Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00212
Summary: Allocation of crops for the upkeep of a village tank. An irrigation transaction described as a pious act (dharma).
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Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.
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kō-vicaiya-ka-
2mpa⟨va⟩rmmarkku yāṇṭu patiṉ o-
3ṉṟ-āvatu
kāliyūr-kōṭṭattu-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩-
4ḻ-p-pūtūr Ūrōm
pperumpāṇa¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ ca-
5kkaṭi Araiyar makaṉār (m)ā-tēvaṉārkku
6Oṭṭi viṟṟu-k kuṭutta paric-āvatu
E(m)-
7m¡u!⟨ū⟩r varamp’ aṟutta viḷai nilam-āy-
8(ṟ)aivayal nilamum Aṭai-nilamuṅ ka-
9ṟ(ai)-nilamum Etta-p-pulamum tēva-
10bhogamum paḷḷi-c-cantamum vai-
11jya-bhogamum pāppaṉ paṭṭiyu(m)
12Uḷḷiṭṭu Ep-pēr-p-paṭṭa nilamum viḷain-
13ta nilattāl{p} paṭṭiyāl Oru kāṭi nel
14Ēri-k-kāṭi Āka kōvuṅ kuṭiyu(m) potu vē(y)
15viḷainta nilattāl Ēri-k kaṭṭuvat-ā(ka)
16¿Uvver?⟨Ivvūr⟩ niṟkavum Oṭṭi mā-tēvaṉār pa-
17kkal poṉ koṇṭu viṟṟu⟨k⟩ kuṭut-
18tōm
Ip-paricu Āṭṭātu tiṟampiṉō-
19m kuṭi{y}maiyu veṟu
20(dharmm)āsanattu nicati I-
21ru-pattu nālum Ūr tiṟappil
22nāṟ-p-patt’ eṭṭu-k kāṇam
23taṇṭa-p-paṭuvat’ ākavum
Ik-kāṇa-
24m ceṉṟu niṉṟu-p puḷḷikutta
25p¿i?⟨e⟩ṟātat’ ākavum
It-taṇṭa-p-paṭṭum
26mēṟ-coṉṉa paricē-y ceyvat’ ākavu-
27m
Eṇṇāḻi-k-kā¿lalā?⟨lāl⟩ Aṭṭuvat’ āka-
28vum
Aṉṟ-āḷ-kō-v-ē-y Irakṣi⟨p⟩pat’ ākavu-
29m
Oṭṭi viṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm mēr-col-
30la-⟨p⟩-paṭṭa k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-p-putūr Ūrōm
Ū(rār) colla
31Eḻutiṉēṉ Ik-k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pu{t}tūr-k kūṭṭat-
32tāṉ ṛṣi-keśava-bhaṭṭaṉ-ēṉ
33Id-dharmmam· rakṣi⟨p⟩pāṉ Aṭi
34Eṉ muṭi mēlaṉa
1 Prosperity! Fortune!
2-3 Eleventh year of the victorious king Kampavarman.
3-4 We the villagers of Kīḻppūtūr in the Kāliyūrkōṭṭam.
4-6 The manner in which [we] gave ...
6-18 We have given, after sale, ...
18-23 In this manner, ...
23-25 ...
25-27 ...
27-28 We have given, after sale, ...
28-29 The then ruling king should protect [this transaction].
29-30 We, ..., the villagers of the above-mentioned Kīḻppūtūr.
30-32 While the villagers talked, I, Ṛṣikeśavabhaṭṭa, a member of the assembly (kūṭṭam), I wrote.
33-34 The feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.
Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 102); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 212); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous editions.