Poykainallūr, donation, time of Vajrameghavarman, year 7

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00483

Summary: Donation for food-offering (amutu) to a god’s temple. Fragment.

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    1svast¿a?⟨i⟩ śrī

    śrī-vayira-mēka-varmarkku
    2yāṇṭu 7-vatu

    tāmaṟ-kōṭṭattu
    3poykai-nallūr sabhaiyōm
    4tiru-vakattīśva [...]
    5[...] tiruvamirtu paṇṇa [...]
    6[...] tiruvamirtukkum āka [...]

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    Apparatus

    1 svast¿a?⟨i⟩ ◇ svast¿a?⟨i⟩ Āvaṇam • It is possible that a typo crept in the Āvaṇam’s transcription and that svasti is in fact the correct reading.
    3 sabhaiyōm ◇ ச4பை4யோம் Āvaṇam • We surmise that our transliterated reading represents the Āvaṇam’s transcription.
    4 °vakattīśva° ◇ °வகத்தீச்4வ° Āvaṇam • We surmise that our transliterated reading represents the Āvaṇam’s transcription. The text might be supplied as °vakattīśvarattu mahādevarkku.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 7th year of the glorious Vajrameghavarman↓1.

    2-6 We, the members of the assembly of Poykainallūr in the Tāmaṟkōṭṭam [... to the Mahādeva of] the Tiruvakattiśvara [...] glorious food offering [...] so as to be for glorious food offering [...]

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    Bibliography

    Edited in Āvaṇam 1991–2019 (Āvaṇam 17, no. 7.1); re-edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on previous edition(s).

    Primary

    Āvaṇam. 1991–2019. Tanjore: Archaeological Society.
    Volume 17 (2006), № 7.1. [siglum Āvaṇam]

    Notes

    ↑1. Vayiramēkavarmar in the original Tamil text.