Ūttukkāṭu, time of Kampavarman, year 25

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Transaction concerning a donation of gold and land for maintaining three lamps (one being perpetual) and food offerings.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00231.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vi(c)ai-
⟨2⟩ ya-kam¿ppa?nma⟨r⟩kku yāṇ-
⟨3⟩ ṭu Irupatt’ ai¡ñc!-āva-
⟨4⟩ tu Ūṟṟu-k-kāṭṭu-p pūcā(li)
⟨5⟩ vā(ma)ṉaṉukku Ivv-ū(r u)-
⟨6⟩ ḻai-c-cēri-t tiru-nāmakkiḻa-
⟨7⟩ varkaḷōm Oṭṭi-k kuṭu-
⟨8⟩ tta paric-āvatu nandā vi-
⟨9⟩ ḷakk’ erip=pat-āka Ivar ta-
⟨10⟩ n=ta poṉṉāl nicati Oru
⟨11⟩ nantā viḷakk’ erippōm
⟨12⟩ ākavum Ivarē-y deva-
⟨13⟩ r pōkañ ceyta Ā(ṉai)-
⟨14⟩ -p-pulat=tu-c ceṟuviṉāl
⟨15⟩ pakal Iraṇṭu viḷakku nā-
⟨16⟩ yaṟu-maṭṭu Oru cāmat=t’ aḷavum
⟨17⟩ (E)rippōm ākavum I(rā)-
⟨18⟩ (mun)nāḻi Ariciyāṟ ṟiru-va-
⟨19⟩ (mirtu) kāṭṭuvōm ākavum I--
⟨20⟩ -(vi)ḷakku m¡u!ṉṟun= tiru-v-ami(rt’ o)-
⟨21⟩ ¿n?ṟuñ cantirāti(t=ta )-
⟨22⟩ (r) v-uḷḷavum celut-
⟨23⟩ (tuva)t-ākavum Itaṟ ṟiṟampi-
⟨24⟩ (l) māheśvarar A[C]ai-
⟨25⟩ […]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ °kam¿ppanma?⟨papanma⟩⟨r⟩kku ⬦ °kamppanmakku SII; °kampapanmarkku IP.

⟨20⟩ tiruvami(rt’) ⬦ tiruvami(t’) SII; tiruvami(t’) IP.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–4⟩ Twenty-fifth year of the victorious king Kampapanmar.¹

⟨4–8⟩ The manner in which we the Tirunāmakkiḻavars² of Uḻaiccēri in this village solemnly guarantee to Pūcālivāmaṉaṉ of Ūṟṟukkāṭu.

⟨9–12⟩ So as to burn a perpetual lamp, we shall burn one perpetual lamp daily with the gold he has given.

⟨12–17⟩ We shall ⟨also⟩ burn two day lamps ... for the duration of one cāmam ⟨with the income⟩ from a field in Āṉaippulam, which he made a devabhoga.

⟨17–19⟩ We shall provide at night glorious food-offerings through three nāḻis of paddy

⟨19–23⟩ These three lamps and this one glorious food-offerings shall be ... up to the extent of the moon and the sun.

⟨23–25⟩ If we deviate from this, the Māheśvaras […]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1906–07 (ARIE/1906-1907/B/1906/345).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.108). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 231).

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. Page 51, item 108.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 589–590, item 231.

Secondary

ARIE 1906–07. G.O. No. 503, 27th June 1907. Epigraphy. Reviewing the annual progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1906-1907. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1907. Page 28, appendix B/1906, item 345.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavarman.
2. That is, ...

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