Kāvantaṇṭalam, donation transaction, time of Kampavarman, year 14

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00214

Summary: Transaction by an assembly concerning a donation for conducting worship.

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    1kampa-va(r)mmar⟨k⟩ku yāṇṭu patiṉāl-āvatu

    caturvvedimaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Eḻuttu

    veṅkai-nāṭṭu-k kuḷaṉūr mānasarppaṉ Emm-ūr eṭuppitta śrī-viṣṇu-gṛhatt’ irunta perumaṉaṭikaḷukku A(r)ccana-bhogam-āka Emm-ūr Oṭṭaṅkāṭṭu Ivaṉ viṟṟu-k-ko(ṇ)ṭ-uṭaiya iraṇṭu paṭṭi nilamu⟨m⟩ nant¿u?⟨a⟩-v(ā)-
    2vamu⟨m⟩ mā¡ṉ!asarppaṉ pakkal I-bh(ū)mikku Iṟai-kāval-āka-p poṉ koṇṭu Eppērppaṭṭa Iṟaiyuñ cōṟumāṭṭuṅ kāṭṭa-p-peṟātōm āka Oṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm

    Itu A(ṉ)ṟ’ eṉṟu tiṟampiṉōṅ kaṅkai-Iṭai-k kumari-Iṭai-c ceytār ceyta pāvattu-p paṭṭu-t tiru-nāraṇam piḻaitta taṇṭam paṭuvat’ āka-v oṭṭiṉōm

    itaṟṟi-
    3ṟampil Uṇṭikaiyum paṭṭikaiyuṅ kāṭṭātē-y dharmmāsanattu nicati nāṟ-patt-eṭṭu-k kāṇam

    Itu Aṉṟ’ eṉṟārē paṭa Oṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm

    muṉpu niṉṟum puḷḷi kuttuvikka-p peṟatōm āṉōm caturvvetimaṇkalattu sabhaiyōm

    Itu rakṣittār aṭi e¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ talai melaṉa |

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Fourteenth year of Kampavarman. 

    1 Writing of we, the members of the assembly of Caturvedimaṅgala.

    1-2 ...

    2 ...

    2-3 ...

    3 ...

    3 We have become ... we, the members of the assembly of Caturvedimaṅgala.

    3 The feet of he who protects this [pious deed] are on my head.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 420); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 214); encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on available editions.

    Primary

    Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts). Volume VII: Miscellaneous Inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada Countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch.
    Page 265, № 420. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 557–558, № 214. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1900-1901. Page 22, appendix A/1901, № 207. [siglum ARIE]