Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, donation, time of Aparājitavarman, year 4

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00239

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp in a temple.

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The puḷḷi in the form of a wavy wedge is used almost consistently. Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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¹svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-Aparāji-
²ta-varmmaṟki yāṇ·ṭu nāl-āvatu

cāmi-A-
³k·kaṉ makaṉ· vayira-mēkaṉ-ākiya vāṇa-
⁴-kō-v-araiyar bhogi cappakkaṉ-ākiya
⁵pātradāni tiru-v-oṟ(·)ṟ(i)yūr mahādevar·kk’ o-
⁶ru nandā viḷakk’ erip·pataṟku vai(t)ta po¡ṉ·-
⁷ṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ūr·-k-kaṟ cemmai mu-p·-patiṉ kaḻañ·cu

(I)-
⁸p·-poṉ koṇṭu kaṭavōn· tiru-v-oṟ(·)ṟiyū(r)-
⁹-p·-puṟat·tu Ātampākkat·tu sabhaiyō(mu)-
¹⁰(m) Amṛta-gaṇat·tōmum

Ip·p-poṉ·ṉāl (ā)-
¹¹ṇ(·)ṭu-varai kaḻañciṉ vāy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañ(·)cāṭi-p (po)-
¹²ṉ· palicai-y-āka Iv(·)v-āṭ(·)ṭai Aip·pikai mutal (ā)-
¹³ṟāṟu tiṅ·kaḷil i(r)u-kaḻañ(·)cē-y· kāṟ· ceytu (po)-
¹⁴ṉ·ṉun· tiru-viḷak=ku neyār ācandrakālam
¹⁵nilai-p· poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka tiru-v-oṟ·ṟiyūr āṇi-
¹⁶k· k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻē koṇ·ṭu ceṉ(·)ṟu Iṭṭu-k kuṭup·pōm ā-
¹⁷ṉōm

ip·-poli-y-ūṭṭu-p {pop·} poṉ· kaṭai-k-
¹⁸-(k)¡(u)!⟨(ū)⟩ṭṭa vantār·k·ku nicati Iraṇ·ṭu cōṟu kuṭup·pō-
¹⁹m āṉōm

Itaṟ· ṟiṟam·pil uṇ·ṭikaiyum· paṭṭi-
²⁰kaiyuṅ· kāṭ·ṭātē dharmmāsanat(·)tu nicati E-
²¹ṭṭ-arai kāṇan· taṇ·ṭam· paṭuvōm āṉōm

I-
²²k-kāṇa(m)[u](ṉ·p)[u n](iṉ·ṟu)m puḷ·ḷi-k kuttuvi

[unknown number of lines lost or illegible]

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹ Prosperity! Fortune!

^1-2 Fourth year of the victorious king Aparājitavarman. 

^2-7 The gold that ... has given for burning a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: tirthy kaḻañcus ...

^7-10 We are bound to take this gold, we, the members of the assembly, and we, the Amṛtagaṇattārs of Ātampākkam ...

^10-17 We have become those who will give ...

^17-19 We have become those who will give daily two rice [meals] to he who comes ...

^19-21 If failing ... we have become those who incur a fine of eight and a half kāṇams ...

^21-22 ...

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Commentary

^2-5 On the donor, see Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943: "..."

¹⁰ On the Amṛtagaṇattār, see Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943: "..."

²² Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 notes: "The continuation of the inscription is lost."

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 88), with a facsimile; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 239); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on photographs (2019).

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