Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, pillar, time of Kampavarman, year 18

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00508

Summary: Donation of gold for upkeeping a perpetual lamp.

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    1svasti śrī


    2kampa-varmmaṟku
    3yāṇṭu patiṉ
    4Eṭṭāvatu

    maṉai(yiṟ)-
    5-kōṭṭattu maṉai(yi)-
    6[10+] ṇṭaṅ kiḻavarkaḷil ra-
    7[10+] l ciyacarmaṉ pirāhmaṇi
    8[1 line lost]
    9naṅkai-p perumāṉ
    10tiru-v-iḻiccil supra-
    11hmaṇya-paṭārarkku nantā-viḷa-
    12kkukku kuṭutta poṉ pattu

    I-
    13p-poṉṉālum vanta Aṟu-patiṉā-
    14ḻi Eṇṇaiyum Āṭṭā-
    15ṇṭu tōṟum tiru-v-iḷakku
    16muṭṭāmai-y Eriya [10+] vai-
    17ppōm āṉōm sapaiyōm

    Apparatus

    2 °varmmaṟku R1 • The original reading might be °varmmaṟku.
    7 pirāhmaṇi R1 • The original reading might be pirāhmaṇi.
    10–11 supra /hmaṇya° R1 • The original reading might be subra/hmaṇya°.

    Translation by Emmanuel Francis

    1Prosperity! Fortune!

    1-3Eighteenth year of Kampavarman.

    4-12 [There are] ten kaḻañcus of gold that ..., the Brahmin [spouse] of ... gave for a perpetual lamp for the glorious Subrahmaṇya ...

    12-17 We, the members of the assembly, have become those who will ...

    Bibliography

    Edited in Irājavēl 2006 (Āvaṇam 17.23.3), 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.

    Primary

    Irājavēl, Cu. 2006. “cāluvaṅkuppam cila putiya kalveṭṭukaḷ.” Āvaṇam 17: 127–29.
    Page 129, № 3. [siglum R1]
    Rajavelu, S. 2008. “Recent Discoveries near Mamallapuram.” Airāvati: Felicitation volume in honour of Iravatham Mahadevan, edited by anonymous, 177–90. Chennai: Varalaaru.com.
    Page 183, № 3. [siglum R2]
    Badhreenath, Sathyabhama. 2015. Śāḷuvan̤kuppam Excavations 2005-07. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India.
    Pages 152–153, № 4. [siglum B]