Pullūr plates, time of Nandivarman, year 33

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00081.

Summary: Grant of four villages (Nelli, Pullūra, Takkāra and Kuḍiūra in the Kīḷveṇātaka in the Palkundakoṭṭaka according to the Sankrit portion; Nelli, Pullūr, and Kuṭiyūr in the Kīḻvēṇāṭu in the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam and Takkāṟu in the Maṇalaikuḷanāṭu in the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam according to Tamil portion), as a brahmadeya renamed as Nayadhīramaṁgala/Nayadhīramaṅkalam, to 108 Brahmins. In fact only 100 Brahmin donees are mentioned, including the 3 donees added, by afterthought, at the end of the grant, whereas there are 8 further donees, who appear to be officials involved in the transaction and religious dignitaries granted at the same time.

Hand description:

The puḷḷi is used in the Tamil text. For further paleaographical details, see Mahalingam 1965–1966, pp. 144–145.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-06-17 14:19 (92526d5), last modified 2025-05-04 12:40 (319ba00).

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Plates

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I. Anuṣṭubh

[pāyā](d va)ś śāṁkar¿i?⟨ī⟩-mūrttiś

śaśā{ṁ}ṅkāṁkura-śekharā

pratipad-dina-paryyante

sandhyeva sakalānatā ⁋

II. Sragdharā

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III. Anuṣṭubh

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IV. Anuṣṭubh

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V. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

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VI. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

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sa tu kadācid rājā rāja-[n]i[tya-p]ādopajīvi-rāja ⟨2r3=11⟩ ka-parivṛta⟨ḥ⟩ kṛta-vyavasthā-sthāna-sthitis tatra sthitena parañ-cirantarānanta-sāmanta-mukhya-vikhyātena pallava-bha⟨2r4=12⟩ktinā vilvalapureśvareṇ¿ā?⟨a⟩ Avanicandra-yuvarāja-nām(n)ā dharmma-kṛtthārtthaṁ vijñ¿ā?⟨a⟩pto datta-¿t?⟨k⟩ṣaṇa⟨2r5=13⟩¿t?⟨k⟩ṣoṇīpatiḥ pratya¿t?⟨k⟩ṣa-b¿ra?⟨ṛ⟩haspatiṁ ¿t?⟨k⟩ṣatra-vidyā-(vi)ca¿t?⟨k⟩ṣaṇam a¿t?⟨k⟩ṣī¿s?⟨ṇa⟩-svāmi-rāgan nāgaśarmmaṇa⟨2r6=14⟩m· brahmādhirājāpara-nāmānan dvija-vara-mantri-varam ājñaptiṁ kṛtvā palkunda-koṭṭake kīḷ·veṁ-ṇā(ṭa)ke ceyāru-nadī⟨2r7=15⟩da¿t?⟨k⟩ṣiṇa-kūle nelli-pullūra-takkāra-kuḍ¡iŪ!⟨iyū⟩ra catur-grām¿ī?⟨a⟩-saṁgraheṇaika-grāman nayadhīra-maṁgalaṁ sva-nā⟨2r8=16⟩mnā kṛta-nāmānaṁ kṛtvā nija-vaṁśa-param·parāgatānāṁ śuddhābhijana-vṛtta-vidyānām· dvija-vara-bappa-bhaṭṭārakānā ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=17⟩ m aṣṭ⟨ottar⟩aśatāya ssalila-pūrvvan dattavān(·) <gomutra>

svasti

kō-vic¡ai!⟨ai⟩ya-nan·tivarmmaku yā(ṇ)ṭu mu⟨2v2=18⟩p·pat·tu mūṉṟāvatu

Avanicandra-Iḷavaracaṉ· viṇ·ṇap·pat·tāl· brahmādhirāja n· Aṇat·ti ⟨2v3=19⟩ Āka pal·kuṉ·ṟa-k·-kōṭṭat·tu k[¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻvēṇāṭṭu nel·liyum pul·lūruṅ· kuṭiyūru maṇa(lai)ku⟨2v4=20⟩ḷa-nāṭṭu-t takkāṟum· In·-nāl·kūruṅ· kōvum· poṟiyun· tīr·t·tu muṉ· peṟṟārai māṟṟi ku⟨2v5=21⟩ṭi nīk·ki brahmadeyam-āka-p· peṟ·ṟa nal·kūṟ·-naṟ-pāppār· ṣaṇḍila-gotratt’ āvat·tampa-cū{t·tira}⟨2v6=22⟩t(·)tirat·t’ uḻappūr-vat·tavaṉ· kāṭaka-c·-cōmāci ti¿ru?⟨ri⟩vēti kūḷa-śarmmaṉ· paṅ·k’ iraṇ·ṭu <hyphen> Ik·-kō⟨2v7=23⟩...⟨Page 3r⟩⟨Page 3v⟩⟨Page 4r⟩⟨Page 4v⟩⟨Page 5r⟩⟨Page 5v⟩⟨Page 6r⟩⟨Page 6v⟩⟨Page 7r⟩⟨7r1=98⟩ṉum <hyphen> kāśyapa-kōtrattu paṟampur āḷuṅ kariśarmaṉ paṅk’ iraṇṭu <hyphen> bra(h)mādh[i]rājaṉ paṅku nāl·ku <hyphen> kaṭaṅ⟨7r2=99⟩kāṭṭu-p perun tiṇai paṅk’ oṉṟu <hyphen> cāttaṅkuṭi kiḻāṉ paṅk’ oṉṟu <hyphen> nāṭṭiya-p perun tiṇai paṅk’ o(ṉṟu) ⟨7r3=100⟩ kalivicaiyaṉ paṅk’ oṉṟu <hyphen> perumaṉaṭikaḷ paṅku <hyphen> tiruvaṭikaḷ paṅku <hyphen> bhagavatiyār paṅku <hyphen>

Ivait⟨7r4=101⟩tuḷ Aṣṭaśadattiṉ mēl paṇiyāl ēṟiṉa paṅku patiṉ aintu ⟨7r5=102⟩ nūṟṟeṇ(m)ar nāl{kū}kū⟨r⟩ naṟ-pā⟨r⟩ppā⟨r⟩k=ku brahmadeyam Aruḷic c¡ē!⟨ey⟩ta tiru⟨7r6=103⟩mukaṉ talaik=ku vaittu nāṭṭā⟨r⟩ viṭunta Aṟaiyōlai-p paṭiyāl nā⟨7r7=104⟩ṭṭu viyavaṉ colliya

kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai pāṭi Ērik=kum cālai-nal⟨7r8=105⟩lūr nattattin mēlai kaḷāṅkēṇik=ku mēk=kum
te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-pār(ṟ)kk’ e⟨7r9=106⟩llai necalar-p-pūṇṭi Ērik=kum nākaṭi-maṅkalattu (va)riccu-kāluk=kum cātā-maṅkalattu⟨7r10=107⟩k=ku nāraikuḻalaik=ku vaṭakku⟨m⟩
mēl-pāṟk’ ellai paḻaṅkōḷūr Ellaiyin kiḻakkum
⟨Page 7v⟩ ⟨7v1=108⟩ vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai paḻaṅkōḷ(ū)r Ellaiyiluñ cēyāṟṟuḷ pākam peṟavun teṟku¡mm!⟨m⟩

in-nāl⟨7v2=109⟩k’ ellai-y akattu¡mm!⟨m⟩ akapaṭṭa nīru-nilaṉu⟨m⟩ pu¿ṉ?⟨ñ⟩ceyuṅ kāṭuṅ kaḷaru¡mm!⟨m⟩ uṭump’ ōṭiy āmai tava⟨7v3=110⟩ḻ·(n)tat’ ellān nayadhīramangalam ennum pērā¿n?⟨l⟩ sarvva-⟨⟨pa⟩⟩rihāram uḷ·ḷaṭaṅka sāmānya ⟨7v4=111⟩ Iraṇṭu paṭṭi-p paṭiyāl brahmadeyam āyittu

Ip-paṭiyālē pāṟcāttum ⟨7v5=112⟩ paratattiyuñ celvat’ āka-v aruḷi-c c¡ē!⟨ey⟩tu paratatti ceytatu

Ivv-ūr peṟṟa ⟨7v6=113⟩ parihāraṅ kōyil-vastu-c cekkun taṟiyum Uḷḷiya-k kūliyum ētta-k-kā⟨7v7=114⟩namuñ cāṭi-p-poṉṉuṅ kāruṅ teṅkam poṉṉum Upakaraṇa-t-taṇṭamu¡mm!⟨m⟩ atikaraṇa-t⟨7v8=115⟩-taṇṭamum pattūr-c-cāṟṟ’ uḻavai-paḷḷi-vastuvum Aṟap(puṟā)-t-taṇṭamuñ ceyivu pōka-c ciṟa⟨7v9=116⟩nta poṉṉum Uṟi-k-kāṇamum paṟi-k-kāṇamum nīrtūkku-k-kāṇamum puṭṭaka-vilaiyum paṭṭikai ⟨Page 8r⟩ ⟨8r1=117⟩ -k-kāṇamum pirāmaṇicca-k-kāṇamuṅ kaṇṇīttu-k-kaṇamuṅ kālkōṭṭu-k-kāṇamuñ ceṅk(o)⟨8r2=118⟩ṭiy-k-kāṇamum Āṭṭu-k-kāṇamum nāvita-k-kāṇamuṅ kuvaḷai-k-kāṇamum vaṇṇā⟨ra⟩-k-kā⟨ṇa⟩mum veṇ⟨8r3=119⟩ṇilattu-t teṅkuṅ kamukum iṭṭaṉa kālkōṭṭ’ iṟāmeyum paṉṉīr āṭṭai-k-karai-y iṟāmeyu- ⟨8r4=120⟩ m

paṇṭuṇṇun nīrkk’ uritt’ ākavum

nāṭu-kāppāṉum pukāpeyu⟨8r5=121⟩m Ivarkaḷ ceyappālaṉa I⟨va⟩rum ivar-vaḻi-k kaṇṇārumē ceyivār ākavum

Ivar⟨8r6=122⟩kaḷukku Āṟṟuḷ niṉṟum Ērikaḷuḷ niṉṟun nīr-īnta vaḻi tō⟨⟨ṇ⟩⟩ṭi-k-koṇṭu-(p) ⟨8r7=123⟩ pō⟨vā⟩r ākavum

Ik-kālkaḷ pōnta nilam pōṉa māṟṟi Ivarkaḷē tu⟨y⟩ppār ākavum

Ivarkaḷu⟨8r8=124⟩kk’ aṟaint’ āḻi pōki-kkaṉ-ṉāṭṭi k(ū)kai pukutti Ivai-Um ivai-y uḷḷiṭṭa parihāraṅkaḷum uḷ⟨8r9=125⟩[ḷaṭaṅka] sāmānya Iraṇṭu paṭṭi-p paṭiyāl (bra)hmadeyam āyiṟṟu

Ivv-ūrkaḷil nelli-Ēri Ivarkaḷ kiṟkum ⟨Page 8v⟩ ⟨8v1=126⟩ ... v(i)riya-t tōṇṭiṉāl ceṉṟu nīr kōkku¡mm!⟨m⟩ alavuṅ kōkka-p peruvat’ ākavum

Ivv-ūr Ērikaluk⟨8v2=127⟩ku Āṟṟu⟨k⟩kāl nīr īnta vaḻi tōṇṭi-k koṇṭ’ uṇṇa-p peṟuvār ākavum

Ik-kālkaḷ kōlkalamum ⟨8v3=128⟩ puḻutipāṭum peṟuvat’ ākavum

Ik-kālkaḷ kūṭai-Eṟittuṅ kuṟṟēttam paṇṇiyuṅ kuṟaṅk’ aṟuttu⟨8v4=129⟩ṅ koḷḷa-p peṟātār ākavum

koṇṭār kōviṉāṟ-ṟaṇṭika-p paṭuvār ākavum

⟨8v5=130⟩ Ivaru¡mm!⟨m⟩ ivar-vaḻikkaṇṇārum māṭamum māḷikaiyum Eṭuttu-⟨k⟩ koṇṭ-irukka⟨8v6=131⟩-p peṟuvār ākavum

ceṅkaḻunīrun tamaṉakamum Iṭa-p peṟuvār ¿a?⟨ā⟩kavu¡mm!⟨m⟩

aruḷi-c ceyta ⟨8v6=132⟩ tu yāṇṭu muppa⟨ttu⟩ mūṉṟu nāḷ muṉṉūṟṟu muppatu

svasti <gomutra>

VII. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi-dānā¿n?⟨t⟩ paran dānam·

na bhūtan na bha⟨8v7=133⟩viṣyati

tasy¿e?⟨ai⟩va haraṇ¿ā dūta?⟨āt pāpa⟩M

na bhūtan na bhaviṣyati ~

VIII. Anuṣṭubh

sva-datt¿a?⟨ā⟩m para-datt¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ vā

yo hareta vasūndharā⟨m⟩

⟨8v8=134⟩ ṣaṣṭiM varṣa-{saha}sahasrāṇi

¿ṣ?⟨v⟩iṣṭhāyāM jāyate kṛmi⟨ḥ⟩ ~

IX. Anuṣṭubh

rakṣā pīḍā ca dharmasya

nidhānaM ⟨Page 9r⟩ ⟨9r1=135⟩ (puṇya-pā)⟨payor⟩

[⏓] [.](vā)rapy anayor ekaM

mṛṣ¿ṭh?⟨ṭ⟩aṃ gṛ{h}ṇantu pā⟨r⟩thivā⟨ḥ⟩

si ⁋

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Ivai nayat¿i?⟨ī⟩(ra) ⟨9r2=136⟩ peruṅk(ā)ṭṭukārā¿n?⟨ṉ⟩(ē) Eḻuttu

bhāradvāja-kōtratt’ āvattampa-cūtrattu⟨9r3=137⟩-c cōlaiyūr-vatta(va)ṉ tāmō¿tila?⟨tara⟩śarmaṉum· <hyphen> kāśyapa-kōtratt’ āvattam⟨9r4=138⟩pa-cūtrattu kuṇ·ṭūr-vattavaṉ cōmāci viṉāyaka-śarmaṉum <hyphen> va¿s?⟨t⟩sa-kōtra⟨9r5=139⟩tt’ āvattampa-cūtrattu pūṇiya-vattavaṉ· ceṭṭaśarmaṉum <gomutra>

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⟨1v1=1⟩ [svastī śrī] [pāyā](d va)ś śāṁkar¿i?⟨ī⟩-mūrttiś śaśā{ṁ}ṅkāṁkura-śekharā pratipad-dina-paryyante sandhyeva sakalānatā ⁋ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

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... ... ... sa tu kadācid rājā rāja-[n]i[tya-p]ādopajīvi-rāja

⟨2r3=11⟩ ka-parivṛta⟨ḥ⟩ kṛta-vyavasthā-sthāna-sthitis tatra sthitena parañ-cirantarānanta-sāmanta-mukhya-vikhyātena pallava-bha-

⟨2r4=12⟩ ktinā vilvalapureśvareṇ¿ā?⟨a⟩ Avanicandra-yuvarāja-nām(n)ā dharmma-kṛtthārtthaṁ vijñ¿ā?⟨a⟩pto datta-¿t?⟨k⟩ṣaṇa-

⟨2r5=13⟩ ¿t?⟨k⟩ṣoṇīpatiḥ pratya¿t?⟨k⟩ṣa-b¿ra?⟨ṛ⟩haspatiṁ ¿t?⟨k⟩ṣatra-vidyā-(vi)ca¿t?⟨k⟩ṣaṇam a¿t?⟨k⟩ṣī¿s?⟨ṇa⟩-svāmi-rāgan nāgaśarmmaṇa-

⟨2r6=14⟩ m· brahmādhirājāpara-nāmānan dvija-vara-mantri-varam ājñaptiṁ kṛtvā palkunda-koṭṭake kīḷ·veṁ-ṇā(ṭa)ke ceyāru-nadī-

⟨2r7=15⟩ da¿t?⟨k⟩ṣiṇa-kūle nelli-pullūra-takkāra-kuḍ¡iŪ!⟨iyū⟩ra catur-grām¿ī?⟨a⟩-saṁgraheṇaika-grāman nayadhīra-maṁgalaṁ sva-nā-

⟨2r8=16⟩ mnā kṛta-nāmānaṁ kṛtvā nija-vaṁśa-param·parāgatānāṁ śuddhābhijana-vṛtta-vidyānām· dvija-vara-bappa-bhaṭṭārakānā

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⟨2v1=17⟩ m aṣṭ⟨ottar⟩aśatāya ssalila-pūrvvan dattavān(·) <gomutra> _ svasti _ kō-vic¡ai!⟨ai⟩ya-nan·tivarmmaku yā(ṇ)ṭu mu-

⟨2v2=18⟩ p·pat·tu mūṉṟāvatu Avanicandra-Iḷavaracaṉ· viṇ·ṇap·pat·tāl· brahmādhirāja n· Aṇat·ti

⟨2v3=19⟩ Āka pal·kuṉ·ṟa-k·-kōṭṭat·tu k[¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻvēṇāṭṭu nel·liyum pul·lūruṅ· kuṭiyūru maṇa(lai)ku-

⟨2v4=20⟩ ḷa-nāṭṭu-t takkāṟum· In·-nāl·kūruṅ· kōvum· poṟiyun· tīr·t·tu muṉ· peṟṟārai māṟṟi ku-

⟨2v5=21⟩ ṭi nīk·ki brahmadeyam-āka-p· peṟ·ṟa nal·kūṟ·-naṟ-pāppār· ṣaṇḍila-gotratt’ āvat·tampa-cū{t·tira}-

⟨2v6=22⟩ t(·)tirat·t’ uḻappūr-vat·tavaṉ· kāṭaka-c·-cōmāci ti¿ru?⟨ri⟩vēti kūḷa-śarmmaṉ· paṅ·k’ iraṇ·ṭu <hyphen> Ik·-kō-

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⟨7r1=98⟩ ṉum <hyphen> kāśyapa-kōtrattu paṟampur āḷuṅ kariśarmaṉ paṅk’ iraṇṭu <hyphen> bra(h)mādh[i]rājaṉ paṅku nāl·ku <hyphen> kaṭaṅ-

⟨7r2=99⟩ kāṭṭu-p perun tiṇai paṅk’ oṉṟu <hyphen> cāttaṅkuṭi kiḻāṉ paṅk’ oṉṟu <hyphen> nāṭṭiya-p perun tiṇai paṅk’ o(ṉṟu)

⟨7r3=100⟩ kalivicaiyaṉ paṅk’ oṉṟu <hyphen> perumaṉaṭikaḷ paṅku <hyphen> tiruvaṭikaḷ paṅku <hyphen> bhagavatiyār paṅku <hyphen> Ivait-

⟨7r4=101⟩ tuḷ Aṣṭaśadattiṉ mēl paṇiyāl ēṟiṉa paṅku patiṉ aintu _

⟨7r5=102⟩ nūṟṟeṇ(m)ar nāl{kū}kū⟨r⟩ naṟ-pā⟨r⟩ppā⟨r⟩k=ku brahmadeyam Aruḷic c¡ē!⟨ey⟩ta tiru-

⟨7r6=103⟩ mukaṉ talaik=ku vaittu nāṭṭā⟨r⟩ viṭunta Aṟaiyōlai-p paṭiyāl nā-

⟨7r7=104⟩ ṭṭu viyavaṉ colliya kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai pāṭi Ērik=kum cālai-nal_-

⟨7r8=105⟩ lūr nattattin mēlai kaḷāṅkēṇik=ku mēk=kum te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-pār(ṟ)kk’ e-

⟨7r9=106⟩ llai necalar-p-pūṇṭi Ērik=kum nākaṭi-maṅkalattu (va)riccu-kāluk=kum cātā-maṅkalattu-

⟨7r10=107⟩ k=ku nāraikuḻalaik=ku vaṭakku⟨m⟩ mēl-pāṟk’ ellai paḻaṅkōḷūr Ellaiyin kiḻakkum _

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⟨7v1=108⟩ vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai paḻaṅkōḷ(ū)r Ellaiyiluñ cēyāṟṟuḷ pākam peṟavun teṟku¡mm!⟨m⟩ in-nāl-

⟨7v2=109⟩ k’ ellai-y akattu¡mm!⟨m⟩ akapaṭṭa nīru-nilaṉu⟨m⟩ pu¿ṉ?⟨ñ⟩ceyuṅ kāṭuṅ kaḷaru¡mm!⟨m⟩ uṭump’ ōṭiy āmai tava-

⟨7v3=110⟩ ḻ·(n)tat’ ellān nayadhīramangalam ennum pērā¿n?⟨l⟩ sarvva-⟨⟨pa⟩⟩rihāram uḷ·ḷaṭaṅka sāmānya

⟨7v4=111⟩ Iraṇṭu paṭṭi-p paṭiyāl brahmadeyam āyittu Ip-paṭiyālē pāṟcāttum

⟨7v5=112⟩ paratattiyuñ celvat’ āka-v aruḷi-c c¡ē!⟨ey⟩tu paratatti ceytatu Ivv-ūr peṟṟa

⟨7v6=113⟩ parihāraṅ kōyil-vastu-c cekkun taṟiyum Uḷḷiya-k kūliyum ētta-k-kā-

⟨7v7=114⟩ namuñ cāṭi-p-poṉṉuṅ kāruṅ teṅkam poṉṉum Upakaraṇa-t-taṇṭamu¡mm!⟨m⟩ atikaraṇa-t-

⟨7v8=115⟩ -taṇṭamum pattūr-c-cāṟṟ’ uḻavai-paḷḷi-vastuvum Aṟap(puṟā)-t-taṇṭamuñ ceyivu pōka-c ciṟa-

⟨7v9=116⟩ nta poṉṉum Uṟi-k-kāṇamum paṟi-k-kāṇamum nīrtūkku-k-kāṇamum puṭṭaka-vilaiyum paṭṭikai

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⟨8r1=117⟩ -k-kāṇamum pirāmaṇicca-k-kāṇamuṅ kaṇṇīttu-k-kaṇamuṅ kālkōṭṭu-k-kāṇamuñ ceṅk(o)-

⟨8r2=118⟩ ṭiy-k-kāṇamum Āṭṭu-k-kāṇamum nāvita-k-kāṇamuṅ kuvaḷai-k-kāṇamum vaṇṇā⟨ra⟩-k-kā⟨ṇa⟩mum veṇ-

⟨8r3=119⟩ ṇilattu-t teṅkuṅ kamukum iṭṭaṉa kālkōṭṭ’ iṟāmeyum paṉṉīr āṭṭai-k-karai-y iṟāmeyu-

⟨8r4=120⟩ m paṇṭuṇṇun nīrkk’ uritt’ ākavum nāṭu-kāppāṉum pukāpeyu-

⟨8r5=121⟩ m Ivarkaḷ ceyappālaṉa I⟨va⟩rum ivar-vaḻi-k kaṇṇārumē ceyivār ākavum Ivar-

⟨8r6=122⟩ kaḷukku Āṟṟuḷ niṉṟum Ērikaḷuḷ niṉṟun nīr-īnta vaḻi tō⟨⟨ṇ⟩⟩ṭi-k-koṇṭu-(p)

⟨8r7=123⟩ pō⟨vā⟩r ākavum Ik-kālkaḷ pōnta nilam pōṉa māṟṟi Ivarkaḷē tu⟨y⟩ppār ākavum Ivarkaḷu-

⟨8r8=124⟩ kk’ aṟaint’ āḻi pōki-kkaṉ-ṉāṭṭi k(ū)kai pukutti Ivai-Um ivai-y uḷḷiṭṭa parihāraṅkaḷum uḷ-

⟨8r9=125⟩ [ḷaṭaṅka] sāmānya Iraṇṭu paṭṭi-p paṭiyāl (bra)hmadeyam āyiṟṟu Ivv-ūrkaḷil nelli-Ēri Ivarkaḷ kiṟkum

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⟨8v1=126⟩ ... v(i)riya-t tōṇṭiṉāl ceṉṟu nīr kōkku¡mm!⟨m⟩ alavuṅ kōkka-p peruvat’ ākavum Ivv-ūr Ērikaluk-

⟨8v2=127⟩ ku Āṟṟu⟨k⟩kāl nīr īnta vaḻi tōṇṭi-k koṇṭ’ uṇṇa-p peṟuvār ākavum Ik-kālkaḷ kōlkalamum

⟨8v3=128⟩ puḻutipāṭum peṟuvat’ ākavum Ik-kālkaḷ kūṭai-Eṟittuṅ kuṟṟēttam paṇṇiyuṅ kuṟaṅk’ aṟuttu-

⟨8v4=129⟩ ṅ koḷḷa-p peṟātār ākavum koṇṭār kōviṉāṟ-ṟaṇṭika-p paṭuvār ākavum

⟨8v5=130⟩ Ivaru¡mm!⟨m⟩ ivar-vaḻikkaṇṇārum māṭamum māḷikaiyum Eṭuttu-⟨k⟩ koṇṭ-irukka-

⟨8v6=131⟩ -p peṟuvār ākavum ceṅkaḻunīrun tamaṉakamum Iṭa-p peṟuvār ¿a?⟨ā⟩kavu¡mm!⟨m⟩ aruḷi-c ceyta

⟨8v6=132⟩ tu yāṇṭu muppa⟨ttu⟩ mūṉṟu nāḷ muṉṉūṟṟu muppatu svasti <gomutra> bhūmi-dānā¿n?⟨t⟩ paran dānam· na bhūtan na bha-

⟨8v7=133⟩ viṣyati tasy¿e?⟨ai⟩va haraṇ¿ā dūta?⟨āt pāpa⟩M na bhūtan na bhaviṣyati ~ sva-datt¿a?⟨ā⟩m para-datt¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ vā yo hareta vasūndharā⟨m⟩

⟨8v8=134⟩ ṣaṣṭiM varṣa-{saha}sahasrāṇi ¿ṣ?⟨v⟩iṣṭhāyāM jāyate kṛmi⟨ḥ⟩ ~ rakṣā pīḍā ca dharmasya nidhānaM

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⟨9r1=135⟩ (puṇya-pā)⟨payor⟩ [⏓] [.](vā)rapy anayor ekaM mṛṣ¿ṭh?⟨ṭ⟩aṃ gṛ{h}ṇantu pā⟨r⟩thivā⟨ḥ⟩ si ⁋ ... Ivai nayat¿i?⟨ī⟩(ra)

⟨9r2=136⟩ peruṅk(ā)ṭṭukārā¿n?⟨ṉ⟩(ē) Eḻuttu bhāradvāja-kōtratt’ āvattampa-cūtrattu-

⟨9r3=137⟩ -c cōlaiyūr-vatta(va)ṉ tāmō¿tila?⟨tara⟩śarmaṉum· <hyphen> kāśyapa-kōtratt’ āvattam-

⟨9r4=138⟩ pa-cūtrattu kuṇ·ṭūr-vattavaṉ cōmāci viṉāyaka-śarmaṉum <hyphen> va¿s?⟨t⟩sa-kōtra-

⟨9r5=139⟩ tt’ āvattampa-cūtrattu pūṇiya-vattavaṉ· ceṭṭaśarmaṉum <gomutra>

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Seal

[no legend]

Plates

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⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=1⟩ [svastī śrī]

I. Anuṣṭubh

[pāyā](d va)ś śāṁkar¿i?⟨ī⟩-mūrttiś

śaśā{ṁ}ṅkāṁkura-śekharā

pratipad-dina-paryyante

sandhyeva sakalānatā ⁋

II. Sragdharā

...

III. Anuṣṭubh

...

IV. Anuṣṭubh

...

V. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

...

VI. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

...

... ⟨Page 2⟩ ...

...

svasti _

kō-vic¡ai!⟨ai⟩ya-nan·tivarmmaku yā(ṇ)ṭu mu⟨2v2=18⟩p·pat·tu mūṉṟāvatu

Ivait⟨7r4=101⟩tuḷ Aṣṭaśadattiṉ mēl paṇiyāl ēṟiṉa paṅku patiṉ aintu _ ⟨7r5=102⟩ nūṟṟeṇ(m)ar nāl{kū}kū⟨r⟩ naṟ-pā⟨r⟩ppā⟨r⟩k=ku brahmadeyam Aruḷic c¡ē!⟨ey⟩ta tiru⟨7r6=103⟩mukaṉ talaik=ku vaittu nāṭṭā⟨r⟩ viṭunta Aṟaiyōlai-p paṭiyāl nā⟨7r7=104⟩ṭṭu viyavaṉ colliya

kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai pāṭi Ērik=kum cālai-nal_⟨7r8=105⟩lūr nattattin mēlai kaḷāṅkēṇik=ku mēk=kum
te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-pār(ṟ)kk’ e⟨7r9=106⟩llai necalar-p-pūṇṭi Ērik=kum nākaṭi-maṅkalattu (va)riccu-kāluk=kum cātā-maṅkalattu⟨7r10=107⟩k=ku nāraikuḻalaik=ku vaṭakku⟨m⟩
mēl-pāṟk’ ellai paḻaṅkōḷūr Ellaiyin kiḻakkum _
⟨Page 7v⟩ ⟨7v1=108⟩ vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai paḻaṅkōḷ(ū)r Ellaiyiluñ cēyāṟṟuḷ pākam peṟavun teṟku¡mm!⟨m⟩

Ip-paṭiyālē pāṟcāttum ⟨7v5=112⟩ paratattiyuñ celvat’ āka-v aruḷi-c c¡ē!⟨ey⟩tu paratatti ceytatu

paṇṭuṇṇun nīrkk’ uritt’ ākavum

nāṭu-kāppāṉum pukāpeyu⟨8r5=121⟩m Ivarkaḷ ceyappālaṉa I⟨va⟩rum ivar-vaḻi-k kaṇṇārumē ceyivār ākavum

Ivar⟨8r6=122⟩kaḷukku Āṟṟuḷ niṉṟum Ērikaḷuḷ niṉṟun nīr-īnta vaḻi tō⟨⟨ṇ⟩⟩ṭi-k-koṇṭu-(p) ⟨8r7=123⟩ pō⟨vā⟩r ākavum

Ik-kālkaḷ pōnta nilam pōṉa māṟṟi Ivarkaḷē tu⟨y⟩ppār ākavum

Ivv-ūrkaḷil nelli-Ēri Ivarkaḷ kiṟkum ⟨Page 8v⟩ ⟨8v1=126⟩ ... v(i)riya-t tōṇṭiṉāl ceṉṟu nīr kōkku¡mm!⟨m⟩ alavuṅ kōkka-p peruvat’ ākavum

Ivv-ūr Ērikaluk⟨8v2=127⟩ku Āṟṟu⟨k⟩kāl nīr īnta vaḻi tōṇṭi-k koṇṭ’ uṇṇa-p peṟuvār ākavum

Ik-kālkaḷ kōlkalamum ⟨8v3=128⟩ puḻutipāṭum peṟuvat’ ākavum

Ik-kālkaḷ kūṭai-Eṟittuṅ kuṟṟēttam paṇṇiyuṅ kuṟaṅk’ aṟuttu⟨8v4=129⟩ṅ koḷḷa-p peṟātār ākavum

koṇṭār kōviṉāṟ-ṟaṇṭika-p paṭuvār ākavum

⟨8v5=130⟩ Ivaru¡mm!⟨m⟩ ivar-vaḻikkaṇṇārum māṭamum māḷikaiyum Eṭuttu-⟨k⟩ koṇṭ-irukka⟨8v6=131⟩-p peṟuvār ākavum

ceṅkaḻunīrun tamaṉakamum Iṭa-p peṟuvār ¿a?⟨ā⟩kavu¡mm!⟨m⟩

aruḷi-c ceyta ⟨8v6=132⟩ tu yāṇṭu muppa⟨ttu⟩ mūṉṟu nāḷ muṉṉūṟṟu muppatu

svasti <gomutra>

VII. Anuṣṭubh

bhūmi-dānā¿n?⟨t⟩ paran dānam·

na bhūtan na bha⟨8v7=133⟩viṣyati

tasy¿e?⟨ai⟩va haraṇ¿ā dūta?⟨āt pāpa⟩M

na bhūtan na bhaviṣyati ~

VIII. Anuṣṭubh

sva-datt¿a?⟨ā⟩m para-datt¿a?⟨ā⟩ṁ vā

yo hareta vasūndharā⟨m⟩

⟨8v8=134⟩ ṣaṣṭiM varṣa-{saha}sahasrāṇi

¿ṣ?⟨v⟩iṣṭhāyāM jāyate kṛmi⟨ḥ⟩ ~

IX. Anuṣṭubh

rakṣā pīḍā ca dharmasya

nidhānaM ⟨Page 9r⟩ ⟨9r1=135⟩ (puṇya-pā)⟨payor⟩

[⏓] [.](vā)rapy anayor ekaM

mṛṣ¿ṭh?⟨ṭ⟩aṃ gṛ{h}ṇantu pā⟨r⟩thivā⟨ḥ⟩

si ⁋

...

Ivai nayat¿i?⟨ī⟩(ra) ⟨9r2=136⟩ peruṅk(ā)ṭṭukārā¿n?⟨ṉ⟩(ē) Eḻuttu

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Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [svastī śrī] ⬦ [svastī śrī] EI • The upper left corner of the plate is lost. This restoration is based on the occurrence of these blessings at the beginning of, for instance, IP 155.

⟨135⟩ (puṇya-pā)⟨payor⟩ ⬦ [1+] (raṇyapā) [3+] EI. — ⟨135⟩ [⏓] [.](vā)rapy ⬦ [1+] (vāra)py EI. — ⟨135⟩ gṛhṇantu EI ⬦ kṛ{h}ṇantu B.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

Plates

(1) [Prosperity! Fortune!]

I

...

VI

...

(17–18) Thirty-third year of the victorious king Nandivarman.

(18–100) At the request of the prince Avanicandra¹, whereas Brahmādhirāja was executor, [the villages of] Nelli, Pullūr, and Kuṭiyūr in the Kīḻvēṇāṭu of the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam, and [the village of] Takkāṟu in the Maṇalaikuḷanāṭu [of the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam], these four villages, after removing kingship and seal,² after changing the earlier owners, after excluding the tillers, the destitute and good Brahmins who have obtained [them] as brahmadeya are:

Kāṭakaccōmāci Trivedi Kūḷaśarman, of the śaṇḍilagotra and āpasthambasūtra, resident of Uḻappūr: two shares;
Cōmāci Trivedi Kallaśarman, of this [same] gotra and this [same] sūtra, resident of this [same] village,
Kramavittaṉ Tāḻiśarman, of the bhāradvājagotra and āpasthambasūtra, resident of Kumāṇṭūr,
Yajña-Kāḷiśarman, of this [same] gotra and this [same] sūtra, resident of this [same] village,
Trivedi Uḻutamaṇṭaiśarman, of the gautamagotra and pravacanasūtra, resident of Kāvaṉūr,
...: one share;
...
...
Brahmādhirāja:³ four shares;
The peruntiṇai⁴ of Kaṭaṅkāṭu: one share;
The kiḻaṉ⁵ of Cāttaṅkuṭi: one share;
The peruntiṇai [in charge] of the dance nāṭṭiyam: one share;
Kalivicaiyaṉ: one share;
Perumāṉaṭikaḷ:⁶ [one] share;
Tiruvaṭikaḷ:⁷ [one] share;
Bhagavatiyār:⁸ [one] share.

(101–102) [Furthermore, there are] fifteen shares added (ēṟiṉa?) by order for (mēl⁹) the one hundred eight among these.¹⁰

(102–108) [The boundaries of the newly created brahmadeya] that the village headman (viyavaṉ) proclaimed (colliya¹¹) according to the palm-leaf document (aṟaiyōlai) that the delegates of the nāṭu (nāṭṭār) sent after keeping on their heads the royal order which graciously made [these villages] as a brahmadeya for one hundred and eight destitute and good Brahmins [are]:

the eastern boundary is to the west of ...;
the southern boundary is to the north of ...;
the western boundary is to the east of the boundary of Paḻaṅkōḷūr;
the northern boundary is to the south of the boundary of Paḻaṅkōḷūr and of ...;

(102–111) The wet land, the dry land, the forests, and the saline lands that are included within these four boundaries, wherever the iguana runs and the turtle crawls, has become a brahmadeya under the name Nayadhīramaṅgala ...

(111–112) In this manner, so that ... a paradatti has been made.

(112–120) The (tax-)exemptions that this village obtains are: ...

(120) Let there be right (urittu) to drinking (uṇṇum) water (nīr) as before.

(120–121) ...

(121–123) ...

(123) ...

(123–125) ...

(125–126) ...

(126–127) ...

(127–128) ...

(128–129) ...

(129) ...

(130–131) Let these and their descendants obtain to build ... and reside in ...

(131) Let [these] obtain to put¹² water-lilies (ceṅkaḻunīr) and southernwood (tamaṉakam).

(131–132) [Thus] has been graciously made, [in] the year thirty three, day three hundred thirty.

(132) Prosperity!

VII

...

VIII

...

(135–136) These are the letters¹³ of Nayadhīra Peruṅkāṭtukārāṉ.¹⁴

(136–139)

Tāmōtaraśarman,¹⁵ of the bhāradvājagotra and āpasthambasūtra, resident of Cōlaiyūr;
Cōmāci Vināyakaśarman, of the kāśyapagotra and āpasthambasūtra, resident of Kuṇṭūr;
Ceṭṭaśarman, of the vatsagotra and āpasthambasūtra, resident of Pūṇiyam;

Translation into French by Brocquet 1997

Plates

I

...

II

Bharadvāja, des prêtres le […]; [de lui] naquit l’auteur de […], Droṇa;

De Droṇa, naquit Drauṇi, qui, au combat, en l’espace d’un instant, de ses flèches soumit la puissance des guerriers;

De lui naquit noblement […] le favori de la terre plus large […], nommé Pallava,

Un être fort jouissant d’une immense prospérité, dont la gloire resplendit au milieu des impuretés de l’âge Kali instable.

III

Pallava donna naissance à la magnifique, l’illustre, la grande lignée des Pallava,

Qui noblement prit rang au-dessus des souverains éminents.

IV

Dans cette lignée, fermement installés dans une position que le grand mât de leur fierté rendait inébranlable,

Naquirent des souverains qui, donnant naissance à des torrents de générosité qui s’écoulaient, furent autant d’éléphants de l’Himalaya sécrétant l’écoulement de torrents de sérosité.

V

Le monarque prospère, qui ébranle la fortune de ses puissants ennemis, le bien-aimé

Seigneur qui détient la puissance et réalise ce qu’il y a de plus doux, le roi plein d’éclat qui resplendit,

Celui qui jusqu’aux confins protège la terre et ses nombreux trésors, celui qui possède un monceau de joyaux

Naquit dans cette lignée des Pallava : l’actuel souverain Nandivarman, au nom illustre.

VI

Les Keraḷa, les Coḷa, les Pāṇḍya, les Maḷava, les rois des Kāḷabhra et des Bāṇa,

Les Sāndhra, les Saindhava et les Śāntavaṁkuravara, les Gaṁga, les souverains des Kadaṁba,

Tous les chefs puissants et éminents, préoccupés, ébranlés par la crainte d’un conflit,

Prennent les devants en révérant l’autorité de ce monarque magnifique à la gloire immense, qui gouverne la terre.

(10–20) Un jour que ce roi, entouré de princes qui vivaient éternellement aux pieds du roi, était assis dans la salle des délibérations, il fit une donation, requis par le seigneur de Vilvalapura, nommé Avanicaṁdra-Yuvarāja, de longue date réputé comme son principal allié perpétuel et dévoué aux Pallava, qui se trouvait là et souhaitait accomplir un acte dharmique : en monarque qui saisit l’occasion qu’on lui offrait, il fit don, avec aspersion d’eau, à cent huit illustres seigneurs Bappa, brahmanes excellents issus de la succession de leurs lignées, et dont la naissance, la conduite et la science étaient irréprochables, d’un village qu’il constitua par la réunion des quatre villages de Nelli, Pullūra, Takkāra et Kuḍiyūra, situés sur le rivage sud de la rivière Veyārū, au Kīḷveṁ-nātaka, dans le Palkuṁda-koṭṭaka, et qu’il nomma Nayadhīra-maṁgalam, d’après son propre nom. Il désigna comme exécuteur le meilleur des prêtres et des ministres : Nāgaśarman, appelé encore Brahmādhirāja, Bṛhaspati en personne, habile à pratiquer la science du gouvernement, et objet de l’indéfectible affection du roi.

suit la portion tamoule

VII

Hormis le don de terre, d’autre don

Il n’y eut point et n’y aura point;

Hormis celui de s’en emparer, de crime

Il n’y eut point et n’y aura point.

VIII

Donnée par soi ou donnée par autrui,

Quiconque s’approprie une terre,

Pour soixante milliers d’années

Dans la fiente naît vers de terre.

(134–135) Préserver un acte dharmique ou y porter atteinte […] de ces deux actions, puissent les rois accomplir la seule qui soit pure. Le succès soit avec vous !

Commentary

Online images: https://www.museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/im_kol-13119-51. Plates in disorder.

Mahalingam 1988 and Brocquet 1997 date the plates to circa 877.

The seal is entirely defaced.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-1943 (ARIE/1939-1943/A/1939-1940/9), in Francis 2013 (IR 83).

Edited in Tamil script by Mahalingam 1965–1966 (EI 36.20). Text (with many typos) and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 81). Sanskrit text (based on the very imperfect edition inMahalingam 1988) and French translation in Brocquet 1997 (B 56).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s), published visual documentation and online photos.

Primary

[EI] Mahalingam, T. V. 1965–1966. “The Pullur plates of Nandivarman II Pallavamalla, year 33.” EI 36, pp. 143–162.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 261–279, item 81.

[B] Brocquet, Sylvain. 1997. “Les inscriptions sanskrites des Pallava : poésie, rituel, idéologie.” Thèse de doctorat, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Paris. Pages 669–677, item 56.

Secondary

ARIE 1939-1943. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu and N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Pages 21, 229–230, appendixes A/1939-1940, item 9.

Francis, Emmanuel. 2013. Le discours royal dans l'Inde du Sud ancienne : inscriptions et monuments Pallava, IV^ème-IX^ème siècles. Tome I : Introduction et sources. Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain 64. Louvain-la-Neuve; Paris: Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste; Peeters. Page 297, item IR 83.

Notes

1. Mahalingam 1965–1966 (p. 147) rightly identifies him as the heir and son of Udayacandra, a Pallava subordinate, petitioner of IP 76, and also lord of Vilvalapura.
2. ...
3. This is the executor of the grant.
4. This appears to be the name of an admistrative charge.
5. A landowner, of some importance in connexion with the grant.
6. This is possibly some religious dignitary, possibly the chief of a maṭha.
7. This is possibly some religious dignitary, possibly the chief of a maṭha.
8. This is possibly a woman (Sanskrit bhagavatī).
9. Literally: upon.
10. This appears to be a donation of 15 shares for the entire group of the 108 donees.
11. Literally: said.
12. That is, to plant or to wear.
13. That is, the "writing" or "handwriting".
14. Mahalingam 1965–1966 (p. 146) suggests that the four names in lines 136-139 are “the signatures of those responsible for the drafting and execution of the document on copper”, but further notes that (p. 146, fn. 5) that: “A few more names of Brāhmaṇas written by a different hand [that is, the three names in lines 136-139] follow the signature of Nayadhīra-Peraṅkāṭṭukāraṉ. These names were perhaps left out of the main list of donees and were inserted later.” This makes good sense.
15. Sanskrit Dāmodaraśarman.

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<summary>Grant of four villages (Nelli, Pullūra, Takkāra and Kuḍiūra in the Kīḷveṇātaka in the Palkundakoṭṭaka according to the Sankrit portion; Nelli, Pullūr, and Kuṭiyūr in the Kīḻvēṇāṭu in the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam and Takkāṟu in the Maṇalaikuḷanāṭu in the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam according to Tamil portion), as a <foreign>brahmadeya</foreign> renamed as Nayadhīramaṁgala/Nayadhīramaṅkalam, to 108 Brahmins. In fact only 100 Brahmin donees are mentioned, including the 3 donees added, by afterthought, at the end of the grant, whereas there are 8 further donees, who appear to be officials involved in the transaction and religious dignitaries granted at the same time.</summary>

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<lb n="1v1=1"/><supplied reason="lost">svastī śrī</supplied>

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<l n="a"><supplied reason="lost">pāyā</supplied><unclear>d va</unclear>ś śāṁkar<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>-mūrttiś </l>

<l n="b">śaśā<surplus>ṁ</surplus>ṅkāṁkura-śekharā</l>

<l n="c">pratipad-dina-paryyante</l>

<l n="d">sandhyeva sakalānatā <g type="gomutraFinal">.</g></l>

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sa tu kadācid rājā rāja-<supplied reason="lost">n</supplied>i<supplied reason="lost">tya-p</supplied>ādopajīvi-rāja

<lb n="2r3=11"/>ka-parivṛta<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> kṛta-vyavasthā-sthāna-sthitis tatra sthitena parañ-cirantarānanta-sāmanta-mukhya-vikhyātena pallava-bha

<lb n="2r4=12" break="no"/>ktinā vilvalapureśvareṇ<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice> Avanicandra-yuvarāja-nām<unclear>n</unclear>ā dharmma-kṛtthārtthaṁ vijñ<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>pto datta-<choice><sic>t</sic><corr>k</corr></choice>ṣaṇa

<lb n="2r5=13" break="no"/><choice><sic>t</sic><corr>k</corr></choice>ṣoṇīpatiḥ pratya<choice><sic>t</sic><corr>k</corr></choice>ṣa-b<choice><sic>ra</sic><corr>ṛ</corr></choice>haspatiṁ <choice><sic>t</sic><corr>k</corr></choice>ṣatra-vidyā-<unclear>vi</unclear>ca<choice><sic>t</sic><corr>k</corr></choice>ṣaṇam a<choice><sic>t</sic><corr>k</corr></choice>ṣī<choice><sic>s</sic><corr>ṇa</corr></choice>-svāmi-rāgan nāgaśarmmaṇa

<lb n="2r6=14" break="no"/>m· brahmādhirājāpara-nāmānan dvija-vara-mantri-varam ājñaptiṁ kṛtvā palkunda-koṭṭake kīḷ·veṁ-ṇā<unclear>ṭa</unclear>ke ceyāru-nadī

<lb n="2r7=15" break="no"/>da<choice><sic>t</sic><corr>k</corr></choice>ṣiṇa-kūle nelli-pullūra-takkāra-kuḍ<choice><orig>iŪ</orig><reg>iyū</reg></choice>ra catur-grām<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>-saṁgraheṇaika-grāman nayadhīra-maṁgalaṁ sva-nā

<lb n="2r8=16" break="no"/>mnā kṛta-nāmānaṁ kṛtvā nija-vaṁśa-param·parāgatānāṁ śuddhābhijana-vṛtta-vidyānām· dvija-vara-bappa-bhaṭṭārakānā

<lb n="2v1=17"/>m aṣṭ<supplied reason="omitted">ottar</supplied>aśatāya <surname>s</surname>salila-pūrvvan dattavān<unclear>·</unclear> <g type="gomutra">.</g> <space/>

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svasti <space/>

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kō-vic<choice><orig>ai</orig><reg>ai</reg></choice>ya-nan·tiva<hi rend="grantha">rmma</hi>ku yā<unclear>ṇ</unclear>ṭu mu

<lb n="2v2=18" break="no"/>p·pat·tu mūṉṟāvatu

Avani<hi rend="grantha">candra</hi>-Iḷavaracaṉ· viṇ·ṇap·pat·tāl· <hi rend="grantha">brahmādhirāja</hi> n· Aṇat·ti

<lb n="2v3=19"/>Āka pal·kuṉ·ṟa-k·-kōṭṭat·tu k[<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>ḻvēṇāṭṭu nel·liyum pul·lūruṅ· kuṭiyūru maṇa<unclear>lai</unclear>ku

<lb n="2v4=20" break="no"/>ḷa-nāṭṭu-t takkāṟum· In·-nāl·kūruṅ· kōvum· poṟiyun· tīr·t·tu muṉ· peṟṟārai māṟṟi ku

<lb n="2v5=21" break="no"/>ṭi nīk·ki <hi rend="grantha">brahmade</hi>yam-āka-p· peṟ·ṟa nal·kūṟ·-naṟ-pāppār·

<hi rend="grantha">ṣaṇḍila-gotra</hi>tt’ āvat·tampa-cū<surplus>t·tira</surplus>

<lb n="2v6=22" break="no"/>t<unclear>·</unclear>tirat·t’ uḻappūr-vat·tavaṉ· kāṭaka-c·-cōmāci ti<choice><sic>ru</sic><corr>ri</corr></choice>vēti kūḷa-<hi rend="grantha">śarmma</hi>ṉ· paṅ·k’ iraṇ·ṭu <g type="hyphen">.</g> Ik·-kō

<lb n="2v7=23" break="no"/>...

<lb n="7r1=98" break="no"/>ṉum <g type="hyphen">.</g> kā<hi rend="grantha">śyapa</hi>-kōtrattu paṟampur āḷuṅ kari<hi rend="grantha">śarma</hi>ṉ paṅk’ iraṇṭu <g type="hyphen">.</g> <hi rend="grantha">bra<unclear>h</unclear>mādh<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>rāja</hi>ṉ paṅku nāl·ku <g type="hyphen">.</g> kaṭaṅ

<lb n="7r2=99" break="no"/>kāṭṭu-p perun tiṇai paṅk’ oṉṟu <g type="hyphen">.</g> cāttaṅkuṭi kiḻāṉ paṅk’ oṉṟu <g type="hyphen">.</g> nāṭṭiya-p perun tiṇai paṅk’ o<unclear>ṉṟu</unclear>

<lb n="7r3=100"/>kalivicaiyaṉ paṅk’ oṉṟu <g type="hyphen">.</g> perumaṉaṭikaḷ paṅku <g type="hyphen">.</g> tiruvaṭikaḷ paṅku <g type="hyphen">.</g> <hi rend="grantha">bhaga</hi>vatiyār paṅku <g type="hyphen">.</g>

Ivait

<lb n="7r4=101" break="no"/>tuḷ <hi rend="grantha">Aṣṭaśada</hi>ttiṉ mēl paṇiyāl ēṟiṉa paṅku patiṉ aintu <space/>

nūṟṟeṇ<unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">m</unclear>ar nāl<surplus>kū</surplus>kū<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> naṟ-pā<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>ppā<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>k=ku <hi rend="grantha">brahmade</hi>yam Aruḷic c<choice><orig>ē</orig><reg>ey</reg></choice>ta tiru

<lb n="7r6=103" break="no"/>mukaṉ talaik=ku vaittu nāṭṭā<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> viṭunta Aṟaiyōlai-p paṭiyāl nā

<lb n="7r7=104" break="no"/>ṭṭu viyavaṉ colliya

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<item>kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai pāṭi Ērik=kum cālai-nal <space/>

<lb n="7r8=105" break="no"/>lūr nattattin mēlai kaḷāṅkēṇik=ku mēk=kum</item>

<item>te<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-pār<unclear>ṟ</unclear>kk’ e

<lb n="7r9=106" break="no"/>llai necalar-p-pūṇṭi Ērik=kum nākaṭi-maṅkalattu <unclear>va</unclear>riccu-kāluk=kum cātā-maṅkalattu <lb n="7r10=107" break="no"/>k=ku nāraikuḻalaik=ku vaṭakku<supplied reason="subaudible">m</supplied></item>

<item>mēl-pāṟk’ ellai paḻaṅkōḷūr Ellaiyin kiḻakkum <space/></item>

<lb n="7v1=108"/>vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai paḻaṅkōḷ<unclear>ū</unclear>r Ellaiyiluñ cēyāṟṟuḷ pākam peṟavun teṟku<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice></item>

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in-nāl

<lb n="7v2=109" break="no"/>k’ ellai-y akattu<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice> akapaṭṭa nīru-nilaṉu<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> pu<choice><sic>ṉ</sic><corr>ñ</corr></choice>ceyuṅ kāṭuṅ kaḷaru<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice> uṭump’ ōṭiy āmai tava

<lb n="7v3=110" break="no"/>ḻ·<unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">n</unclear>tat’ ellān nayadhīramangalam ennum pērā<choice><sic><hi rend="grantha">n</hi></sic><corr>l</corr></choice> <hi rend="grantha">sarvva</hi>-<add place="below">pa</add><hi rend="grantha">rihā</hi>ram uḷ·ḷaṭaṅka sāmānya

<lb n="7v4=111"/>Iraṇṭu paṭṭi-p paṭiyāl <hi rend="grantha">brahmade</hi>yam āyittu

Ip-paṭiyālē pāṟcāttum

<lb n="7v5=112"/>paratattiyuñ celvat’ āka-v aruḷi-c c<choice><orig>ē</orig><reg>ey</reg></choice>tu paratatti ceytatu

Ivv-ūr peṟṟa

<lb n="7v6=113"/>pari<hi rend="grantha">hā</hi>raṅ kōyil-va<hi rend="grantha">stu</hi>-c cekkun taṟiyum Uḷḷiya-k kūliyum ētta-k-kā

<lb n="7v7=114" break="no"/>namuñ cāṭi-p-poṉṉuṅ kāruṅ teṅkam poṉṉum Upakaraṇa-t-taṇṭamu<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice> atikaraṇa-t

<lb n="7v8=115" break="no"/>-taṇṭamum pattūr-c-cāṟṟ’ uḻavai-paḷḷi-va<hi rend="grantha">stu</hi>vum Aṟap<unclear>puṟā</unclear>-t-taṇṭamuñ ceyivu pōka-c ciṟa

<lb n="7v9=116" break="no"/>nta poṉṉum Uṟi-k-kāṇamum paṟi-k-kāṇamum nīrtūkku-k-kāṇamum puṭṭaka-vilaiyum paṭṭikai

<lb n="8r1=117"/>-k-kāṇamum pirāmaṇicca-k-kāṇamuṅ kaṇṇīttu-k-kaṇamuṅ kālkōṭṭu-k-kāṇamuñ ceṅk<unclear>o</unclear>

<lb n="8r2=118" break="no"/>ṭiy-k-kāṇamum Āṭṭu-k-kāṇamum nāvita-k-kāṇamuṅ kuvaḷai-k-kāṇamum vaṇṇā<supplied reason="omitted">ra</supplied>-k-kā<supplied reason="omitted">ṇa</supplied>mum veṇ

<lb n="8r3=119" break="no"/>ṇilattu-t teṅkuṅ kamukum iṭṭaṉa kālkōṭṭ’ iṟāmeyum paṉṉīr āṭṭai-k-karai-y iṟāmeyu-

<lb n="8r4=120"/>m

paṇṭuṇṇun nīrkk’ uritt’ ākavum

nāṭu-kāppāṉum pukāpeyu

<lb n="8r5=121" break="no"/>m Ivarkaḷ ceyappālaṉa I<supplied reason="omitted">va</supplied>rum ivar-vaḻi-k kaṇṇārumē ceyivār ākavum

Ivar

<lb n="8r6=122" break="no"/>kaḷukku Āṟṟuḷ niṉṟum Ērikaḷuḷ niṉṟun nīr-īnta vaḻi tō<add place="below">ṇ</add>ṭi-k-koṇṭu-<unclear>p</unclear>

<lb n="8r7=123"/>pō<supplied reason="omitted">vā</supplied>r ākavum

Ik-kālkaḷ pōnta nilam pōṉa māṟṟi Ivarkaḷē tu<supplied reason="omitted">y</supplied>ppār ākavum

Ivarkaḷu

<lb n="8r8=124" break="no"/>kk’ aṟaint’ āḻi pōki-kkaṉ-ṉāṭṭi k<unclear>ū</unclear>kai pukutti Ivai-Um ivai-y uḷḷiṭṭa pari<hi rend="grantha">hā</hi>raṅkaḷum uḷ

<lb n="8r9=125" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ḷaṭaṅka</supplied> <hi rend="grantha">sā</hi>mā<hi rend="grantha">nya</hi> Iraṇṭu paṭṭi-p paṭiyāl <hi rend="grantha"><unclear>bra</unclear>hmade</hi>yam āyiṟṟu

Ivv-ūrkaḷil nelli-Ēri Ivarkaḷ kiṟkum

<lb n="8v1=126"/>... v<unclear>i</unclear>riya-t tōṇṭiṉāl ceṉṟu nīr kōkku<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice> alavuṅ kōkka-p peruvat’ ākavum

Ivv-ūr Ērikaluk

<lb n="8v2=127" break="no"/>ku Āṟṟu<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>kāl nīr īnta vaḻi tōṇṭi-k koṇṭ’ uṇṇa-p peṟuvār ākavum

Ik-kālkaḷ kōlkalamum

<lb n="8v3=128"/>puḻutipāṭum peṟuvat’ ākavum

Ik-kālkaḷ kūṭai-Eṟittuṅ kuṟṟēttam paṇṇiyuṅ kuṟaṅk’ aṟuttu

<lb n="8v4=129" break="no"/>ṅ koḷḷa-p peṟātār ākavum

koṇṭār kōviṉāṟ-ṟaṇṭika-p paṭuvār ākavum

<lb n="8v5=130"/>Ivaru<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice> ivar-vaḻikkaṇṇārum māṭamum māḷikaiyum Eṭuttu-<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied> koṇṭ-irukka

<lb n="8v6=131" break="no"/>-p peṟuvār ākavum

ceṅkaḻunīrun tamaṉakamum Iṭa-p peṟuvār <choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>kavu<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice>

aruḷi-c ceyta

<lb n="8v6=132"/> tu yāṇṭu muppa<supplied reason="omitted">ttu</supplied> mūṉṟu nāḷ muṉṉūṟṟu muppatu

<hi rend="grantha">svasti</hi> <g type="gomutra">.</g>

<l n="a">bhūmi-dānā<choice><sic>n</sic><corr>t</corr></choice> paran dānam·</l>

<l n="b">na bhūtan na bha<lb n="8v7=133" break="no"/>viṣyati</l>

<l n="c">tasy<choice><sic>e</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>va haraṇ<choice><sic>ā dūta</sic><corr>āt pāpa</corr></choice>M</l>

<l n="d">na bhūtan na bhaviṣyati <g type="dash">.</g></l>

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<l n="b">yo hareta vasūndharā<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied></l>

<l n="c"><lb n="8v8=134"/>ṣaṣṭiM varṣa-<surplus>saha</surplus>sahasrāṇi</l>

<l n="d"><choice><sic>ṣ</sic><corr>v</corr></choice>iṣṭhāyāM jāyate kṛmi<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> <g type="dash">.</g></l>

</lg>

<l n="a">rakṣā pīḍā ca dharmasya</l>

<l n="b">nidhānaM

<lb n="9r1=135"/><unclear>puṇya-pā</unclear><supplied reason="omitted">payor</supplied></l>

<l n="c"><seg met="="><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="1"/></seg> <seg type="component" subtype="body"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="component"/></seg><unclear>vā</unclear>rapy anayor ekaM</l>

<l n="d">mṛṣ<choice><sic>ṭh</sic><corr>ṭ</corr></choice>aṃ gṛ<surplus>h</surplus>ṇantu pā<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>thivā<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied></l>

</lg>

si <g type="gomutraFinal"/>

...

Ivai nayat<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice><unclear>ra</unclear>

<lb n="9r2=136"/>pe<hi rend="grantha">ru</hi>ṅk<unclear>ā</unclear>ṭṭukārā<choice><sic>n</sic><corr>ṉ</corr></choice><unclear>ē</unclear> Eḻuttu

<hi rend="grantha">bhāradvāja</hi>-kō<hi rend="grantha">tra</hi>tt’ āvattampa-cū<hi rend="grantha">tra</hi>ttu

<lb n="9r3=137" break="no"/>-c cōlaiyūr-vatta<unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">va</unclear>ṉ tāmō<choice><sic>tila</sic><corr>tara</corr></choice><hi rend="grantha">śarma</hi>ṉum· <g type="hyphen">.</g> <hi rend="grantha">kāśya</hi>pa-kō<hi rend="grantha">tra</hi>tt’ āvattam

<lb n="9r4=138" break="no"/>pa-cū<hi rend="grantha">tra</hi>ttu kuṇ·ṭūr-vattavaṉ cōmāci viṉāyaka-<hi rend="grantha">śarma</hi>ṉum <g type="hyphen">.</g> va<hi rend="grantha"><choice><sic>s</sic><corr>t</corr></choice>sa</hi>-kō<hi rend="grantha">tra</hi>

<lb n="9r5=139" break="no"/>tt’ āvattampa-cū<hi rend="grantha">tra</hi>ttu pūṇiya-vattavaṉ· ceṭṭa<hi rend="grantha">śarma</hi>ṉum <g type="gomutra">.</g>

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<lem><supplied reason="lost">svastī śrī</supplied></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Mahalingam1965-1966_01"><supplied reason="lost">svastī śrī</supplied></rdg>

<note>The upper left corner of the plate is lost. This restoration is based on the occurrence of these blessings at the beginning of, for instance, IP 155.</note>

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<lem><unclear>puṇya-pā</unclear><supplied reason="omitted">payor</supplied></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Mahalingam1965-1966_01"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <unclear>raṇyapā</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/></rdg>

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<lem source="bib:Mahalingam1965-1966_01">gṛhṇantu</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Brocquet1997_01">kṛ<surplus>h</surplus>ṇantu</rdg>

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<supplied reason="lost">Prosperity! Fortune!</supplied>

...

Thirty-third year of the victorious king Nandivarman.

At the request of the prince Avanicandra<note><ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1965-1966_01"/> (p. 147) rightly identifies him as the heir and son of Udayacandra, a Pallava subordinate, petitioner of IP 76, and also lord of Vilvalapura.</note>, whereas Brahmādhirāja was executor, <supplied reason="subaudible">the villages of</supplied> Nelli, Pullūr, and Kuṭiyūr in the Kīḻvēṇāṭu of the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam, and <supplied reason="subaudible">the village of</supplied> Takkāṟu in the Maṇalaikuḷanāṭu <supplied reason="subaudible">of the Palkuṉṟakkōṭṭam</supplied>, these four villages, after removing kingship and seal,<note>...</note> after changing the earlier owners, after excluding the tillers, the destitute and good Brahmins who have obtained <supplied reason="subaudible">them</supplied> as <foreign>brahmadeya</foreign> are:

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<item>Kāṭakaccōmāci Trivedi Kūḷaśarman, of the <foreign>śaṇḍilagotra</foreign> and <foreign>āpasthambasūtra</foreign>, resident of Uḻappūr: two shares;</item>

<item>Cōmāci Trivedi Kallaśarman, of this <supplied reason="subaudible">same</supplied> <foreign>gotra</foreign> and this <supplied reason="subaudible">same</supplied> <foreign>sūtra</foreign>, resident of this <supplied reason="subaudible">same</supplied> village,</item>

<item>Kramavittaṉ Tāḻiśarman, of the <foreign>bhāradvājagotra</foreign> and <foreign>āpasthambasūtra</foreign>, resident of Kumāṇṭūr,</item>

<item>Yajña-Kāḷiśarman, of this <supplied reason="subaudible">same</supplied> <foreign>gotra</foreign> and this <supplied reason="subaudible">same</supplied> <foreign>sūtra</foreign>, resident of this <supplied reason="subaudible">same</supplied> village,</item>

<item>Trivedi Uḻutamaṇṭaiśarman, of the <foreign>gautamagotra</foreign> and <foreign>pravacanasūtra</foreign>, resident of Kāvaṉūr,</item>

<item>...: one share;</item>

<item>Brahmādhirāja:<note>This is the executor of the grant.</note> four shares;</item>

<item>The <foreign>peruntiṇai</foreign><note>This appears to be the name of an admistrative charge.</note> of <placeName>Kaṭaṅkāṭu</placeName>: one share;</item>

<item>The <foreign>kiḻaṉ</foreign><note>A landowner, of some importance in connexion with the grant.</note> of <placeName>Cāttaṅkuṭi</placeName>: one share;</item>

<item>The <foreign>peruntiṇai</foreign> <supplied reason="subaudible">in charge</supplied> of the dance <foreign>nāṭṭiyam</foreign>: one share;</item>

<item>Kalivicaiyaṉ: one share;</item>

<item>Perumāṉaṭikaḷ:<note>This is possibly some religious dignitary, possibly the chief of a <foreign>maṭha</foreign>.</note> <supplied reason="subaudible">one</supplied> share;</item>

<item>Tiruvaṭikaḷ:<note>This is possibly some religious dignitary, possibly the chief of a <foreign>maṭha</foreign>.</note> <supplied reason="subaudible">one</supplied> share;</item>

<item>Bhagavatiyār:<note>This is possibly a woman (Sanskrit <foreign>bhagavatī</foreign>).</note> <supplied reason="subaudible">one</supplied> share.</item>

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<supplied reason="subaudible">Furthermore, there are</supplied> fifteen shares added <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ēṟiṉa</foreign>?</supplied> by order for <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mēl</foreign><note>Literally: upon.</note></supplied> the one hundred eight among these.<note>This appears to be a donation of 15 shares for the entire group of the 108 donees.</note>

<supplied reason="subaudible">The boundaries of the newly created <foreign>brahmadeya</foreign></supplied> that the village headman <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>viyavaṉ</foreign></supplied> proclaimed <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>colliya</foreign><note>Literally: said.</note></supplied> according to the palm-leaf document <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aṟaiyōlai</foreign></supplied> that the delegates of the <foreign>nāṭu</foreign> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nāṭṭār</foreign></supplied> sent after keeping on their heads the royal order which graciously made <supplied reason="subaudible">these villages</supplied> as a <foreign>brahmadeya</foreign> for one hundred and eight destitute and good Brahmins <supplied reason="subaudible">are</supplied>:

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<item>the eastern boundary is to the west of ...;</item>

<item>the southern boundary is to the north of ...;</item>

<item>the western boundary is to the east of the boundary of <placeName>Paḻaṅkōḷūr</placeName>;</item>

<item>the northern boundary is to the south of the boundary of <placeName>Paḻaṅkōḷūr</placeName> and of ...;</item>

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The wet land, the dry land, the forests, and the saline lands that are included within these four boundaries, wherever the iguana runs and the turtle crawls, has become a <foreign>brahmadeya</foreign> under the name Nayadhīramaṅgala ...

In this manner, so that ... a <foreign>paradatti</foreign> has been made.

The <supplied reason="explanation">tax-</supplied>exemptions that this village obtains are: ...

Let there be right <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>urittu</foreign></supplied> to drinking <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>uṇṇum</foreign></supplied> water <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nīr</foreign></supplied> as before.

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

Let these and their descendants obtain to build ... and reside in ...

Let <supplied reason="subaudible">these</supplied> obtain to put<note>That is, to plant or to wear.</note> water-lilies <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ceṅkaḻunīr</foreign></supplied> and southernwood <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tamaṉakam</foreign></supplied>.

<supplied reason="subaudible">Thus</supplied> has been graciously made, <supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> the year thirty three, day three hundred thirty.

Prosperity!

These are the letters<note>That is, the "writing" or "handwriting".</note> of Nayadhīra Peruṅkāṭtukārāṉ.<note><ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1965-1966_01"/> (p. 146) suggests that the four names in lines 136-139 are <quote>the signatures of those responsible for the drafting and execution of the document on copper</quote>, but further notes that (p. 146, fn. 5) that: <quote>A few more names of Brāhmaṇas written by a different hand [that is, the three names in lines 136-139] follow the signature of Nayadhīra-Peraṅkāṭṭukāraṉ. These names were perhaps left out of the main list of donees and were inserted later.</quote> This makes good sense.</note>

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<item>Tāmōtaraśarman,<note>Sanskrit Dāmodaraśarman.</note> of the <foreign>bhāradvājagotra</foreign> and <foreign>āpasthambasūtra</foreign>, resident of <placeName>Cōlaiyūr</placeName>;</item>

<item>Cōmāci Vināyakaśarman, of the <foreign>kāśyapagotra</foreign> and <foreign>āpasthambasūtra</foreign>, resident of <placeName>Kuṇṭūr</placeName>;</item>

<item>Ceṭṭaśarman, of the <foreign>vatsagotra</foreign> and <foreign>āpasthambasūtra</foreign>, resident of <placeName>Pūṇiyam</placeName>;</item>

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<l>Bharadvāja, des prêtres le <gap reason="lost"/>; <supplied reason="lost">de lui</supplied> naquit l’auteur de <gap reason="lost"/>, Droṇa;</l>

<l>De Droṇa, naquit Drauṇi, qui, au combat, en l’espace d’un instant, de ses flèches soumit la puissance des guerriers;</l>

<l>De lui naquit noblement <gap reason="lost"/> le favori de la terre plus large <gap reason="lost"/>, nommé Pallava,</l>

<l>Un être fort jouissant d’une immense prospérité, dont la gloire resplendit au milieu des impuretés de l’âge Kali instable. </l>

<l>Pallava donna naissance à la magnifique, l’illustre, la grande lignée des Pallava,</l>

<l>Qui noblement prit rang au-dessus des souverains éminents.</l>

<l>Dans cette lignée, fermement installés dans une position que le grand mât de leur fierté rendait inébranlable,</l>

<l>Naquirent des souverains qui, donnant naissance à des torrents de générosité qui s’écoulaient, furent autant d’éléphants de l’Himalaya sécrétant l’écoulement de torrents de sérosité.</l>

<l>Le monarque prospère, qui ébranle la fortune de ses puissants ennemis, le bien-aimé</l>

<l>Seigneur qui détient la puissance et réalise ce qu’il y a de plus doux, le roi plein d’éclat qui resplendit,</l>

<l>Celui qui jusqu’aux confins protège la terre et ses nombreux trésors, celui qui possède un monceau de joyaux</l>

<l>Naquit dans cette lignée des Pallava : l’actuel souverain Nandivarman, au nom illustre. </l>

<l>Les Keraḷa, les Coḷa, les Pāṇḍya, les Maḷava, les rois des Kāḷabhra et des Bāṇa,</l>

<l>Les Sāndhra, les Saindhava et les Śāntavaṁkuravara, les Gaṁga, les souverains des Kadaṁba,</l>

<l>Tous les chefs puissants et éminents, préoccupés, ébranlés par la crainte d’un conflit,</l>

<l>Prennent les devants en révérant l’autorité de ce monarque magnifique à la gloire immense, qui gouverne la terre.</l>

Un jour que ce roi, entouré de princes qui vivaient éternellement aux pieds du roi, était assis dans la salle des délibérations, il fit une donation, requis par le seigneur de Vilvalapura, nommé Avanicaṁdra-Yuvarāja, de longue date réputé comme son principal allié perpétuel et dévoué aux Pallava, qui se trouvait là et souhaitait accomplir un acte dharmique : en monarque qui saisit l’occasion qu’on lui offrait, il fit don, avec aspersion d’eau, à cent huit illustres seigneurs Bappa, brahmanes excellents issus de la succession de leurs lignées, et dont la naissance, la conduite et la science étaient irréprochables, d’un village qu’il constitua par la réunion des quatre villages de Nelli, Pullūra, Takkāra et Kuḍiyūra, situés sur le rivage sud de la rivière Veyārū, au Kīḷveṁ-nātaka, dans le Palkuṁda-koṭṭaka, et qu’il nomma Nayadhīra-maṁgalam, d’après son propre nom. Il désigna comme exécuteur le meilleur des prêtres et des ministres : Nāgaśarman, appelé encore Brahmādhirāja, Bṛhaspati en personne, habile à pratiquer la science du gouvernement, et objet de l’indéfectible affection du roi.

suit la portion tamoule

<l>Hormis le don de terre, d’autre don</l>

<l>Il n’y eut point et n’y aura point;</l>

<l>Hormis celui de s’en emparer, de crime</l>

<l>Il n’y eut point et n’y aura point.</l>

<l>Donnée par soi ou donnée par autrui,</l>

<l>Quiconque s’approprie une terre,</l>

<l>Pour soixante milliers d’années</l>

<l>Dans la fiente naît vers de terre.</l>

Préserver un acte dharmique ou y porter atteinte <gap reason="lost"/> de ces deux actions, puissent les rois accomplir la seule qui soit pure. Le succès soit avec vous !

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Online images: https://www.museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/im_kol-13119-51. Plates in disorder.

<ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1988_01"/> and <ptr target="bib:Brocquet1997_01"/> date the plates to circa 877.

The seal is entirely defaced.

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Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1939-1943"/></bibl> (ARIE/1939-1943/A/1939-1940/9), in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Francis2013_01"/></bibl> (IR 83).

Edited in Tamil script by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1965-1966_01"/></bibl> (EI 36.20).

Text (with many typos) and summary in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1988_01"/></bibl> (IP 81).

Sanskrit text (based on the very imperfect edition in<bibl><ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1988_01"/></bibl>) and French translation in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Brocquet1997_01"/></bibl> (B 56).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s), published visual documentation and online photos.

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