Kīḻpulam, donation, time of Vayiramēkavarman, year 2

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00265

Summary: Donation of land for rituals to a god temple.

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Medial u and ū interchangeable.

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    1svasti śrī


    2śrī-vayira-meka-panmaṟku yāṇṭu
    32Āvatu

    tāmar-k-kōṭṭattu-p pal-kalattu-t tiru-k-kūḷiccara-
    4ttu Āḷvārkku Ivv-ūril muḷḷi-k-kuṭai(yā)ṉ Ātittaṉāḷi It-tē-
    5varkku tiru-p-pa(ṇi) m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu-
    6tēca-kālamum cēkaṇṭi-
    4kai Uṭpaṭa Ai-
    4ñc-āḷ koṇṭu ti-
    4ru-p-pa(li)-(koṭṭu)vataṟ-
    10ku vaitta nilam [3*]-
    11(l)li (Uḻavā)ṉ eṉṟa ceṟuvum
    12Ūruvati-y eṉṟa ceṟuvum Iv-
    13v-ūril uvai(cca)rk’ uriyatu Epp¿o?⟨ē⟩-
    14rpaṭṭatum koṇṭu Ivv-ūril Ara-
    15(ya)ṇicciṅka Uvaiccaṉ koṭṭuvat-āka vaittō-
    16m pal-kalatt’ ūrōm

    Iva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku Eppēṟppaṭṭa sama-
    17paricāram vaittō-
    18m

    In-nilattukku Ērum a-
    19mañciyu Ivaṉ-ē-y cey-
    20tu koṇṭu or’ āḷi nīr muṟai-
    21-tōṟum aṭaittu-k koḷvatāka vai-
    22ttōm

    It-tirukkōyil-uṭaiya kū-
    23ḷicivaṉum Ivaṉ tampi maticūta-
    24civaṉum m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu tēcakālamum tiru-v-amu-
    25tu kāṭṭi Iraṇṭ’ āḷ-k kāḷam u-
    26tuvārkaḷ ā(kavum)

    vaittōm pal-kalatt’ ūrom


    27It-dhanmam· rakṣippār tiru-p-pātam eṉ ta{l}lai mēlaṉa

    It-dhanmam· Aḻittār keṅkā-k-kanyā-
    28n=tarattu-c ceytār ceyta pāvattu-p paṭuvār

    Ivai
    29kaṟṟaḷi-p peru(n=ta)ccaṉ makaṉ Iḷaṅkāvaṉ eḻuttu

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    2-3 2nd year of the glorious Vayiramēkavarman↓1.

    3-16 ... we, the village delegates of Palkalam.

    16-18 To him, we have given whatever ...

    18-22 We have given ...

    22-26 We have given ...

    26 We have given [so], we, the village delegates of Palkalam.

    27 The glorious feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

    27-28 He who destroy this pious act befalls in the sin of he does [sin] in the space [between] Ganges and Kanyā.

    28-29 These are the writng of Iḷaṅkāvaṉ, the son of the great carpenter [of this] stone temple↓2.

    Commentary

    On the identity of Vayiramēkavarman, that is, Sanskrit Vajrameghavarman, see DHARMA_INSPallava00264.

    See also DHARMA_INSPallava00266, DHARMA_INSPallava00350, DHARMA_INSPallava00351.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 114), with a facsimile; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 265); 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 53–54, № 114. [siglum VVA]
    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Pages 645–646, № 265. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1915-1916. Page 78, appendix C/1916, № 152.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, Sanskrit Vajrameghavarman.
    ↑2. The senior stone-mason of the temple acccording to Mahalingam 1988.