Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Kampavarman, year 7

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00200.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00200.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ kampa-varmmaṟku yāṇ-
⟨2⟩ ṭ’ ēḻ-āvatu tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr-p-puṟattu maṇali sabhaiyōṅ kai-y
⟨3⟩ (E)ḻuttu mayilā⟨r⟩ppil iṟaiyāṉ cēri vēmpaṉ kuṇuṅkaṉ ammaṉ
⟨4⟩ tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr mahādevarkku-t tiru-viḷakkiṉukku vaitta po¡ṉṉ! ūr-kaṟ (ce)-
⟨5⟩ (m)m(ai) patiṉ aiṅ-kaḻañcu poṉ koṇṭu kaṭavōm ip-poṉṉā(l kaḻañ)-
⟨6⟩ (ciṉ vāy) m¡u!ṉṟu mañcāṭi-p palicai-y-āka-(y i)vv-āṭṭai (Ai)ppaci mutal āṟāṟu tiṅ-
⟨7⟩ kaḷiṟ kaḻañcē Araikkāṟ poṉ ṟiru-v-oṟṟiyūr-āṇikiḻē koṇṭu
⟨8⟩ kuṭuppōm āṉōm ip-poṉ kaṭai-k-kūṭṭa-va(ntāṟku nicati) Iraṇṭu
⟨9⟩ (cō)ṟu kuṭuppōm āṉom itaṟṟ’ iṟampi⟨l⟩ dharmmāsanattu nicati Eṭṭ-arai kāṇa(m)
⟨10⟩ taṇṭa-p-paṭuvōm āṉōm

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ po¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦ po{ṉ}ṉ SII.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ Seventh year of Kampavarmaṉ.¹

⟨2–3⟩ Handwriting of the members of the assembly of Maṇali, a hamlet of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr.

⟨3–5⟩ The gold that Vēmpaṉ Kuṇuṅkaṉ Ammaṉ ⟨of⟩ Iṟaiyāṉ Cēri in Mayilārppu gave for a glorious for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, ⟨that is⟩, fifteen kaḻañcus of gold ..., we are bound to take it.

⟨5–8⟩ With this gold, we have become those who will ...

⟨8–9⟩ ...

⟨10–11⟩ If failing, we have become those who will incur a fine of eight and a half kāṇams, daily, at the dharmāsana.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/189).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.99). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 200).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 44–45, item 99.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 535–536, item 200.

Secondary

ARIE 1912–13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Page 26, appendix B/1912, item 189.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavarman.

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