Kāñcīpuram, Vaikuṇṭhaperumāḷ, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 46

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-09-06Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSII0400133

Summary: Donation of land.

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¹svasti śrī

kō-v-irājakēsari-pa¿t?⟨n⟩mar-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a [cakra-va]r(t)t(i)kaḷ śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-devarkku yāṇṭu nāṟpatt’ āṟ-āvatu

jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu Ūṟṟu-k-kāṭṭu-k-kōṭṭattu Ūṟṟu-k-kāṭṭu-nāṭṭu śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalattu Ivv-ūr vā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩amar-cōḻaĪśvaram-uṭaiyār [kōyili]lē nirampa-p (peruṅ-kuṟi) [kūṭi]-c cavaikku-c camain=ta

• Aṭṭām-puṟattu Uruttira-kumāra-bhaṭṭa-somājiyārum
• Aṭṭām-puṟattu śrī-kr̥ṣṇa-bhaṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kāṭṭu-k-kuṟi veṇṇaya-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Iruṅkaṇṭi-t tiri-c-ciṟṟampalam-[uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩]-kiramavittaṉum
• [surasārampi śrī-kr̥ṣṇa-k-kiramavittaṉum]
• Irāccaḷūr r̥ṣapa-vāhana-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• [I]rācca[ḷū]r-t tillai-nāyaka-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Irāccaḷūr tāmōtira-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• mu□ṭṭiyamparattu soma-tēva-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• ku(ñ)capp¿u?⟨a⟩vil Iyañña-svāmi-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Irāccaḷūr-c civa-tēva-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Irāccaḷūrc c¡i!⟨ī⟩kāḻi-p-piḷḷaiyum
• Irāc[caḷūr]-c civa-tē□va[r]-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kirāñci-t tōraṇa-cūra-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• neṭuṅ-kuntai puruṣottama-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• pāṭakattu nāk(ku)māra-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• koṟukoṭṭi-k kēcuva-k-ki□ramavittanum
• Uṟuppuṭṭūr Iravi-maṇṭala-bhaṭṭa-somājiyārum
• cura(sā)rampi (Iṣa)pa-nārāyaṇa-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kāñcai nārāyaṇa-k-kiramav(i)tta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kan=tāṭai-c c¡i!⟨ī⟩-rāma-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• māṅkaḷūr-t ti-
  ²ru-vēṅkaṭa-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kuñcappavil tāmōtira-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kāma-k-kuṟu-c c¡i!⟨ī⟩-rāma-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kuñcappavil kocca-kumāra-paṭṭakāma-k-kuṟu-c um
• kuraparari-malaikiniya-ni¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩u[m]
• tuvekai kōvin=ta-nārāyaṇa-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Irāya-rā[ya]-kumāra-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• muṭṭiyamparattu Utaiya-divākara-k-kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um

Uḷḷiṭṭa mahā-sabhaiyōm bhūmi-nila-vilai-Āvaṇa-k-kai y-eḻuttu

Eyiṟ-kōṭṭattu nakaraṅ kāñci-purattu-k kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-viṇṇakar-āḻ[v]ārk[ku-t] (tiru-nāḷ eḻ)un=t-aruḷu □ maṭattu-c cevikka van=ta śrī-vayiṣṇavarkku Amutu-ceykaikku maṭa-p-puṟam-āka Ik-kōyi(lil de)va(ra)ṭiyā(ḷ koḻivaḷa) [?3+] (ṭayāḷ-ā)¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a tiru-v-araṅka-māṇikkam [3+ Iv]v-āḻvārkku nāṅkaḷ Iṟai-y-i(li) [?8+] tu

[Eṅ]kaḷūr mēl-piṭākai ¿va?⟨U⟩ṭciṟupālai It-tēvarkku Āṟ-āvatu mutal nāṟpatt’ añc-āvatu varai tarattilum parappilum pervaḻi kūṟiṭinaṟi Eri Uṭaintu kāṭu koḷāy-p pāḻ kiṭan=tamaiyil Ivv-ū(r) viḷai-nilamum p(uñcai)-nilamum [4+]-t te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-pāṟk’ ellai mu-m-muṭi-cōḻa-p-peri⟨ya⟩-Ēri te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-karaiyē kāñcipuramēṟ-p pō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a peru-vaḻikku vaṭakkum mēl-pāṟk’ ellai [2+] (va)ṭa-(p)āṟk’ ellaiyum toṟu vaṉkāraṇai [7+] Uṟ

In-nāṟ-pāṟk’ ellaikku naṭuvu-paṭṭa viḷai-nilamum pu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩cai-nilamuṅ kāṭum mēṭum Ēriyuṅ karaiyum Ūr-nattamum viṟṟu-k kuṭuttu Itukku-k kirayam-āka Emmil Icainta vilai-p-
³-poruḷ Āvaṇa-k-kaḷiyē kiḻikai-c cela-k koṇṭu viṟṟu vilai-y-āvaṇañ ceytu kuṭuttōm [mēṟ]-colla-p-paṭṭa

• Aṭṭāmpuṟattu Uruttira-kumāra-bhaṭṭa-somayājiyāru[m]
• [Aṭ]ṭām-puṟattu śrī-kr̥ṣṇapaṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kāṭṭu-k-kuṟi veṇṇayakkra>mavittaṉum
• Iruṅkaṇṭi-t tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kiramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• surasārampi śrī-kr̥ṣṇak-kramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Irāccaḷūr r̥ṣapa-vāhana-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Irāccaḷūr-t tillai-nāyaka-bhaṭṭaṉum
• Aḷḷur-t tāmotira-k-kramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• muṭṭiy¿ā?⟨a⟩[mpara]t[tu] soma-deva-kkramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kuñcappavil yajñasvāmi-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Irāccaḷūr civa-deva-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Irāccaḷūr cīkāḻi-p-piḷḷaiyum
• Irāccaḷūr civa{r}-tēva-k-kramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kirāñci-t tōraṇa-cūra-kkramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• neṭuṅ-kuntai-p puruṣottama-paṭṭa [10+]-k-kra mav(i)tta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• koṟukoṭṭi-k kēcuva-kkramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• Uṟuppuṭṭūr Iravi-maṇṭala-paṭṭa-somayājiyārum
• surasārampi Iṣapa-nārāyaṇa-k-kramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kāñcai nārāyaṇa-k-kramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kan=tāṭai-c c¡i!⟨ī⟩-rāma-kkramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• mā(ṅ)kaḷūr-t tiru-vēṅkaṭa-kkramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kuñcappavil tāmotira-k-kramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kuñcappavil koccaka-kumāra-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
• kurava-ciri [malai]kiniya ni¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um

Apparatus

¹ [kōyili]lē nirampa-p (peruṅ-kuṟi) [kūṭi]-c ◇ k[oyi]lile nirampap peruṅkuṟi kū[ṭi]c SII — ¹ Iruṅkaṇṭi-t tiri-c-ciṟṟampalam-[uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩]° ◇ Iruṅkaṇṭit tiricciṟṟampalamu[ṭai]yā[n]° SII — ¹ [Irāccaḷūr r̥ṣapa-vāhana-paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um] ◇ [8+] SII • Restored from the same list of persons repeated at the end the inscription. — ¹ [I]rācca[ḷū]rt tillai° ◇ [Irā]c[caḷū]r-t tillai° SII — ¹ tuvekai ◇ tuve[t]ai SII — ¹ Irāya-rā[ya]-kumāra° ◇ Irā[yū] rā[ya] kumāra° SII
² kāma-k-kuṟi-c ◇ kāmakkuṟuc SII — ² Ik-kōyi(lil de)va(ra)ṭiyā(ḷ koḻivaḷa) [?3+] (ṭayāḷ-ā)¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a ◇ Ikkoyilil devaraṭiyāḷ [k]oḻivaḷa [9+] ṭayāḷāna SII — ² [3+ Iv]v-āḻvārkku nāṅkaḷ Iṟai-y-i(li) [?8+] tu [Eṅ]kaḷūr ◇ [3+ Iv]vāḻvārkku nāṅkaḷ Iṟaiyili [?8+ Eṅ]kaḷūr SII — ² ¿va?⟨U⟩ṭciṟupālai ◇ Uṭciṟupālai SII — ² kūṟiṭinaṟi ◇ kūṭṭi[na 2+] SII — ² p(uñcai)-nilamum [4+]-t ◇ pu[ñcai]-nilamu[m 6+] t SII — ² mu-m-muṭi-cōḻa-p-peri⟨ya⟩-Ēri ◇ mummuṭicoḻapperEri SII — ² mēl-pāṟk’ ellai [2+] (va)ṭa-(p)āṟk’ ellaiyum ◇ melpāṟkellai [10+] llaiyum SII — ² toṟu vaṉkāraṇai [7+] Uṟ ◇ toṟu vaṉkāraṇai [7+] SII
³ kuñcappavil yajñasvāmi° ◇ kuñcappavil yajasvāmi° SII — ³ Irāccaḷūr civa{r}-tēva° ◇ Irāccaḷūr ci[vate]va° SII — ³ Uṟuppuṭṭūr ◇ Uṟuppaṭṭūr SII — ³ kuñcappavil koccaka° ◇ kuñcappavil kau[cika]° SII — ³ [malai]kiniya ni¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ◇ [malaikiniya] ni[ṉṟān] SII

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹Prosperity! Fortune!

¹Fourty-sixth year of the glorious king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, the emperor of the three worlds,aliasthe king Rājakesarivarman,

¹who ... [meykkīrtti of Kulottuṅga I Cōḻa].

^1-2Hand-written writ of land-sale-deed [of] We, the members of the assembly, [that is], including

• ...

who ... (camainta) ... in the temple of the Lord of the Vāṉamar-Cōḻēśvara [of] this village in the glorious Kulottuṅgacōḻacaturvedimaṅgala in the Ūṟṟukkāṭṭunāṭu, [itself] in the Ūṟṟukkāṭṭukōṭṭam, [itself] in the Jayaṅkoṇṭacōḻamaṇḍala.

² As maṭhapuṟam for feeding the Śrīvaiṣṇavars who come for uttering prayers (cevikka) in the maṭha ... we [have given] tax-free ...

² In the western hamlet of our village ... the fertile land and the dry land [of] this village [have the following boundaries]:

• ...

^2-3 The fertile land, the dry land, the forests, ... circumscribed by these four boundaries between, ... We have given [them], [We, the] above-mentioned

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Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1887-1888 (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/35).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.133).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Krishna Sastri 1923 (only major variant readings recorded in the apparatus) and photos (Emmanuel Francis, 2009).

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