Āṭutuṟai, donation, time of [name lost], year [lost]

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00462

Summary: Lacunose. Appears to record a donation in gold from taxes on land.

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    1svasti śrī |

    śrī-kō-vicaiya-[...]
    2[...]


    3[...]tirukkuraṅkāṭutuṟai
    4[...]tuk kai-k koṇṭa poṉṉālum [...]
    5[...]p-paṭi Uṭaiya nilaṉ Oṉ-
    6(ṟiṉā)lum vanta Iṟai Eppērppaṭṭatum Acantrā-
    7[titta]varai cāttu-k kuṭuppōm aṉōm maruttuvakkuṭi
    8sabhaiyōm

    Itu paṉmāheśvara-rakṣai |

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 [Umpteenth year of] the victorious king [...].

    3-8 With the gold receveid [... of] Tirukkuraṅkāṭutuṟai, we have become those who will give ... (cāttu), as long as the moon and the sun, whathever taxes that come from one plot ... , we, the members of the assembly of Maruttuvakkuṭi.

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

    Bibliography

    Edited in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23, no. 359); encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous edition(s).

    Primary

    Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XXIII:  Inscriptions Collected during the Year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General).
    Page 249, № 359. [siglum GVSR]