Kāvantaṇṭalam, donation transaction, time of Kampavarman, year 18

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00222

Summary: Transaction by a Brahman assembly (sabhā) concerning a donation of gold for conducting worship.

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    1svasti śrī |

    kampava(r)mmar⟨k⟩ku yāṇṭu patiṉ eṭṭāvatu

    Ūṟṟukkāṭṭukkōṭṭa⟨t⟩tut tamaṉūrnāṭṭu caturvvedimaṅkalattu sabhaiy(ō)m Eḻuttu

    Emm¡u!⟨ū⟩r māṉasa¿t?⟨r⟩paviṣṇugr̥hattu Irunta perumāṉaṭikaḷ pakkal yāṅkaḷ koṇṭu (kaṭa)va poṉ Ūrkkaṟ cemmai muppatiṉ kaḻañcu

    Ippoṉ kaḻañciṉvāy nālu mañcāṭip pali(cai)yāka Irupatiṉ ka-
    2ḻañcāl nāṟ kaḻañcukkum Āṭ(ṭā)ṇṭutōṟum cittirait tiruvōṇam peruviḻāvāka Eḻu nāḷum nicati nūṟu viḷakkum patiṉāṟāḷ taṭṭaḻikoṭṭikaḷaiyuṅ koṇṭu ceyvittu snapaṉam āṭṭuvittu tiruvamirtu Eḻu nāḷuṅ kuṭuttu ceyvippō⟨m ā⟩kavum

    niṉṟa pattup poṉṉāl Iru-kaḻañcukkum nicati Uri Eṇṇai Uṇṇāḻikaippuṟa(m) aṭṭuvō(m āṉ)ōm

    Emmūrc caṅ-
    3karappāṭi koṇṭu polippuṭaittākac cevippōm āṉōm sabhaiyōm

    Ipparicu sabhaiyāyu(n) taṉiyāyuñ cellāmai kāttārai śraddhāma(nta)dha(r)mmāsa(ṉa)ttu nicatam Irupattu nālu kāṇan taṇṭappaṭuvōm ākavuṅ

    gaṅgai-Iṭaik kumari-Iṭaic ceytār ceyta (pāvam pa)ṭavun tirunāraṇam piḻaitta taṇṭappaṭuvōm āṉom catu(r)vvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

    Itu rakṣittār aṭi en talai melaṉa |

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 Eighteenth year of Kampavarman. 

    1 Writing of we, the members of the assembly of Caturvedimaṅgala in the Tamaṉūrnāṭu in the Ūṟṟukkāṭukkōṭṭam.

    1 ...

    1-2 ...

    2 ...

    2-3 We have become ... we, the members of the assembly.

    3 In that manner ...

    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. 421); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 222); 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, № 421. [siglum KVSA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 571–572, № 222. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1900-1901. Page 22, appendix A/1901, № 208. [siglum ARIE]