Ūttukkāṭu, donation, time of Kampavarman, year 25

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00231

Summary: Transaction concerning a donation of gold and land for the upkeep of three lamps (one being perpetual) and food offerings.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vi(c)ai-
    2ya-kam¿ppa?⟨pa-pa⟩nma⟨r⟩supplied>kku yāṇ-
    3ṭu Irupatt’ ai¡ñc!⟨nt⟩-āva-
    4tu

    Ūṟṟu-k-kāṭṭu-p pūcā(li)
    5vā(ma)ṉaṉukku Ivv-ū(r u)-
    6ḻai-c-cēri-t tiru-nāmakkiḻa-
    7varkaḷōm Oṭṭi-k kuṭu-
    8tta paric-āvatu

    nandā vi-
    9ḷakk’ erip=pat-āka Ivar ta-
    10n=ta poṉṉāl nicati Oru
    11nantā viḷakk’ erippōm
    12ākavum

    Ivarē-y deva-
    13r pōkañ ceyta Ā(ṉai)-
    14-p-pulat=tu-c ceṟuviṉāl
    15pakal Iraṇṭu viḷakku nā-
    16yaṟu-maṭṭu Oru cāmat=t’ aḷavum
    17(E)rippōm ākavum

    I(rā)-
    18(mun)nāḻi Ariciyāṟ ṟiru-va-
    19(mirtu) kāṭṭuvōm ākavum

    I--
    20-(vi)ḷakku m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟun= tiru-v-ami(rt’ o)-
    21¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ṟuñ cantirāti(t=ta )-
    22(r) v-uḷḷavum celut-
    23(tuva)t-ākavum

    Itaṟ ṟiṟampi-
    24(l) māheśvarar A[C]ai -
    25[...]

    Apparatus

    2 °kam¿ppanma?⟨papanma⟩⟨r⟩supplied>kku ◇ °kamppanmakku VVA; °kampapanmarkku IP
    20 tiruvami(rt’) ◇ tiruvami(t’) VVA; tiruvami(t’) IP

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-4 Twenty-fifth year of the victorious king Kampavarman. 

    4-8 The manner in which we the Tirunāmakkiḻavars↓1 of Uḻaiccēri in this village solemnly guarantee to Pūcālivāmaṉaṉ of Ūṟṟukkāṭu.

    9-12 So as to burn a perpetual lamp, we shall burn one perpetual lamp daily with the gold he has given. 

    12-17 We shall [also] burn two day lamps ... for the duration of one cāmam [with the income] from a field in Āṉaippulam, which he made a devabhoga.

    17-19 We shall provide at night glorious food-offerings through three nāḻis of paddy

    19-23 These three lamps and this one glorious food-offerings shall be ... up to the extent of the moon and the sun. 

    23-25 If we deviate from this, the Māheśvaras [...]

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 108); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 231); 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.
    Page 51, № 108. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 589–590, № 231. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1906-1907. Page 28, appendix B/1906, № 345.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, ...