Māṅkāṭu, time of Aparājitavarman, year 3

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00235.

Summary: Donation of gold for a perpetual lamp and food offering to a temple god.

Hand description:

Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-04-18 15:14 (6764560), last modified 2025-01-11 12:43 (ee4d0a2).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya⟨2⟩[A]parājitavarmmaṟku yāṇ(ṭu) ⟨3⟩ m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟ-āvatu

māṅkāṭṭu-(t) ⟨4⟩ tiru-veḷḷi-k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ mahā(de)(va)⟨5⟩rkku Oru nandā viḷakkiṟkum[3+]⟨6⟩(ru)m pōḻtaikku Oru tiru-v-amu[tuk]⟨7⟩kum-āka-k kacci-p-pēṭṭu-(k) [3+] ⟨8⟩ piṭuku taḷi-t tēva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār ma[kaḷ][3+]⟨9⟩kka mahādeviyār tāyār[3+]⟨10⟩ri naṅkaiyār vaitta po[ṉ] [2+] ⟨11⟩ patt’ iru-kaḻañcu

Ip-poṉ [4+] ⟨12⟩ candrādityar uḷḷa-v aḷavun

[unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ tiru-v-amu[tuk]⟨7⟩kum ⬦ tiru-v-amu[3+]⟨7⟩kum SII • The restoration tiruvamutiṟkum is also possible.

⟨8⟩ ma[kaḷ] ⬦ ma[2+] SII • This restoration has been suggested by Mahalingam 1988, who further commented: “If this restoration is valid, then the present record provides an early instance of the prevalance of the institution of temple maid-servants.”

⟨10⟩ po[ṉ] [2+] ⬦ po[ṉ] [3+] SII.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–3) Third year of the victorious king Aparājitavarmaṉ.¹

(3–11) The gold that ...: twelve kaḻañcus.

(11–12) This gold ... upto the extent of the moon and the sun.

[unknown number of lost lines]²

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1908-1909 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/351).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12.85). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 235).

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

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 36, item 85.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 594–595, item 235.

Secondary

ARIE 1908-1909. G.O. No. 538, 28th July 1909. Epigraphy. Issuing orders on progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1908-1909. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1909. Page 38, appendix B/1908, item 351.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Aparājitavarman.
2. Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 notes: “The continuation of lines and the bottom portion of the record are built in.”

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