# Uttiramērūr, Vaikuṇṭhaperumāḷ, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00096

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00096.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Land donation.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiru-p-pulivalattu mahā-devarkku malliyaṉ kārāṇai nālu paṭṭi nilam oru
tiraḷ-ē-y arccanā-bhogam-āka vaittōm
ut=tara⟨2⟩meru-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

itu pārāyaṇa-mārggam vēdam vallaṉ āy uktaṉ-ākiya brāhmaṇaṉ
brahmācāri-y-ē-y mūṉṟu poḻutu⟨3⟩(m) ārādhitt’ uṇpat’ ākavum

ip-paricu pukkār pukkārkku mūṉṟu yāṇṭ’ avadhi-y-āka vaittōm
vastu-vidyā-mayaṉ eḻuttu

## Translation

Prosperity! Fortune!

We the members of the assembly (sabhā) of Uttaramērucaturvedimaṅkalam,
we have allotted (vaittōm) one land of four paṭṭis ⟨named⟩ kārāṇai of
Malliyaṉ, as a single plot (tiraḷ-ē), as arcanābhoga, to the great god
of Tiruppulivanam.

This should be for feeding (uṇpatu) a Brahmin, who is reputed as
(uktaṉ-ākiya) skilled in the Vedas and the proper way of its recitation
and who is a brahmācārin, for making worship (ārādhittu) three times ⟨a
day⟩.

In this manner (ipparicu) we have alloted ⟨this⟩ for a limit of three
years for each entrant (pukkār pukkārkku).

Signature of Vastuvidyāmayaṉ.

## Commentary

⟨1⟩ Malliyaṉ Kārāṇai designates the land given. It incorporates the
personal name Malliyaṉ.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1897–98 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/71).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.355). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 96).

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

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VI: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Government of India,
Central Publication Branch. Page 355, item 166.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 332,
item 96.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1897–98. G.O. Nos. 1093-1096, 29th August 1898. Epigraphy.
Directing that the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for
1897-98 be forwarded to the Government of India, approving provisionally
his programme of work for the next fields season. Edited by Eugen Julius
Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1898.
Page 18, appendix B/1898, item 71.