Uttiramērūr, donation, time of Kampavarman, year 15

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaiya‡-(ka)mpa-va‡⟨r⟩mma‡⟨r⟩k=ku yāṇṭu pati‡¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ¡añc!⟨aint⟩-āvatu

    ‡ kāli‡yūr-kōṭṭa‡ttu taṉ kūṟṟu Ut=taramēru-c-ca-
    2(tu)⟨r⟩vveti-(maṅkala)m Ālum ‡ kaṇatt(ā)‡r-u‡ḷ kumuḻūr caṉa⟨ṟ⟩‡kumāra-c-catu⟨r⟩vveti ‡ Ā(gni)‡cit=ta-sa⟨r⟩vva‡-kratuk=kaḷ br¿a?⟨ā⟩hmaṇi Iḷaiyā(ḷ)
    3(tāḻi)ccāniyēṉ Eḻuttu

    ‡ ciṟupa[ḻu]‡vūrar{ā} pakka‡l mullai-vā‡yil E‡¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ aṅkamaṇi dravya¡m-
    4m!
    ⟨m⟩ iṭṭu ¿I?⟨e⟩ṉakku Aṅkama‡ṇi-y-ā‡ka vilaikku k‡oṇṭu ta¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ta pā‡ṭakatti‡ṟ teṟk’ aṭai¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ta pāṭakam
    5(O)ṉṟum muṉṉam ‡ Acca‡nā-bhogam-āka-k kuṭutta ‡ [3+] ‡ pāṭakatt [2× 3+] (tum)-
    6māy Ivv-iraṇṭum ‡ mullai‡(vāyil nāṅ)kaḷ (Eṭu)ppi(tta-t) taḷiyi‡(l mahāde)varkku nāḷa-t tiru(Ami)-
    7(tu kā)ṭṭuvippār Ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār

    ‡ nilamu‡(m){ṉ} nā(ya)ṟum Uḷḷa tuṇai‡yum U‡[ttara]m(ē)rūr-c-ca(tu)⟨r⟩vve-
    8ti-maṅkalattu mahāsa‡bhai‡yōmē-y (kaṭai-k) kaṇṭu tiru-(A)m(i)tu ‡ kuṭuppi‡(ppō)m ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ōm

    I(v)ai (ciṟṟa)

    Apparatus

    1 °va‡⟨r⟩mma‡⟨r⟩k=ku°varmma⟨r⟩k=ku KVSA1 pati‡¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ¡añc!⟨aint⟩-āvatu(pa)ti{ṉ}ṉ-añc-āvatu KVSA1–2 Ut=taramēru-c-ca / (tu)⟨r⟩vveti-(maṅkala)mUttara(mēru-c-ca)/(tu)rvveti-maṅka(la)m KVSA
    2 °catu⟨r⟩vveti°caturvveti KVSA2 °sa⟨r⟩vva‡-kratuk=kaḷ°sarvva‡-kratuk=kaḷ KVSA
    3 (tāḻi)ccāniyēṉtāḻiccāniyēṉ KVSA3 ciṟupa[ḻu]‡vūrar{ā}ciṟupa(ḻu)‡vūrar KVSA
    4 k‡oṇṭuk(o)(⌉)ṇṭu KVSA
    5 (O)ṉṟumOṉ(ṟu)m KVSA5 Acca‡nā-bhogam-āka-kAcca(nā)-bhogam-āka-k KVSA5 kuṭutta ‡ [3+] ‡ pāṭakatt [2× 3+] (tum)kuṭutta [4+] pāṭakatti [7+] (tum) KVSA
    6 mullai‡(vāyil)mul(laivā)yi(l) KVSA6 (nāṅ)kaḷ(nāṅ)ka(ḷ) KVSA6 (Eṭu)ppi(tta-t)Eṭuppi(t)ta{t} KVSA6 (mahāde)varkkumahādevarkku KVSA6–7 (Ami)/(tu)Ami/tu KVSA
    7 (kā)ṭṭukāṭṭu KVSA7 tuṇai‡yumtuṇai(yu)m KVSA7–8 U‡[ttara]m(ē)rūr-c-ca(tu)⟨r⟩vve /ti°Uttaramērūr-c-catu(rvve) /ti° KVSA
    8 (kaṭai-k) kaṇṭukaṭai-k kaṇṭu KVSA8 tiru-(A)m(i)tutiru-A(mi)tu KVSA8 kuṭuppi‡(ppō)mkuṭuppi(p)pōm KVSA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 Fifteenth year of the victorious king Kampavarman. 

    1-3 Writ/Writing of I, Tāḻiccāni, Brahmin lady and younger wife (iḷaiyāḷ) [of] Āgnicitta-sarvakratu, a caṉaṟkumāra-caturvedin of Kumuḻūr, [one] among the governing delegates of Uttaramērucaturvedimaṅgala in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam and the division of the same name.

    3-7 One plot which joins/is south of the plot that [I] gave, having bought [it] as my dowry (aṅkamaṇi), after giving wealth (dravya) from my dowry, [in] Mullaivāyil, from a resident of Ciṟupaḻuvūr; the plot that [I] gave ¿earlier? (muṉṉam) as arcanābhoga ... has become (āṉār) one who will have (kāṭṭuvippār) daily glorious amṛta (nāḷ-t tiru-amitu) given to the Mahādeva in the temple that we have built [in] Mullaivāyil.

    7-8 As long as the earth and the sun (nilamum ñāyaṟum uḷḷa tuṇaiyum), We, the members of the assembly of Uttarameruccaturvedimaṅgala will, ¿looking favourably/overseeing up to the end? (kaṭai-k kaṇṭu), have the glorioys amṛta given. 

    8 These ... ¿Ciṟṟa ...?

    (The inscription stops short here.)

    Commentary

    8 kaṭai-k kaṇṭu. IP: “under their personal supervision”.

    8 i(v)ai (ciṟṟa). This is the mention of the scribe.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6, no. 314); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 216); re-edited and first translated 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.
    Page 152, № 314. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 560–561, № 216. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1897-1898. Page 17, appendix B/1898, № 31. [siglum ARIE 1897-1898]