Uttiramērūr, Vaikuṇṭhaperumāḷ, larger platform, western base, time of Kampavarman, year 9

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaiya-kampa-parumaṟku yāṇṭu Oṉpat-āvatu

    kāl¿ī?⟨i⟩‡yūr-k-kōṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟu Uttiramēru-cat¿i?⟨u⟩(r)vetima‡ṅkalattu sabhaiyōm
    2ceyta (vya){ya}vasthai-(y)

    Emm(ū/u)r mē⟨ṟ⟩kku niṉṟum n‡ālān teruvu telkil aṅkāṭikkēy U(r/)uva‡ppukka vaḻiyiṉ mēṟ-
    3(kum ātaṇi)maṅkalaviti teṉ-ciṟakil kiḻakkaṭaiya‡p peruṅkuṟi-y sabhaiyōm mutal-āy n(ā)‡lu maṉai¡yy!⟨y⟩ilum kiḻa-
    4kkaṭaiya (Oru) maṉai-¡yy!⟨y⟩ Añ-kō¡ll!⟨l⟩-uḷḷa maṉai¡yy!⟨y⟩il ‡ telkil aṅkāṭi-c caṭṭi makaṉ pu‡liyaṉukku viṟṟu ki-
    5ḻakkaṭaiya nālu kōlum n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki-y ‡ niṉṟa Oru kōlum I(tiṉ) Ōṭai-y Aṭai‡nta mēlai-y m(ū/u)ṉṟu maṉaiy(u)m{u} Icca - dash
    6ṭṭi makaṉ puliyaṉukku viṟṟa nāl k‡ōlukkum maṟutalai-y Āka kurava-ci⟨ri⟩ Irāma-tēva‡-bhaṭṭar pakkal Im-maṉaikaḷ (O)ṭum dash
    7Aṭaiya vilaikku koṇṭa Oru m‡aṉaiyum Āy In-nālē-y Oru kōl maṉai‡yum Ivaiy sabhaiyōmukkē-y
    8vēṇṭuvaṉa Ātaṉamai¡y‡y!⟨y‡⟩il Im-maṉaikaḷ Ārum viṟkavum piṟa‡rkku paṇik(k)avum peṟātār ākavum

    Itu viṟ-
    9pitu Ātal paṇippitu Ātal ceytār gr¿a?⟨ā⟩ma-kā(r)yya{ya}m piḻa‡¡y!⟨i⟩kka ceytār Āvār Ākavum

    Ik-kiḻakkaṭaiya nāl kōl
    10viṟṟu mē⟨ṟ⟩kkaṭaiya nāl kōl vilaikku koṇṭatu Im-maṉaikaḷu⟨k⟩kē‡-y Ira¿(ṣ)?⟨kṣ⟩ai-y-āka vēṇṭu⟨m⟩

    Ip-paricu v(i)yavasthai-y paṇittōm sa-
    11bhai
    yōm

    paṇippa Eḻutiṉēṉ tiru⟨va⟩ṭikaḷ |

    Apparatus

    1 U(r/)uva‡ppukkaUruvappukka KVSA
    4 maṉai-¡yy!⟨y⟩maṉaiy KVSA
    5 maṉaiy(u)m{u}maṉaiyu(m) KVSA
    9 gr¿a?⟨ā⟩ma-kā(r)yya{ya}mgr¿a?⟨ā⟩ma-kāryya{ya}m KVSA
    10 v(i)yavasthai-yvyavasthai-y KVSA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 Ninth year of the victorious king Kampavarman. 

    1-2 Regulation (vyavasthā) that We, the members of the assembly of Uttiramērucaturvedimaṅgala, in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam and the division of the same name, have made.

    2-8 TO BE ADDED!

    8-9 He who does whether the sale [of] this or orders [to sell it] will be [considered] one who does harm the village management (grāmakārya).

    9-10 TO BE ADDED!

    10-11 In this wise, have we ordered/declared, We, the members of the assembly.

    11 As they (that is, the members of the assembly) ordered, I, Tiruvaṭikaḷ, wrote [this].

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6, no. 290); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 208); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020), from autopsy and photographs (2019).

    Primary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume VI: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada Countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch.
    Pages 146–147, № 290. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 549–550, № 208. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1897-1898. Page 16, appendix B/1898, № 7. [siglum ARIE 1897-1898]