Current Version: draft, 2024-09-06Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSSII0400829
Hand Description:
No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.
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1 naḷa-varuṣam kārttikai mācam 2 tēti
śrīma(n-ma)hā-maṇḍaleśvara-rāma-rāja-tiru-malaiya-deva-mahārājayaṉ kāriyattuk=ku kaṟtar-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a vēṅkaṭā-t-tiri Ayya(ṉum kāmā)kṣi-Am-maṉ-{kōyi}kōyil sthā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩attārum Uṭaiyavar kailāsanātaṟku dharmma-śāsanam paṇṇi-k= kuṭutta paṭi tiru-malaiya-deva-mahārājayaṉuk=ku puṇyam-āka kāmākṣi-Amma(ṉ i)ṭa Ellai-y-āṉa Uṭaiyavar kailāsanātar tiru-virup [10+] Uṭaiya [10+] mēṟku tiru [11+]-
2lai-p perun-tiruvitik=ku-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-ciṟaku Uḷpaṭa
I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āṉk’ ellaik=ku Uḷpaṭṭa nilat=til vēṇṭum payirum pala-maramum vaittu Atil uḷḷa pala-pa [3+] tti Uṇṭ-āṉatu Uṭai-(yavar) kailāsanātar tiru-p-paṇik=ku naṭantu vara-k-kaṭ¡ai!⟨a⟩vat’ ākavum
kāmākṣi-Ammaṉ tiru-k-kōyililē nāḷ Oṉṟuk=ku ney vet=tiyat=tuk=ku Iru-nāḻi Amutu-paṭiyu=M tiru-viḷak=kuk=ku Uḻak=ku Eṇṇaiyu=M naṭantu vara-k-kaṭ¡ai!⟨a⟩vat’ [ākavum 4+]
[3+] kitam paṇṇiṉavarka(ḷ) uṇṭāṉāl kaṅkai-k-karaiyilē kār-ām-pa(cuvai) koṉṟa tōṣa(ttilē) [10+]
1 °tirumalaiyadeva° ◇ SII • The reading °tirumal¡aiy!⟨ai⟩deva° might be preferable.
2 °kaṭ¡ai!⟨a⟩vat’ ākavum ◇ °kaṭaivatākavum SII • Further in the text, SII standardizes the same word. — 2 kaṭ¡ai!⟨a⟩vat’ [ākavum] ◇ kaṭ¡ai!⟨a⟩vat [4+] SII
1Nala year, Kārttikai month, date 2.
1-2 According to the pious edict (dharma-śāsana) in favour of the Lord Kailācanātar↓1 that Vēṅkaṭattiri Attaṉ, alias the officer (kaṟtar) for [sacred] services (kāriyam) of the glorious ... king Tirumalai ... and the trustees (sthāṉattar) [of] the Temple of Kāmākṣiyammaṉ, so tha there be (āka) merit for king Tirumalai, the great king, the boundaries to place (for) Kāmākṣiyammaṉ, are [as follows]: ...
2 In the land comprised within these four boudaries ... there should be ...
2 For daily ... of oil in the glorious Temple of Kāmākṣiyammaṉ ... there should be ...
2 If there are persons who do harm (akitam) [to this donation, they will incur] the sin of killing a tawny cow on the bank of the Ganges.
Reported in ARIE 1892-1893 (ARIE/1892-1893/B/1893/16).
Edited Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.829).
Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on Krishna Sastri 1923.
↑1. Literally: "the one of the Kailāsanātha," that is, the Śiva of the Kailāsanātha temple
in Kāñcipuram, built in the first quarter of the 8th century.