Uttiramērūr, Vaikuṇṭhaperumāḷ, time of Nandivarman, year 24 intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSPallava00078.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Larger platform, southern base.

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svasti śrī

nan=ti-varmmarkku yāṇt’ irupattu nāl-āvatu

Uttarameru-caturvvedi-maṅkalatt’ iśāna-diśai-brahmeśvara-gr̥hattu mahādevarkku Ivv-ūr madhyasthaṉ caāturvvaidya perumañcikaṉ-ēṉ kurava-ciri-viṣṇukumāra-trivediyār paṅkiṉ vaḻi mutal iṭṭu nālām pāṭakamum irāyūr-t taṭakk-aṭiyār brahmāṇiyār paṅkiṉ vaḻi mutal iṭṭu nālām pāṭakamuṅ kuṇṭūr-k kantama-c-caṭaṅkaviyār paṅkiṉ vaḻi mutal iṭṭ’ iraṇṭām pāṭakamum imm-muūṉṟu pāṭakamum yāṉ ivar pakkal vilaikku-k koṇṭ’ uṭaiyaṉ Avippuṟam-āka-k ku ṭuttēṉ

ivaṟṟiṉ bhogattāl nityamu-n-nāḻi Arici ney-y uṭppaṭa Iraṇṭu poḻutun tiru-v-amirtu kāṭṭuvāṉ āka-p paṇittōm

im-muūṉṟukkum eppoērppaṭṭa Iṟaiyu m oḻintōm

brāhmaṇaṉ ārādhitt’ uṇpāṉ āka-p paṇittōm

mahāsabhaiyōm

im-maṇḍapattiṉukk’ ācāryyaṉ kārīśvara-sūnu-vastuvidyāmayan= nak=kaṉ eḻuttu

nan=ti-varmmarkku nan=ti-vanmarkku Uttarameru° Ut=tarameru° caturvvedi caturvvedi caāturvvaidya cāturvvaidya °viṣṇukumāra° °viṣṇukumāra° nityamu-n-nāḻi nityammunnāḻi That is, nityam munnāḻi. ārādhitt’ ārāditt’ The latter reading is most probably a typo. ācāryyaṉ ācāryyaṉ

Prosperity! Fortune!

Twenty-fourth year of Nantivarmmar.Sanskrit Nandivarman.

To the Mahādeva of the Īśānadiśā-brahmeśvaragr̥ha (the temple of the Lord of Brahmā in the north-east direction) in Uttaramēru-caturvedimaṅgala; I, Perumañcikaṉ, caturvaidya and madhyastha of this village; after giving iṭṭuLiterally: after placing. a capital from vaḻi a share of the honourable Kuravaciri Viṣṇukumāra Trivedin, his fourth plot; after giving a capital from a share of the honourable Brahmin lady, wife of of the honourable Taṭakkaṭi of Irāyūr, her fourth plot; after giving a capital from a share of the honourable Kantamaccaṭaṅkavi of Kuṇṭūr, his second plot; these three plots, me yāṉ having bought vilaikku-k koṇṭuLiterally: having got a price for. them from these three ivar, I have given them as avippuṟam for the Lord uṭaiyaṉ, i.e. Mahādeva of the Īśānadiśā-brahmeśvaragr̥ha.

With the revenue bhogattāl of these ivaṟṟiṉ, we have ordered that there be permanenty nityam one who offers kāṭṭuvāṉ glorious amr̥ta tiru-v-amirtu twice a day up to uṭpaṭaLiterally: so as to include. three nāḻis munnāḻi of rice and ghee.

For these three plots we have exempted oḻintōmLiterally: we have excepted, cleared. taxes, of whatsoever kind.

We have have ordered that there be a Brahmin feeding the Lord when worshipping.

So did We, We, the members of the great assembly mahāsabhaiyōm.

Writing of Vastuvidyāmaya, son of Kārīśvara, the ācārya attached to this maṇḍapa.

tiru-v-amirtu, "glorious amr̥ta", is usually translated as “sacred food-offerings”.

The maṇḍapa is the Vaikuṇṭaperumāḷ itself. Cf. Gros, etc. Not a temple properly at that period, but the assembly hall. If a temple nonetheless, also the assembly hall.

Reported in (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/72).

Edited in (SII 6.356). Text and summary in (IP 78).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos (2019).

356 166 256-257 78 18 B/1898 72