Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Aparājitavikramapōttaraiyar, year 6

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00241.

Summary: Donation of gold for maintaining two perpetual lamps in a temple.

Hand description:

Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-04-18 15:14 (6764560), last modified 2025-01-10 18:40 (a0ca2ab).

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya Aparājita-vi(kra)ma-pō⟨2⟩ttaraiyarkku yāṇṭ’ āṟ-āvatu

panmāheśvarar tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr (ma)⟨3⟩hadevarkk’ iraṇṭu nandā vilakk’ erippataṟku vaitta poṉ Ūr-k-kaṟ (cem)⟨4⟩mai Aṟu-patin kaḻañcu

Ip-poṉ koṇṭu kaṭavōn tiru-v-oṟṟi⟨5⟩yūr-p-puṟattu maṇali sabhaiyōm

ip-poṉṉāl āṇṭu-varai kaḻañ⟨6⟩ciṉ vāy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañcāṭi-p poṉ (palicai-y-āka Iv)v-āṭṭai-k kār⟨t⟩⟨7⟩tikai mutal āṟ-āṟu tiṇkaḷil nāṟ-kaḻañc-arai-c ceytu po¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ā(ca)(ndra)⟨8⟩tāramu nilai-p poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka-t tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr āṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-ē koṇṭu ⟨9⟩ kūṟiṭṭu-k kuṭuppōm āṉōm

ip-poṉ kaṭai-k kūṭṭa vantārkku nica(ti) ⟨10⟩ Iraṇṭu cōṟu kuṭuppōm ā¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ōm

itaṟ ṟirampil uṇṭikaiyum paṭṭi⟨11⟩(kai)yum kāṭṭātē dharmmasanattu nicati Eṭṭ-arai kāṇan taṇṭam iṭa ⟨12⟩ (O)ṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm

iṭṭa taṇṭañ ceṉṟu niṉṟum puḷḷik kuttuvikka-p ⟨13⟩ (pe)ṟatōm āṉō(m) maṇali sabhaiyōm ⁋

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–2) Sixth year of the victorious king Aparājitavikramapōttaraiyar.¹

(2–4) The gold that the Paṉmāheśvaras have given for burning two perpetual lamps for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: sixthy kaḻañcus of a purity [tested] on the village [touch]stone.

(4–5) We are bound to take this gold, we, the members of the assembly of Maṇali in a hamlet of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr.

(5–9) We have become those who will give ...

(9–10) We have become those who will give daily two rice [meals] to he who comes ...

(10–12) If failing ... we have become those who incur a fine of eight and a half kāṇams ...

(12–13) We have become those who will ... we, the members of the assembly of Maṇali.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912-1913 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/190).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12.90), with visual documentation. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 241).

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 39, item 90.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 606–607, item 241.

Secondary

ARIE 1912-1913. 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 26, appendix B/1912, item 190.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Aparājitavikrama + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Aparājitavikrama.

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Sixth year of the victorious king Aparājitavikramapōttaraiyar.<note>Sanskrit Aparājitavikrama + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Aparājitavikrama.</note>

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