Uttiramērūr, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 8

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00205.

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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vic(ai/e)ya-kampa-vikkirama-parumarkku yāṇṭu Eṭṭ-āvatu

Uttaramēru-catu⟨r⟩vveti-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Eḻuttu

Emm-ūr śrī-kōva⟨r⟩ddhaṉattu mahāviṣṇu⟨2⟩kkaḷukku A⟨r⟩ccanā-bhogam-āka kuṭutta bhūmi

Emm-ūr malliyaṉ kārāṇai madhyamam āy-k kiṭanta bhūmiyil Araiyar taḷikku kuṭutta bhūmiyiṉ teṟku malliya⟨3⟩ṉ kārāṇai Ēri-karai-y-iṉ· kiḻakku kuḻi vanta-v āṟṟāl Āyiratt’ iru-nūṟu kuḻi-y-(u)m śrī-gova⟨r⟩kkuddhaṉattu mahāviṣṇukkaḷukku A⟨r⟩ccanā-bhogam-āka kuṭuttōm

⟨4⟩ Ivv-a⟨r⟩ccanā-bhogam a⟨r⟩ccittu-k koṇṭ’ uṇpā¡(n)!⟨n⟩ (ā)[ka] Emm-ūr vaikhā[nasan‧] (ś)rī-dhara-bhaṭṭan(‧) makaṉ tāmōt¡i!⟨a⟩ra-bhaṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku putra-p¡o!⟨au⟩trikam(‧) Upāsi(t)t’ u⟨5⟩ṇ·ṇa Uṭaiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āka kuṭuttōm

Ivv-āyiratt’ iru-nūṟu kuḻi-y-um Iṟaiyiliy-āka-p paṇittu kuṭuttōm

śrī-govarddhaṉattu ¿natā?⟨nanta⟩-vaṉam-um ⟨6⟩ tāmōt¡i!⟨a⟩ra-paṭ·ṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē pū-maram uḷ·ḷiṭ·ṭa paya⟨ṉ⟩-maram-um Iṭṭu-k koṇṭu A(r)ccitt’ uṇ·pā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ āka kuṭuttōm· Ut=tarameru-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm·

⟨7⟩ sabhaiyār· paṇip(·)pa Eḻutinēn· śrī-puruṣa-Ācā{ri}ryyan-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩· ⁋

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °vic(ai/e)ya° ⬦ °vicaiya° SII.

⟨2⟩ malliyaṉ ⬦ malliyaṉ SII • The letter ya is nowadays partially lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription.

⟨3⟩ kuṭuttōm ⬦ kuṭuttōm SII • The letter m is nowadays entirely lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription.

⟨4⟩ vaikhā[nasan‧] ⬦ vaikhāna(sa)n‧ SII. — ⟨4⟩ uṇpā¡(n)!⟨n⟩ (ā)[ka] ⬦ uṇpan āka SII • The letter ka is nowadays entirely lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription. — ⟨4⟩ Upāsi(t)t’ u ⬦ U(pā)sitt’ u SII • The letter t is nowadays partially lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription.

⟨5⟩ ¿natā?⟨nanta⟩-vaṉam-um ⬦ na⟨n⟩tāvaṉamum SII • The MTL records nantā-vaṉam as a colloquial form of nanta-vaṉam, "flower garden especially attached to a temple".

⟨6⟩ °catu⟨r⟩vvedi° ⬦ °caturvveti° SII • The letter t in tu is nowadays partially lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1) Eighth year of the victorious king Kampavikkiramaparumar.¹

(1) Writ of We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala.

(1–2) For the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana [of] our village, [there is] a land given as arcanā-bhoga.

(2–3) We have given as arcanā-bhoga for the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana one thousand two hundred kuḻis entirely (-um), through what comes, in our village, [as] kuḻi (kuḻi vanta-v āṟṟ-āl²), south of the land given for the temple [of] Araiyar in the land that lies uncultivated (kiṭanta) in the middle [of the land named] Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai and east of the tank [of the land named] Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai.

(4–5) This arcanā-bhoga for the Lord to feed when worshipping [him] (upāsitt’, i.e. upācitt’, uṇṇa uṭaiyaṉ-āka), We have given [it] to (i.e. in the care of)) Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa, son of the glorious Vaikhānasa Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa [of] our village, and to his sons and grandsons (putra-pautrikam, i.e. hereditarily) so as to feed [the Lord] when worshipping [him].

(5–) We have given these one thousand two hundred kuḻis entirely (-um), declaring (paṇittu) [them] as tax-free.

(5–6) We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala, have given a garden of delight (nanta-vaṉam, i.e. Sanskrit nanda-vana) with (iṭṭu-k koṇṭu) the fruit-bearing trees (payaṉ-maram), including the flower-bearing trees, so that Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa feed (the Lord) when worshipping [him].

(7) I, the glorious Puruṣa Ācārya, have written [this], at the order of the members of the assembly (sabhaiyār paṇippa³)"

Commentary

Bibliography

Reported in Hultzsch 1898 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/6).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.288). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 205).

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. Page 148, item 288.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 543–544, item 205.

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 16, appendix B/1898, item 6.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.
2. Literally: by the way kuḻis have come.
3. Literally: as the members of the assembly ordered [me].

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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>

<p n="1">Eighth year of the victorious king Kampavikkiramaparumar.<note>Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.</note></p>

<p n="1">Writ of We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala.</p>

<p n="1-2">For the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> our village, <supplied reason="subaudible">there is</supplied> a land given as <foreign>arcanā-bhoga</foreign>.</p>

<p n="2-3">We have given as <foreign>arcanā-bhoga</foreign> for the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana one thousand two hundred <foreign>kuḻi</foreign>s entirely <supplied reason="explanation">-um</supplied>, through what comes, in our village, <supplied reason="subaudible">as</supplied> <foreign>kuḻi</foreign> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kuḻi vanta-v āṟṟ-āl</foreign><note>Literally: by the way <foreign>kuḻi</foreign>s have come.</note></supplied>, south of the land given for the temple <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> Araiyar in the land that lies uncultivated <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kiṭanta</foreign></supplied> in the middle <supplied reason="subaudible">of the land named</supplied> Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai and east of the tank <supplied reason="subaudible">of the land named</supplied> Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai.</p>

<p n="4-5">This <foreign>arcanā-bhoga</foreign> for the Lord to feed when worshipping <supplied reason="subaudible">him</supplied> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>u<hi rend="grantha">pāsi</hi>tt’</foreign>, i.e. <foreign>upācitt’</foreign>, <foreign>uṇṇa uṭaiyaṉ-āka</foreign></supplied>, We have given <supplied reason="subaudible">it</supplied> to <supplied reason="explanation">i.e. in the care of</supplied>) Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa, son of the glorious Vaikhānasa Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> our village, and to his sons and grandsons <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign><hi rend="grantha">putra-pautrikam</hi></foreign>, i.e. hereditarily</supplied> so as to feed <supplied reason="subaudible">the Lord</supplied> when worshipping <supplied reason="subaudible">him</supplied>.</p>

<p n="5-">We have given these one thousand two hundred <foreign>kuḻi</foreign>s entirely <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>-um</foreign></supplied>, declaring <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>paṇittu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">them</supplied> as tax-free.</p>

<p n="5-6">We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala, have given a garden of delight <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nanta-vaṉam</foreign>, i.e. Sanskrit nanda-vana</supplied> with <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭṭu-k koṇṭu</foreign></supplied> the fruit-bearing trees <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>payaṉ-maram</foreign></supplied>, including the flower-bearing trees, so that Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa feed <supplied reason="explanation">the Lord</supplied> when worshipping <supplied reason="subaudible">him</supplied>.</p>

<p n="7">I, the glorious Puruṣa Ācārya, have written <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied>, at the order of the members of the assembly <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>sabhaiyār paṇippa</foreign><note>Literally: as the members of the assembly ordered <supplied reason="subaudible">me</supplied>.</note></supplied>"</p>

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