mahādevarkku-t tiru-viḷakkiṉukku vaitta po¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ūr-kaṟ (ce)-
    5(m)m(ai) patiṉ aiṅ-kaḻañcu poṉ koṇṭu kaṭavōm

    ip-poṉṉā(l kaḻañ)-
    6(ciṉ vāy) m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañcāṭi-p palicai-y-āka-(y i)vv-āṭṭai (Ai)ppaci mutal āṟāṟu tiṅ-
    7kaḷiṟ kaḻañcē Araikkāṟ poṉ ṟiru-v-oṟṟiyūr-āṇikiḻē koṇṭu
    8kuṭuppōm āṉōm

    ip-poṉ kaṭai-k-kūṭṭa-va(ntāṟku nicati) Iraṇṭu
    9(cō)ṟu kuṭuppōm āṉom

    itaṟṟ’ iṟampi⟨l⟩ dharmmāsanattu nicati Eṭṭ-arai kāṇa(m)
    10taṇṭa-p-paṭuvōm āṉōm

    Apparatus

    4 po¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩po{ṉ}ṉ VVA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 Seventh year of Kampavarman. 

    2-3 Handwriting of the members of the assembly of Maṇali, a hamlet of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr.

    3-5 The gold that Vēmpaṉ Kuṇuṅkaṉ Ammaṉ [of] Iṟaiyāṉ Cēri in Mayilārppu gave for a glorious for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, [that is,] fifteen kaḻañcus of gold ..., we are bound to take it.

    5-8With this gold, we have become those who will ...

    8-9 ...

    10-11 If failing, we have become those who will incur a fine of eight and a half kāṇams, daily, at the dharmāsana.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 99); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 200); 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 44–45, № 99. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 535–536, № 200. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1912-1913. Page 26, appendix B/1912, № 189.