Cēṅkālipuram, donation, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00438

Summary: Donation of land for food offering (amutu) to a god (Mahādeva of the Tirukāḷīśvara).

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    1svasti śrī

    kō-vi-
    2caiya-nan=ti-vikra-
    3ma-panma    ṟku yāṇṭu 3 Ā-
    4vatu

    I [4*] Immalūr Uṭaiyaṉ caṭaiyuṭai-
    5ya [5*] ¡nēn!⟨ṉēṉ⟩ I¡ṉ-n!⟨n-n⟩āṭṭu brahmatēyam-āṉā nallari tiru-kāḷīśvarattu ma-
    6hā    tēvaṟku madhyānadtu [5*] Amutukku vai(t)ta nila¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩-āvatu

    ci-maṇi-mē-
    7llūr teṅka-ceyyiṉ mēlai (Eṉ) Araikkāl ceyyu(m) Eṇ [2*] muka-mēlaṉa Iru-
    8nūṟṟu Aimpatu kuḻi (koḷ) Ūr mēlē Iṟai Ēṟṟi ca-
    9n=tirātittaval niṟkka Ituk kuṭuttēṉ

    Itu panmāheśvara-rakṣai

    Itu

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-4 Third year of the victorious king Nandivikramavarman. 

    4-6 That which is the land that I, ... lord [of] ... , have given for midday food offering to the Mahādeva of the Tirkāḷīśvara ... (nallari), which is a brahmadeya in this nāṭu.

    6-9 I have given this, so that it remains as long as the moon and the sun, after raising the revenue ...

    9 This [pious act is under] the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

    9 This↓1.

    Bibliography

    Edited in Patmāvati 1980; text in Dayalan 2005; encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous editions.

    Primary

    Patmāvati, Ā., ed. 1980. Naṉṉilam kalveṭṭukaḷ: iraṇṭām tokuti. Tamiḻnāṭṭu kalvetṭukaḷ 13. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai.
    № 398/1978. [siglum IN]
    Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer Application in Indian Epigraphy (Pallava Period). New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan.
    Volume 3, appendix I, page 1292, № 57. [siglum DD]

    Notes

    ↑1. It is not clear if the inscription is lacunose or if this word has been engraved by mistake.