Māṅkāṭu, donation, time of Aparājitavarman, year 3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00235

Summary: Donation of gold for a perpetual lamp and food offering to a temple god.

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Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vicaiya-
    2[A]parājitavarmmaṟku yāṇ(ṭu)
    3m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟ-āvatu

    māṅkāṭṭu-(t)
    4tiru-veḷḷi-k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ mahā(deva)-
    5rkku Oru nandā viḷakkiṟkum [3*]-
    6(ru)m pōḻtaikku Oru tiru-v-amu[tuk]-
    7kum-āka-k kacci-p-pēṭṭu-(k) [3*]
    8piṭuku taḷi-t tēva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār ma[kaḷ 3*]-
    9kka mahādeviyār tāyār [3*]-
    10ri naṅkaiyār vaitta po[ṉ 2*]
    11patt’ iru-kaḻañcu

    Ip-poṉ [4*]
    12candrādityar uḷḷa-v aḷavun

    [unknown number of lines lost or illegible]

    Apparatus

    6–7 tiru-v-amu[tuk]/kum ◇ tiru-v-amu[3*]/kum VVA • The restoration tiruvamutiṟkum is also possible.
    8 ma[kaḷ] ◇ ma[2*] VVA • This restoration has been suggested by Mahalingam 1988, who further commented: "If this restoration is valid, then the present record provides an early instance of the prevalance of the institution of temple maid-servants."
    10 po[ṉ 2*] ◇ po[ṉ 3*] VVA

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-3 Third year of the victorious king Aparājitavarman. 

    3-11 The gold that ...: twelve kaḻañcus.

    11-12 This gold ... upto the extent of the moon and the sun. 

    [unknown number of lines lost]↓1

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 85); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 237); 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 36, № 85. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 594–595, № 235. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1908-1909. Page 38, appendix B/1908, № 351.

    Notes

    ↑1. VVA notes: "The continuation of lines and the bottom portion of the record are built in."