Tiruniṟaṅkoṉṟai, rock, no king, no year

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Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī ciruṟṟāṟu koṇṭai kuttār [ci] nāṭṭu

⟨2⟩ nariya-p-pāṭi-c ciṅkaṉār periya

⟨3⟩ vaṭukanār iraṇṭu paḷḷikkum

⟨4⟩ pattu-p poṉ kuṭuttār poli-¡Ū!ṭṭ-āka

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ciruṟṟāṟu ⬦ D • Most probably a corrupt form or incorrect reading of tirunaṟu. See tirunaṟuṅ koṇtai in INSPallava00455, line 1. — ⟨1⟩ [ci](ci) D • It is not clear in D what the parentheses mean here, as compared to square brackets used elsewhere.

⟨3⟩ vaṭukanār iraṇṭu ⬦ vaṭukanār-iraṇṭu D • It is not clear in D what the hyphen means here.

⟨4⟩ poli-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩ṭṭ-āka ⬦ poli uṭṭāka D.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1–4⟩ [For] the glorious protector (kuttār) with a fragrant tuft1, Ciṅkaṉār Periya Vaṭukanār [of] Nariyappāṭi in the nāṭu gave ten gold (poṉ) as interest (poliyūṭṭu3) to the two paḷḷis2.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-1943 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1939-1940/308).

Edited in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Dayalan 2005, not sufficiently reliable. The distinction between vowel akṣaras and markers, and between Grantha and Tamil letters, cannot be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1312, item 75.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1939-1943. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu and N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 66, appendixes B/1939-1940, item 308.

Notes

  1. 1. Tentative translation based on reading tirunaṟuṅ koṇtai, presuming that this is the name of a major deity of the site.

  2. 2. That is, the donation consists in the interest of ten gold currencies.