Taṇṭalam, construction, time of Pallavamārāyaṉ, year 10

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00261

Summary: Construction of a sluice.

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Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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    1svasti śrī

    I. Uncertain
    kāṭavar-taṅ kōṉ catti (poṟ)-ṟōṭṭil iṭṭa yāṇ-
    ṭ’ ēṭ’ iyal ¡i!⟨ī⟩r-aintil iṭuvittā-ṉ[i>ī]2ṭiya-c¡i!⟨ī⟩r
    pa⟨l⟩lavamārāyaṉ paci n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki taṇṭalattu-k
    kal-l-ivar n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-ēri-kkaliṅkum aṇṭattu3(ḷ)ōr matippavaṉ

    II. Uncertain
    pōḷi(y)¡(u)!⟨(ū)⟩(r)-nāṭṭu-t taṇṭalatt’ ēri-k-
    ka4liṅk’ amaittāṉṉ oṇ-ṭamiḻ-p pār-
    maṅkai-tāṉ 5virumbum pallavamārāyaṉ eḻiṟ-p¡u!⟨ū⟩-
    maṅkai-ta(ṅ) 6kōṉ purintu (|)

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    I.
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    Translation by Hultzsch 1902-1903

    1 Hail! Prosperity!

    I.
    In (the year) twice five (i.e. ten), which was engraved on palm-leaves,↓1 (from) the year when (the name of) Catti, the king of the Kāṭavas, was entered on a gold leaf,↓2― Pallavamārāyaṉ of enduring fame, who is respected by (all) the inhabitants of the world, having freed (the villagers) of hunger, caused to be built also a sluice, composed of stones, for the water-tank at Taṇṭalam.

    II.
    The lord of the beautiful goddess of the (lotus) flower (i.e. Lakshmī), Pallavamārāyaṉ, who is beloved by the excellent goddess of the Tamiḻ country, graciously constructed a sluice for the tank at Taṇṭalam in Pōḷiyūr-nāṭu.

    Bibliography

    Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1902–1903 (EI 7, no. 5); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 261); re-edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on the previous editions.

    Primary

    Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1902–1903. “A Rock-Inscription at Tandalam.” EI 7: 25–26.
    [siglum EH]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 641, № 261. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1891-1892. Page 14, appendix B/1892, № 1. [siglum ARIE]

    Notes

    ↑1. I.e. with which all documents issued at this time had to begin.
    ↑2. This seems to refer to some custom observed at the coronation of a king; compare South,-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. p. 135 and note 2.