Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 25

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00334

Summary: Donation of gold for feeding devotees at the time of festival flag raising.

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¹[svasti śr](ī)

²kō-vicaiya-(n)¡(ī)!⟨i⟩-
³rupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-[vi-]
⁴kkirama-parumaṟku
⁵yāṇṭu Iru-pat-
⁶t-aiñt-āvatu

ti-
⁷[ru]-k-kaṭai-muṭi-tiru-
⁸[vi]ḻā-k-koṭi Eṟṟu
⁹(ñ)āṉṟu paṉ-
¹⁰mayeśvara-
¹¹r Ūṭṭa vaitta
¹²p(o)ṉ paḻaṅ-
¹³[kā]ciṉōṭu (2 100)
¹⁴[.](o/ā)ppatu śrī-
¹⁵-kanṭapura[ttu]

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^8–9 Eṟṟu / (ñ)āṉṟu • That is, eṟṟum ñāṉṟu in sandhi.
⁹ (ñ)āṉṟu ◇ [na]ḷaṉṟu S — ^{9–10 11} paṉ/mayeśvara/r ◇ paṉ/mayaiśvara/r S
¹¹ Ūṭṭa ◇ uṟṟa S
¹² p(o)ṉ ◇ poṉ S • The kompu of the medial o is lost.
¹³ [kā]ciṉōṭu ◇ [kā]ciṉā S — ¹³ (2 100) ◇ (2 100) S • Alternative reading: Uḷ.
¹⁴ [.](o/ā)ppatu ◇ pipatu S • M appears to read oppatu, "that which is equal to", which makes sense. The orginal full reading might be yoppatu.
¹⁵ kanṭapura[ttu] ◇ kanṭapura [1+] S

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹ [Prosperity!] Fortune!

^2-6 Twenty-fifth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman

^6-15 With the old gold coins given so as to feed (ūṭṭa) the Paṉmāheśvaras, at the time of raising (eṟṟum) the flag for the glorious festival of Tirukkaṭaimuṭi,[ that is,] 200 [...] of/in the glorious Kaṇṭapuram [...]

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Bibliography

Summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 194); Edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and photos (EFEO).

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