Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, donation transaction, time of Kampavarman, year 1[.]

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00219

Summary: Transaction by the assembly of villagers (ūrārs) concerning a donation of gold for conducting worship.

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Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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    1(svasti) śrī

    (kō-vi)c(aiya)-ka(mpava)rmmaṟku yāṇṭu pa-
    2[4*](ṟā)vatu

    puḻaṟ-kōṭṭattu-p puḻaṉāṭṭu-t tiru-v(o)-
    3[ṟṟiyūrp]puṟattu vaikkāṭṭ’ urōṅ kai-¡yy!⟨y⟩-eḻuttu

    (muka)-
    4[4*]r makaḷ kō-nāṭṭu-k koṭumpāḷūr viṭēlviṭuku I--
    5[ḷaṅkō-vē](ḷār) tēvi pūti Aṟintikai tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr mahāde-
    6[varkku] caṅkirānti-tōṟum patt’ eṭṭ-āka-k kuttal paḻa-
    7[5*](ḷum) māvukku ¿añ?⟨Aim⟩-patiṉāḻiyum ¿añ?⟨Aim⟩patu vāḻai-
    8[5*]m patiṉ pala-c carkkaraiyum Aṭaikkāy ami-
    9[rtu](kku ve)ṟṟilaiyuṅ kāyum it-taṉaikkum-āka vai-
    10[tta poṉ] Ūrkkaṟ cem-poṉ Iru-patt-eḻu kaḻañcu

    Iv-
    11[virupa]tt’ ēḻu kaḻañcuṅ koṇṭu kaṭavōm vaiyk(k)-
    12[āṭṭ’ ū](rōm)

    (i)ppoṉṉukku-k kaḻañciṉ vāy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu
    13[mañ]cāṭi-p-poṉ palicaiyāl āṇṭu varai nāṟ-
    14[kaḻa]ñcē-y oru mañcāṭi-p po¿ṉṉ?⟨ṉ⟩-āka Ivv-āṭṭai-v
    15[vai]yyāci-t tiṅkaḷ mutal-āka Āṟ-āṟu tiṅka-
    16ḷil iru-kaḻañcēy{yā}yum mā-p poṉ-
    17(ṉu)ṅ koṇṭu ceṉṟu tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr āṇikk¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻē
    18[2*]ṭṭu-k kuṭuppōm āṉōm

    iṭṭu-k kuṭōmāyil ip-
    19[po]¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ukku-t talai-c-cēmāṭu cōmatēvaṉ pira-
    20[2*]tāya-p pāṭṭa nel nāṟ-patiṉ kāṭiyu muṭi cūṭṭup-
    21[1*]ṭṭa ne¡ll!⟨l⟩ irupatiṉ kāṭiyu muḻapaṭṭi-p pāṭṭa ne-
    22¡(l)l!⟨l⟩ irupatiṉ kāṭiyum vaikkāṭu kiḻā¿rar?⟨rē⟩ āy Ēt-
    23[ta-p] pulattiṉ nel nūṟṟ’ iru-patiṉ kāṭiyum-ā-
    24[ka iru]-nūṟṟu-k kāṭi nellilum Āṟ-āṟu tiṅ-
    25[7*] cey Ayntu mā-
    26[10*] (paṭṭa) Ākattā

    Apparatus

    16 iru-kaḻañcēy{yā}yum mā-p poṉ • VVA suggests to emend to iru-kaḻañcēy arai mā-p poṉ.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 ...th year of the victorious king Kampavarman. 

    2-3 Handwriting of we, the villagers of ...

    3-10 The gold that ... gave ...: twenty-seven kaḻañcus of fine gold ...

    10-12 We, the villagers of Vaikkāṭu, are bound to take↓1 these twenty-seven kaḻañcus.

    12-18 We have become those who will give ...

    18-25 ...

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 103); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 219); encoded (with further text restorations) 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 46–47, № 103. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 566–567, № 219. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1912-1913. Page 25, appendix B/1912, № 174.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, to manage.