Vallam, donation, time of unknown king, unknown year

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00461

Summary: Donation of sheep for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp in a temple.

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¹hā-de(varku) [non-]
²tā-viḷak=ku E[ri-]
³ya śrī-Atik[ā-]
⁴ppiyaṉ [v]ai-
⁵tta cāvā muv[ā]
⁶pēr āṭu to[ṇ-]
⁷ṇūṟṟu A-
⁸ṟu

Idhamma[m·] ra-
⁹kṣippāṉ
¹⁰śrīpātam
¹¹Eṉ talai
¹²m[ē]la(ṉa)

Apparatus

^2–3 E[ri-]/ya ◇ 4 10 IAR • IAR notes: "The number 40 is mentioned after the word, “nandavilakku” This may denote the weight of the lamp"

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

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^1-8 [...] ninety-six undying unaging great sheep that the glorious Atikāppiyaṉ gave, so as to burn a perpetual for the Mahādeva [...]

^8-12 The feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

Bibliography

Summary and facsimile in IAR 2003-04 IAR (2004); encoded and Edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on the published facsimile.

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