Uttiramērūr, time of Dantippōttaracar, year 9

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00102.

Summary: Donation.

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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (aed24da), last modified (a0ca2ab).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

dan=tippōttaracarkku yāṇṭ’ oṉpat-āvatu

Ut=ta(rameru)catu(r)vvedimaṁgalattu sabhaiyōm eḻuttu-k

ka(c)cippē(ṭ)ṭup [3+] tuvāy(ccēri) cēṭṭatarayar tā⟨2⟩ṉavēntaṉ pakkal irupatiṉ kaḻañcu poṉ koṇṭ’ emmūr ellāccērit toṟu-nilaiyum mēlait toṟu-nilaiyum ivvaṉaittiṉālum vanta Eru-vilaiyāl vanta ⟨3⟩ māṭ’ epp¿o?⟨e⟩rppaṭṭatum ippoṉṉukk’ immāṭu vilaiy aṟutiyāy vayiramēkataṭākattuṭk kuḻi kuttuvat’ āka Oṭṭi-k-kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōn tāṉavēnta⟨4⟩ṉ eṉum appoṉṉum ivveru-vilaiyāl vanta dravyamum avvērikkēy aṟam-āka-k kuṭuttēṉ sabhaiyōmum maṟṟu viniyōgañ ceyyātēy av⟨5⟩vakkālattu vāriyarēy māsantōṟun kuḻi kut=tuvat’ ākavu⟨m⟩ paṇittōm maṟ(ṟu) viniyōgañ ceytār paṇiyum piḻaitt’ aṟam iṟakkiṉa pāpamum paṭuvā(r-āka)⟨6⟩p paṇittōm sabhaiyōm

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Ut=ta(rameru)catu(r)vvedimaṁgalattu ⬦ Uttaramerucaturvvedimaṁgalattu SII. — ⟨1⟩ eḻuttuk ka(c)cippē(ṭ)ṭup ⬦ eḻuttu ka(c)ci(p)pēṭṭu SII. — ⟨1⟩ cēṭṭatarayar ⬦ cēṭṭataray(ā/ar) SII. — ⟨1⟩ tāṉavēntaṉ ⬦ (tā)ṉavēntaṉ SII.

⟨2⟩ ellāccērit ⬦ elalāccērit IP.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1) Ninth year of Dantippōttaracar.1

(1) Writ (eḻuttu) of We the members of the assembly (sabhā) of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgalam

(1–6) ...

Bibliography

Reported in Hultzsch 1898 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/74).

Edited with visual documentation in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.359). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 102).

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: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch. Item 359, page 167.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 102, pages 342–343.

Secondary

[ARIE] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1898. 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. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 18, appendix B/1898, item 74.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Dantin + Tamil Pōttaracar. That is, the Pallava king Dantin.