# Uttiramērūr, time of Kampavarman, year 23

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00229

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00229.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

yāṇṭu Irupattu m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟ-āvatu

Ayyaṉ kampa-perumāṉārkku

kāliyūr-k-kōṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟu Uttaramēru-c-catu¡vve!⟨rvve⟩ti-maṅkalattu
sabh¿a?⟨ai⟩yōm Oṭṭik kuṭuttu poṉṉum nellum koṇṭa paric’ āvatu

Ūr-k-kaṟ cempoṉ naṟpatiṉ kaḻāñcum Eṇṇāḻi-k-kāl-āl Āyira-k-kāṭi nellum
⟨2⟩ koṇṭu Ita(ṉ) poli-y-ūṭṭ-iṉ-āl Āvaṇi-t-tiṅkaḷ cōti-ñāṉṟu Āyira(m·)
brāhmaṇarai Ūṭṭuvat’ ākav(u)m

Ūṭṭum paricu

muti(rai) viravi nālu kaṟiyum meyyāl Āḻākku-c ceytu neyyu¿ḻ?⟨m⟩ tayir
viravukiḻāṉ nāḻi-c ceytu Aṭṭi Ūṭṭuvat’ ākavum

Iñ-ñāḷ-āl-ē tiru-p-pulivalattu ⟨3⟩ mahādevarkku mahāsna¡va!⟨pa⟩ṉam
ce¡v!⟨y⟩vat’ ākavum

I-mahāsna¡va!⟨pa⟩ṉañ ceyyum paricu

nūṟṟ’ irupatt’ aiñ-ñāḻi neyyum nūṟṟ’ irupatt-añ

Unfinished inscription/Stops abruptly here.

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Uttaramēru-c-catu¡vve!⟨rvve⟩ti-maṅkalattu ⬦
Uttaramēru-c-caturvveti-maṅkalattu SII.

⟨2⟩ cōti-ñāṉṟu ⬦ cōti-(ñāṉṟu) SII. — ⟨2⟩ ākav(u)m ⬦ ākavum SII. — ⟨2⟩
muti(rai) ⬦ mutirai SII. — ⟨2⟩ neyyu¿ḻ?⟨m⟩ ⬦ neyyu(m) SII; neiyyu(m) IP.

⟨3⟩ mahāsna¡va!⟨pa⟩ṉam ⬦ mahāsnapaṉam SII. — ⟨3⟩ ce¡v!⟨y⟩vat’ ⬦ cevvat’
SII; cey{y}vat’ IP. — ⟨3⟩ I-mahāsna¡va!⟨pa⟩ṉañ ⬦ I-mahāsnapaṉañ SII. —
⟨3⟩ neyyum ⬦ (ney)yum SII; (neiy)yum IP.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Twenty-third year.

⟨1⟩ To the Noble (ayyaṉ) Kampa-perumāṉār.[1]

⟨1⟩ This is the manner that We, the members of the assembly of
Uttaramērucaturvedimaṅgala in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam and the division of the
same name (taṉ kūṟṟu[2]), took gold and paddy, and solemnly gave ⟨them⟩.

⟨1–2⟩ With (koṇṭu[3]) forty kaḻañcus of fine gold ⟨as per⟩ the village
stone (ūr-k-kal, i.e. touch-stone) and one thousand kāṭis of paddy as
per the eṇṇāḻikkāl ⟨standard⟩ (eṇṇāḻi-k-kāl-āl), let there be feeding of
one thousand Brahmins at the time of Cōti (Sanskrit Svāti) (cōti-ñāṉṟu)
in the lunar month (tiṅkaḷ) of Āvaṇi (āvaṇi) with the interest
(poli-y-ūṭṭ-iṉ-āl) of this ⟨itaṉ⟩.

⟨2⟩ The manner of feeding (ūṭṭum paricu) ⟨is as follows⟩.

⟨2⟩ Let there be feeding, by distributing (ceytu aṭṭi[4]) four curries
(kaṟi) ⟨made with⟩ mixing (viravi) ⟨various⟩ plants (mutirai), ⟨one⟩
āḻākku of ghee as per the mey ⟨standard⟩ (me-y-yāl) , and ⟨one⟩ nāḻi of
…viravukiḻāṉ curd (tayir) .

⟨2–3⟩ Let, on the same day (iñ-ñāḷ-āl-ē), make the great bath
(mahāsnapaṉa, i.e. Sanskrit mahāsnapana) of the Mahādeva of
Tirupullivalam.

⟨3⟩ The way of doing this great bath ⟨is as follows⟩.

⟨3⟩ ... one hundred twenty-five nāḻi of ghee/oil (ney), one hundred
twenty ...

Unfinished inscription/Stops abruptly here.

## Commentary

⟨1⟩ On the unusual dating. Most probably year of Kampavarman, mentioned
right after as addressee.

Strange syntax: kaṟiyum, nellum, tayir coordinated, with two
insterspersed ceytu. viravi: having mixed

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1897–98 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/86).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.371). Text and summary in
Mahalingam 1988 (IP 229).

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 171, item 371.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
586–587, item 229.

### 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 86.

[1] That is, Kampavarman.

[2] Literally: in the division of itself. That is, the just mentioned
Kāliyūr.

[3] Literally: having taken.

[4] Literally: by doing and pouring.