Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, donation, time of Aparājitavikramapōttaraiyar, year 6

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00241

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

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Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.


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    1kō-vicaiya Aparājita-vi(kra)ma-pō-
    2ttaraiyarkku yāṇṭ’ āṟ-āvatu

    panmāheśvarar tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr (ma)-
    3hadevarkk’ iraṇṭu nandā vilakk’ erippataṟku vaitta poṉ Ūr-k-kaṟ (cem)-
    4mai Aṟu-patin kaḻañcu

    Ip-poṉ koṇṭu kaṭavōn tiru-v-oṟṟi-
    5yūr-p-puṟattu maṇali sabhaiyōm

    ip-poṉṉāl āṇṭu-varai kaḻañ-
    6ciṉ vāy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañcāṭi-p poṉ (palicai-y-āka Iv)v-āṭṭai-k kār⟨t⟩-
    7tikai mutal āṟ-āṟu tiṇkaḷil nāṟ-kaḻañc-arai-c ceytu po¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ā(candra)-
    8tāramu nilai-p poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka-t tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr āṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-ē koṇṭu
    9kūṟiṭṭu-k kuṭuppōm āṉōm

    ip-poṉ kaṭai-k kūṭṭa vantārkku nica(ti)
    10Iraṇṭu cōṟu kuṭuppōm ā¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ōm

    itaṟ ṟirampil uṇṭikaiyum paṭṭi-
    11(kai)yum kāṭṭātē dharmmasanattu nicati Eṭṭ-arai kāṇan taṇṭam iṭa
    12(O)ṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm

    iṭṭa taṇṭañ ceṉṟu niṉṟum puḷḷik kuttuvikka-p
    13(pe)ṟatōm āṉō(m) maṇali sabhaiyōm |

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1-2 Sixth year of the victorious king Aparājitavikramapōttaraiyar.

    2-4 The gold that the Paṉmāheśvaras have given for burning two perpetual lamps for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: sixthy kaḻañcus of a purity [tested] on the village [touch]stone.

    4-5 We are bound to take this gold, we, the members of the assembly of Maṇali in a hamlet of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr.

    5-9 We have become those who will give ...

    9-10 We have become those who will give daily two rice [meals] to he who comes ...

    10-12 If failing ... we have become those who incur a fine of eight and a half kāṇams ...

    12-13 We have become those who will ... we, the members of the assembly of Maṇali.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 90), with a facsimile; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 241); 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 39, № 90. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 606–607, № 241. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1912-1913. Page 26, appendix B/1912, № 190.