Brahmadeśam, donation, time of Kampavarman, year 20

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00225

Summary: Donation of gold for supplying water to a temple.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaiya-kampavarmarkku yāṇṭu Irupat-ā(vatu)

    (paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭat)tu-k kāvati-
    2ppākkam yāḷum kaṇattā(ru)[ḷ 1*] ñcān [3*] paṭṭaṉ rāja-
    3malla-c-cat¿i?⟨u⟩(rvv)e(ti-maṅ)kalattu-t tiru-p-pontai-
    4(p)-p(e)rumā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩aṭikaḷ śrī-kōyilil-t taṇṇīr Aṭṭuva(tāka) v(ai)tta poṉ pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ oru kaḻa-
    5ñcu

    Ip-poṉṉāl vanta palicai koṇṭu ta(ṇṇ)¡(i)!⟨(ī)⟩(r a)ṭṭuvatāka vaittēṉ

    Id-dha-
    6rmma
    {ma}m Irakṣittār śrī-pāda-dhūḷi Eṉ talai mē(laṉa)

    Apparatus

    1 (paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭat)tu-k(paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭat)tu-k VVA; paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu-k NMG
    2 kaṇattā(ru)[ḷ] kaṇattā(ru)[1*] VVA; kaṇattā[2*] NMG2 [1*] ñcān [3*] paṭṭaṉ[1*] ñcān [3*] paṭṭaṉ VVA; [4*] paṭṭaṉ NMG
    3 malla-c-malla-c- VVA; [2*] Eṉ muṭi mēlana [2*] malla-c- NMG • The reading by NMG appears to be a typo.3 -cat¿i?⟨u⟩(rvv)e(ti)--cati(rvv)e(ti)- VVA; -cati(rvveti)- NMG
    4 Aṭṭuva(tāka) v(ai)tta poṉAṭṭuva(tāka) v(ai)tta poṉ VVA; Aṭṭuva [4*] (vatāka poṉ) NMG

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 Twentieth year of the victorious king Kampavarman. 

    1-5 The gold that [...] Paṭṭāṉ, [one] among the governing delegates (āluṅ kaṇattār) of Kāvatippākkam in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, has given so as to provide water in the glorious temple of Perumāṉaṭikaḷ [in] Tiruppontai in Rājamallaccaturvecimaṅgala: eleven kaḻañcus.

    5 With the interest coming from this gold, I have given so as to provide water.

    5-6 The dust from the glorious feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

    Commentary

    See comments by VVA

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 107); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 225); re-edited by Marxia Gandhi, Padmavathy, and Swaminathan 2011 (SII 30, no. 148); encoded 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 50–51, № 107. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 580, № 225. [siglum IP]
    Marxia Gandhi, N., A. Padmavathy & S. Swaminathan. 2011. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XXX: Inscriptions Collected during the Year 1915. South Indian Inscriptions 30. New Delhi; Chennai: Archaeological Survey of India; Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu.
    Page TBC, № 148. [siglum NMG]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1915-1916. Page 20, appendix B/1915, № 227.