Tiruneṭuṅkalam, donation, time of Tantippōttaraiyaṉ, year 2

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00497

Summary: Donation of gold for daily food offering for a god’s temple.

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    1svasti śrī

    tanti-p-pōttarai[yaṟku yā-]
    2ṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āvatu

    maṟpiṭuku vi(ḻ)u-
    3p-pē⟨ra⟩raiya⟨ṉ⟩-āyiṉa cattaṉ utai-
    4yāṅkuraṉ tiru-neṭuṅkaḷattu-
    5-p paṭāra⟨r⟩kku Oḻukkavi vaitta
    6poṉ patiṉ aiṅ-kaḻañcu

    O(lō)c-
    7ca⟨ṉ⟩ vaitta {symbol} cēntaṉ vaitta
    8poṉ 6ṅ kaḻañcu (cāṉantami)-
    9cānti vaitta poṉ 6ṅ kaḻañcu

    Apparatus

    2–3 vi(ḻ)u/p-pē⟨ra⟩raiya⟨ṉ⟩-āyiṉa ◇ vi(ḻu)/ppēraiya⟨ṉ⟩-āyiṉa C
    5 -p paṭāra⟨r⟩kku ◇ [2*]paṭāra⟨r⟩kku C
    6–7 O(lo)c/ca⟨ṉ⟩ ◇ Oloc/ca C
    7 {symbol} ◇ (½) C

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1 Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-2 Second year of Tantippōttaraiyaṉ↓1.

    2-6 The gold that Cattaṉ Utaiyāṅkuraṉ aliasViḷuppēraraiyaṉ has given [as] daily food offering (oḻukkavi) for the paṭārar of the Tiruneṭuṅkalam: fifteen kaḻañcus.

    6-9 ...

    Bibliography

    Edited in Caṅkītā et al. 1998 (Varalāṟu 8, no. 3); re-edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous edition(s) and, for lines 1-7, on photographs (2016) kindly provided by Valérie Gillet.

    Primary

    Caṅkītā, Kō., Cu. Muttulaṭcumi, Cō. Mālati, Ara. Akilā & Mu. Naḷiṉi. 1998. “tiruneṭuṅkaḷam kalveṭṭukaḷ.” Vāralāṟu 8: 3–11.
    № 3.3. [siglum C]

    Secondary

    Nalini, M., T. S. Ravishankar & S. Swaminathan. 2016. “Recent Discoveries at Tirunedunkalam.” Abhyudaya: Recent researches in epigraphy and numismatics (commemoration volume in honour of Dr KV Ramesh), 24–26.
    [siglum N]

    Notes

    ↑1. That is, the Pallava king Dantivarman.