Maṇampūṇṭi, hydraulic works, time of Vayiramēkavāṇakōvaraiyar, no year

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00266

Summary: Construction of a tank sluice.

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    1svasti śrī

    vilāṭa-
    2rāyar makaḷ aṇi-
    3kōvaṉ oṟṟiyūr
    4pirāṭṭi vayira-mēka-
    5vāṇa-kō-v-arayar
    6tēviyar niccavi-
    7nīta-maṅkala¿ṉu?⟨m⟩
    8Ēri kaṇṭu tūmpu
    9Iṭuvi[ttā]r

    I-dharmmam ra-
    10kṣittar aṭi Eṉ
    11talai mēl

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    2-9 Aṇikōvaṉ Oṟṟiyūr Pirāṭṭi, daughter [of] Vilāṭarayar [and] spouse [of] Vayiramēkavāṇakōvarāyar, having seen the tank [of] Niccavinītamaṅkalam.↓1, had a sluice placed [to it].

    9-11 The feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

    Commentary

    4-5 On the identity of Vayiramēkavāṇakōvarāyar, see DHARMA_INSPallava00264, DHARMA_INSPallava00265, DHARMA_INSPallava00350, DHARMA_INSPallava00351.

    6-7 niccavinīta-maṅkala¿ṉu?⟨m⟩. “The auspicious village [created by] Nityavinīta." Nityavinīta appears to be a royal biruda.

    Bibliography

    Edited in ARIE 1934-1935: page 75; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 266); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous editions. Grantha letters and initial vowels not guaranteed.

    Primary

    Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan.
    Page 647, № 266. [siglum IP]

    Secondary

    ARIE 1934-1935. Pages 74–75, 78, appendix B/1934–1935, № 233.

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, Sanskrit Nityavinītamaṅgala