Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00505
Summary: Donation of gold for providing food a the time of the Karttikai festival in Tiruviḻicil.
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⟨na⟩n=ti-
2-p-pōtt-arai-
3yaṟkku paṉ-
2ṉ-iraṇṭ-āva⟨tu⟩ Zone 2
5(śrī)-mā-malla-
6-purattu kīrai-
7-p-piriyaṉ
8tiru-¡I!⟨v-i⟩ḻiccil
9(sa) [1+] (hāsira) Zone 3
10śrīkku patiṉ
11kaḻañcu po-
12ṉ kuṭuttā-
13ṉ
Ataṉ po-
14li-y-ūṭṭu ko-
15ṇ-
16ṭu
17kārt-
18tikai-
19-y kār-
20tti-
21kai (nā)-
22ṉṟu
23viḻā-
24-c ce-
25yt’ ū-
26ṭṭu-
27vō(m ā)-
28ṉō-
29m sapai-
30yōm
31Ivv-ūrum
32kīrai-p-piri-
33yaṉukk’ oṭ-
34ṭi kuṭuttō-
35(m)
1 ⟨na⟩n=ti° ◇ nanti° R1 B; nandi R2 • The correct reading has been assessed from photos (Emmanuel Francis, 2008; Frontline
22.22, not any more online).
4 °āva⟨tu⟩ ◇ °āva/⟨tu⟩ R1
9 (sa) [1+] (hāsira) ◇ R1; sa [1+] bhiāsira R2; capaiyō [2+] B
17–18 19 20 21 kārt/tikai/-y kār/tti/kai ◇ R1; kāt/tikai/-y kā/tti/kai B
1Prosperity! Fortune!
1-4Twelfth year of Nantippōttaraiyaṉ.
5-13 Kīraippiriyaṉ of the (glorious) Māmallapuram gave ten kaḻañcus of gold for [... of/at] Tiruviḻicil.
13-30We, the members of the assembly have become those who, with the interest of that [gold], will provide food (ūṭṭuvōm), when celebrating (ceytu) the festival at the time of Karttikai↓1 [in the month of] Karttikai.
31-35 We commit ourselves to give↓2 to/for Kīraippiriyaṉ of this village.
Edited in Irājavēl 2006 (Āvaṇam 17.23.1), in Rajavelu 2008, in B.
Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on the previous editions, none of which seems sufficiently reliable, notably for the transliteration of Grantha characters of the original and for the length of lacunas. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.