Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, donation, time of Aparājitavarman, year 8

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00243

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

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Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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    1svasti śrī

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    Ānma [1*] kṣa [2*] (sna)2panam atisitam· lepanam· śuddha3pam·
    tām·būlaṁ sannivedya prati(di)4(na)m aniśandīpam ekam·
    pradātum· kāṭ·ṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩r-ī5ś(o) vinītaḥ svapatimatiharaḥ ṣaṣṭhim·
    6suvarṇṇam· bhakty(ā) paitāṁki kaṇṭho mu7[2*] m adād oṟṟiyūreśvarāya

    kō-
    8vicaiya-Aparājita-varmma-p-pōttarai-
    9yaṟkku yāṇṭ’ eṭṭ-āvatu

    cōḻa-nāṭṭu vaṭa-
    10karai Iṉṉampar-nāṭṭu-k kāṭṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩(r) kāṭṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩{r}(r-uṭai)-
    11yāṉ paiytāṅki kaṇṭaṉ tiru-v-oṟṟi-
    12yūr mahādevarkku vaitta poṉ (Ūr-k-ka)-
    13ṟ cemmai Aṟupatiṉ kaḻañcu

    (Ip)-
    14-poṉṉuḷ tāṉ piṟanta cōti-(nā)ḷ
    15tiru-v-amirtu patt’ eṭṭu-k kuttaṟ paḻa-(v-a)-
    16(rici) patiṉ aṟu nāḻikkum snapaṉattiṟku-
    17(m) tiru-v-amirtiṟkum-āka ney Āṟu nāḻi-
    18kkum vāḻaippaḻam eṭṭuñ carkkarai-
    19-(p) palamuṅ kaṟi-y-amirtiṟku-k kāy-t ti(ru)-
    20maṭaikkāy amirt’ eṇ-patilaiyum pat-
    21tukkāyum iḷan¡i!⟨ī⟩r mu-p-patum pañca-gavya-
    22ṅkaḷukku veṇṭuvaṉavuñ cantaṉamun= tū-
    23pamuṅ karppūramum-āka Ivv-aṉaittu-
    24kkum-āka vaitta poṉ mu-p-patiṉ kaḻa-
    25ñcum oru nandāviḷakk’ erippataṟku vai-
    26tta poṉ mu-p-patiṉ kaḻañcum-āka vai-
    27tta poṉ Aṟu-patiṉ kaḻañcuṅ ko-
    28ṇṭu kaṭavōn tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr-k karma-k-kiḻava-
    29(r-āyiṉa) Ūrōm

    ip-poṉṉāl āṇṭu-varai kaḻa-
    30ñciṉ vāy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañcāṭi-p poṉ pali-
    31cai-y-āka Ivv-āṭṭai-c cittirai-t tiṅkaḷ mu

    [unknown number of lines lost or illegible]

    Apparatus

    1 kṣa [2*] ◇ kṣa [4*] VVA IP • It seems that there is place only for two characters on the stone.
    20–21 pat/tukkāyum ◇ pata/tukkāyum VVA; pat/tukkāyum IP • Probably a typo in VVA.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    Textpart

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    2-7 ...

    Tamil Portion

    7-9 Eight year of the victorious king Aparājitavarmappōttairayar.

    9-13 The gold that ... has given for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: sixthy kaḻañcus of a purity [tested] on the village [touch]stone.

    13-29 We are bound to take this gold ... we, the village delegates ... [of] Tiruvoṟṟiyūr.

    29-30 ...

    [unknown number of lines lost or illegible]↓1

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 92), with a facsimile; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 243); 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 40–41, № 92. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 610–612, № 242. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1912-1913. Page 23, appendix B/1912, № 159.

    Notes

    ↑1. Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 notes: "Continuation of the inscription is lost."