Poykainallūr, time of Vajrameghavarman, year 7

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation for food-offering (amutu) to a god’s temple. Fragment.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Version: 2025-10-10 12:47 (dbd03d1), last modified 2025-10-08 13:34 (2b21fdb).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svast¿a? śrī śrī-vayira-mēka-varmarkku
⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 7-vatu tāmaṟ-kōṭṭattu
⟨3⟩ poykai-nallūr sabhaiyōm
⟨4⟩ tiru-vakattīśva […][…]
⟨5⟩ […][…] tiruvamirtu paṇṇa […][…]
⟨6⟩ […][…] tiruvamirtukkum āka […][…] [unknown number of lost lines][unknown number of lost lines]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ svast¿a?⟨i⟩ ⬦ svast¿a?⟨i⟩ Āvaṇam • It is possible that a typo crept in the Āvaṇam’s transcription and that svasti is in fact the correct reading.

⟨3⟩ sabhaiyōm ⬦ ச4பை4யோம் Āvaṇam • We surmise that our transliterated reading represents the Āvaṇam’s transcription.

⟨4⟩ °vakattīśva° ⬦ °வகத்தீச்4வ° Āvaṇam • We surmise that our transliterated reading represents the Āvaṇam’s transcription. The text might be supplied as °vakattīśvarattu mahādevarkku.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 7th year of the glorious Vayiramēkavarmar.¹

⟨2–6⟩ We, the members of the assembly of Poykainallūr in the Tāmaṟkōṭṭam […][…] [to the Mahādeva of] the Tiruvakattiśvara […][…] glorious food offering […][…] so as to be for glorious food offering […][…]

[unknown number of lost lines][unknown number of lost lines]

Bibliography

Edited in No name 1991–2019 (Āvaṇam 17.7.1).

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

Primary

[Āvaṇam] No name. 1991–2019. Āvaṇam. 30 vols. Tanjore: Archaeological Society. Volume 17 (2006), item 7.1.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Vajrameghavarman.

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