Satyavēḍu, donation, time of Aparājitavarman, year 4

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00237

Summary: Donation of land as arcanābhoga to a temple god.

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    1svasti śrī


    2kō-A⟨pa⟩rā¿y?⟨j⟩ita-paṟmaṟku yāṇ-
    3ṭu nāl-āvatu

    paiyyūr-iḷaṅ-
    4kōṭṭattu-t tekkūr-nāṭ-
    5ṭu-t tiru-mataṅkaṉ paḷ-
    6ḷi mahādevaṟku In-nāṭ-
    7ṭut tuṟaiyūr-p (po)ṉṉu-
    8m puravu¡mm!⟨m⟩ aṭaṅka Arccanā-
    9-bhogam-āka-k kuṭuttēṉ
    10cera-nāṭ-uṭaiya kumāran-
    11tai kuṟumpar ātitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āki-
    12ya kāṭupaṭṭi-p pērarai-
    13yaṉ-ēṉ

    It-taṉma-
    14m rakṣittāṉ aṭi-y eṉ
    15ṟalai m¿a?⟨ē⟩laṉa

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    2-3 Fourth year of the king Aparājitavarman. 

    3-13 I have given to the Mahādeva of the Tirumataṅkaṉ Paḷḷi in the Tekkūrnāṭu in the Paiyyūriḷaṅkōṭṭam as arcanābhoga ... , I, Kāṭupaṭṭi Pēraraiyaṉ alias Kumārantai Kuṟumpar Ātittaṉ, lord of the Cēranāṭu.

    13-15 The feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 86); 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.
    Pages 36–37, № 86. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 598–599, № 237. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1911-1912. Page 43, appendix C/1912, № 31.