Cōḻapuram, donation, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 23

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00228

Summary: Donation of land to a temple for daily offerings and worship, the upkeep of a perpetual lamp, and the livelihood of the priest.

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    1svasti śr(ī)

    kō-v(i)caiya-(ka)mpa-vikkiramma-parmaṟkk¡i!⟨u⟩ yāṇṭu Irupattu m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟ-āvatu

    (pa)ṭuv(ū)r-k-kōṭṭattu_-p pa(ṅ)-
    2kaḷa-nāṭṭu-k kāṭṭu-t-tumpūr nārāyaṇā-bhaṭṭārakarkku śrī-kōy(i)l Eṭuppittu ka(ṉa)kava(lli)-viṣṇu-gṛham· Eṉṉu-
    3m nāma¿th?⟨dh⟩eyattāl Amaippittu Itaṉukku (tri)kālam Ārādhippataṟkum tri(kā)lam tiru-Amurtukkum na-
    4ndā viḷakkum Ārādhippāṉukku jīvitamum Āka Ik-kōṭṭattu I-nāṭṭu kaṉakavalli-Ēri k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ bhūmi I-
    5[...]

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    Apparatus

    1–2 -kōṭṭattu_-p pa(ṅ)/kaḷa-nāṭṭu-k ◇ °kōṭṭattuppaṅ/kaḷanāṭṭuk° EH1; °kōṭṭattu=ppa(ṅ)/kaḷanāṭṭu k° EH2 • A space has been left uninscribed between kōṭṭattu and ppa(ṅ)kaḷanāṭṭuk probably due to a defect in the stone support.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1 Twenty-third year of the victorious king Kampavikramavarman. 

    1-4 Having had a glorious temple made for Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭār [of/at] Kāṭṭuttumpūr in the Paṅkaḷanāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam, having had created (it) under the name of “temple of Viṣṇu at/of Kaṉakavalli”, for this [temple], so that there be [provisions] for worship at three times and for glorious food three times, a perpetual lamp and the livelihood of the worshipper↓1, a land east of the tank at/of Kaṉakavalli in this nāṭu in this kōṭṭam↓2 [was granted]

    Bibliography

    Edited and translated by Hultzsch 1890 (SII 1, no. 53); re-edited and re-translated by Hultzsch 1902–1903; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 228); re-edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous editions and published facsimile.

    Primary

    Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian Inscriptions, Tamil and Sanskrit, from Stone and Copper-Plate Edicts at Mamallapuram, Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot District, and Other Parts of the Madras Presidency, Chiefly Collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press.
    Pages 78–79, № 53. [siglum EH1]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 585, № 228. [siglum IP]
    Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1902–1903. “Four Inscriptions at Solapuram.” EI 7.26: 192–97.
    Pages 193–194, № 26B. [siglum EH2]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1915-1916. Page 5, appendix II/1886–1887, № 14. [siglum ARIE 1986-1987]

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, most probably, the priest in charge, rather than any one visiting the temple for worshipping.
    ↑2. that is, in the same Paṅkaḷanāṭu in the Paṭuvūrkkōṭṭam.