Śrīraṅgam, Raṅganātha, no king, no year

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-09-06Z

Editors:   Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSII2400182

Summary: List of provisions for worshipping an image of the deity, including the recitation of the Śrīpurāṇam.

Hand Description:

According to epigraphist, characters seem to be from ca. 11th century.


Additional Metadata

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Edition

First fragment

1 Block A [va]ḻai-p-paḻam [2+] ṉū [3+] Block B [...]
2 Block A cavarku nellu kala[ṉē 2+] Block B [...]
3 Block A mu-k-kuṟuṇiyum palaka [5+] Block B [...]-
4 Block A yum tayir-amutu paliṅ [5+] Block B [...]-
5 Block A [ne]llu kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē tūṇi pa [6+] Block B [...]-
6 Block A mutu Aṭa viṟakiṭum [6+] Block B [...]-
7 Block A (m) Ilai Amutu pā [6+] Block B [...]
8(I)raṇṭu mañcāṭiyum Amutu ceyt-aruḷi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a pa Block B [...]
9 Block A Āṭiyaruḷa vāḻaippaḻam Aiñcukku-p po Block B [...]-
10 Block A yum tiru-p-pukaikku citārikku(m) po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Arai māvu Block B [...]-
11 Block A ku¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟiyum tiru-v-ōlakkattukku Eriyum tiru-viḷak Block B [...]-
12 Block A [vi]ṇṇappañ ceyyum paruṣai-nāyan Oruva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩u Block B [...]-
13 Block A kku-p pon kaḻañcum śrīpurāṇam vācippān Block B [...]-
14 Block A ḻañcum Āka pon pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañc’ araiyē I Block B [...]-
15 Block A nūṟṟaṟu kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē tūṇi Aṟu nāḻi(yum) [4+] Block B [...]
16 Block A Āka-t tiru-mañcaṉam Iraṇṭukkum peru Block B [...]-
17 Block A ñcē kālē ku¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟiyināl nellu Iru-nā Block B [...]-
18 Block A nē kuṟuṇikku kiḻakk’ aṭaiya v-iṭṭa nilam [1+] Block B [...]
19 Block A [1+] l vanta ceṅkaḻunir-t tiruppaḷḷi-t-tāma E Block B [... n-]
20 Block A āḻi-y-āka nāḷ Oṉṟukku nellu Iru-nā[ḻi ...]
21 Block A nellu Iru-nūṟṟ’ oru-patt’ aṟu kalamu Block B [...]-
22 Block A ṟṟu nāṟ-ppatt’ aṟu kalattukku kiḻa Block B [...]-
23 Block A ku v-iṭṭa nilam Block B [... va-]
24 Block A yiṣṇava-ra[kṣ]ai Block B [...]

Second fragment

1 Block A [2+](kan) para(m)pu (na) nilamā Block B [...]-
2 Block A ṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ mātava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ parama Block B [...]
3 Block A Arai paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tiruvai Block B [...]-
4 Block A yan kaṟaikkaṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ni Block B [...]-
5 Block A ḷḷā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Irāja-rā⟨ja⟩n nila Block B [...]-
6 Block A [1+] -deva cōṟ-uṭaiyā Block B [...]-
7 Block A ṭukku Ivai [.]e Block B [...]

Apparatus

First fragment

2 kala[ṉē 2+]kala [3+] SII
19–20 [n-]/āḻi-y-āka[1+]/āḻi-y-āka SII
20 Iru-nā[ḻi ...]Iru-nā [...] SII
23–24 [va-]/yiṣṇavara[kṣ]ai[...][1+]/yiṣṇavara[.]ai [1+ ...] SII

Translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

First fragment

1 [...] plantain [...]

2 [...] pots of paddy for [...]

3 [...] three kuṟuṇis [...]

4 [...] offering of curds (tayir amutu) [...]

5 [...] tūṇi of [...] pots of paddy [...]

7 [...] betel leaves (ilai amutu)[...]

8 [...] gracefully made, [...] offering of two mañcāṭis of [...]

9 [...] plantain to perform the holy bath (āṭiyaruḷa) [...]

10 [...] gold [for burning] incense (citāri) in the holy vessel (tiruppukai) [...]

11 [...] for burning the holy lamp at the assembly hall (tiruvōlakkam) [...]

12 [...] the village assembly (paruṣai), which will make the request (viṇṇappam ceyyum) [...]

13-14 [...] so that [...] kaḻañcus [for] the reciter (vācippān) of the Śrīpurāṇam, a kaḻañcu of gold for [...]

14 [...] half kaḻañcu of [...] ten gold coins [...]

15-16 [...] so that six [...] nāḻis [...], tūṇi of paddy [...]

16 [...] the holy bath (tirumañcaṉam) [...]

18 [...] the leased land borders to the east [...]

19 [...] a garland of purple water-lilies for the Lord (ceṅkaḻunir tiruppaḷḷittāmam) [...]

20 [...] two nāḻis of daily paddy so that [...]

21 [...] two hundred and sixteen kalam of paddy [...]

22 [...] for forty-six kalams [...]

23 [...] the land given [...]

23- 24 [...] This is under the protection of the Vaiṣṇavas [...]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1951-1952 (ARIE/1951-1952/B/1951-1952/178).

Edited in Narasimhaswamy 1982 (SII 24.182).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Narasimhaswamy 1982. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).

Primary

Narasimhaswamy, H. K. 1982. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XXIV:  Inscriptions of the Raṅganāthasvāmi Temple, Śrīraṅgam. South Indian Inscriptions 24. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General).
Page 494, № 182. [siglum SII]

Secondary

ARIE 1951-1952. Page 26, appendix B, № 178.