# Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Kampavarman, year 1[.]

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00219

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00219.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Transaction by the assembly of villagers (ūrārs) concerning a donation
of gold for conducting worship.

## Palaeographic description

Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti) śrī

(kō-vi)c(aiya)-ka(mpava)rmmaṟku yāṇṭu pa⟨2⟩[4+](ṟā)vatu

puḻaṟ-kōṭṭattu-p puḻaṉāṭṭu-t tiru-v(o)⟨3⟩[ṟṟiyūrp]puṟattu vaikkāṭṭ’ urōṅ
kai-¡yy!⟨y⟩-eḻuttu

(muka)⟨4⟩[4+]r makaḷ kō-nāṭṭu-k koṭumpāḷūr viṭēlviṭuku
I-⟨5⟩[ḷaṅkō-vē](ḷār) tēvi pūti Aṟintikai tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr
mahāde⟨6⟩[varkku] caṅkirānti-tōṟum patt’ eṭṭ-āka-k kuttal
paḻa⟨7⟩[5+](ḷum) māvukku ¿añ?⟨Aim⟩-patiṉāḻiyum ¿añ?⟨Aim⟩patu
vāḻai⟨8⟩[5+]m patiṉ pala-c carkkaraiyum Aṭaikkāy ami⟨9⟩[rtu](kku
ve)ṟṟilaiyuṅ kāyum it-taṉaikkum-āka vai⟨10⟩[tta poṉ] Ūrkkaṟ cem-poṉ
Iru-patt-eḻu kaḻañcu

Iv⟨11⟩[virupa]tt’ ēḻu kaḻañcuṅ koṇṭu kaṭavōm vaiyk(k)⟨12⟩[āṭṭ’ ū](rōm)

(i)ppoṉṉukku-k kaḻañciṉ vāy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu ⟨13⟩ [mañ]cāṭi-p-poṉ palicaiyāl
āṇṭu varai nāṟ⟨14⟩[kaḻa]ñcē-y oru mañcāṭi-p po¿ṉṉ?⟨ṉ⟩-āka Ivv-āṭṭai-v
⟨15⟩ [vai]yyāci-t tiṅkaḷ mutal-āka Āṟ-āṟu tiṅka⟨16⟩ḷil
iru-kaḻañcēy{yā}yum mā-p poṉ⟨17⟩(ṉu)ṅ koṇṭu ceṉṟu tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr
āṇikk¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻē ⟨18⟩ [2+]ṭṭu-k kuṭuppōm āṉōm

iṭṭu-k kuṭōmāyil ip⟨19⟩[po]¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ukku-t talai-c-cēmāṭu cōmatēvaṉ
pira⟨20⟩[2+]tāya-p pāṭṭa nel nāṟ-patiṉ kāṭiyu muṭi cūṭṭup⟨21⟩[1+]ṭṭa
ne¡ll!⟨l⟩ irupatiṉ kāṭiyu muḻapaṭṭi-p pāṭṭa ne⟨22⟩¡(l)l!⟨l⟩ irupatiṉ
kāṭiyum vaikkāṭu kiḻā¿rar?⟨rē⟩ āy Ēt⟨23⟩[ta-p] pulattiṉ nel nūṟṟ’
iru-patiṉ kāṭiyum-ā⟨24⟩[ka iru]-nūṟṟu-k kāṭi nellilum Āṟ-āṟu tiṅ⟨25⟩[7+]
cey Ayntu mā⟨26⟩[10+] (paṭṭa) Ākattā

## Apparatus

⟨16⟩ iru-kaḻañcēy{yā}yum mā-p poṉ • SII suggests to emend to
iru-kaḻañcēy arai mā-p poṉ.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ ...th year of the victorious king Ka(mpavar)maṉ.[1]

⟨2–3⟩ Handwriting of we, the villagers of ...

⟨3–10⟩ The gold that ... gave ...: twenty-seven kaḻañcus of fine gold
...

⟨10–12⟩ We, the villagers of Vaikkāṭu, are bound to take[2] these
twenty-seven kaḻañcus.

⟨12–18⟩ We have become those who will give ...

⟨18–25⟩ ...

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912–13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/174).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.103). Text
and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 219).

This edition (with further text restorations) 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
46–47, item 103.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
566–567, item 219.

### 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 25, appendix B/1912, item 174.

[1] Sanskrit Kampavarman.

[2] That is, to manage.