Tiruveḷḷaṟai’s well, gnomic verse
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00525.
Summary: Gnomic verse.
Hand description:
The puḷḷi is consistently used, although not for most of duplicated consonants and sometimes unduly.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
Version: (6764560), last modified (a0ca2ab).
Edition
⟨1⟩ śrī
I. āciriyaviruttam
kaṇ·ṭār kāṇā-v ulakattiṟ· kātal-a cey⟨·⟩tu nillātē{y}
1paṇ·ṭē{y} paramaṉ paṭait·ta nāḷ pārttu niṉ·ṟu naiyyātē{y·}
2⟨2⟩ taṇ·ṭ’ ār· mūp(·)pu van·t’ uṉ·ṉai-t· taḷara-c· cey·tu nillā muṉ·{ṉ}
3uṇ·ṭ’ ēl{l} uṇ(·)ṭu mik(·)katu Ulakam·{m} aṟiya vaim(·)miṉ{·}ē{y}
4Apparatus
Translation by Subrahmanya Aiyar 1911–1912
Prosperity!
Without being [passionately] attached to this world where men seen [today] are not seen [tomorrow]; without giving [yourself] up to despair looking for the [final] day appointed by the Creator; and before your [limbs] become weak at the appearance of old age with its [appendage of a] stick; if you have [wealth] maintain [yourself] and devote [what remains to charity] so that [all] the world may know [it].
Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1905-1906 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/541).
Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyar 1911–1912 (EI 11.15). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 98).
This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy, photos, and visual documentation published in Subrahmanya Aiyar 1911–1912.
Primary
[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyar, K. V. 1911–1912. “Tiruvellarai inscription of Dantivarman.” EI 11, pp. 154–158.
[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 335–336, item 98.
Secondary
ARIE 1905-1906. G.O. No. 492, 2nd July 1906. Epigraphy. Recording the annual report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1905-1906, and directing that the report be forwarded to the Government of India. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1906. Page 33, appendix B/1905, item 541.
[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 16, item 40.
Notes
- 1. Littéralement: sans t’arrêter à faire les choses de l’amour.
- 2. Littéralement: à regarder.
- 3. Littéralement: ne plus pouvoir tenir debout.
- 4. Alternativement: un châtiment.
- 5. Littéralement: le vieil âge étant venu … et t’ayant fait décrépir.
- 6. Littéralement: ce qui est abondant et existe, s’il en est.
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<p>Prosperity!</p>
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Fortune !
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See also inscription <ref target="DHARMA_INSPallava00098.xml">Pallava 98</ref>.
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In two instances, consonants are unduly duplicated at word <foreign>sandhi</foreign> (<foreign>uṇṭ’ ēl<surplus>l</surplus></foreign>, <foreign>ulakam<surplus>m</surplus></foreign>).
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Commentary
See also inscription Pallava 98.
In two instances, consonants are unduly duplicated at word sandhi (uṇṭ’ ēl{l}, ulakam{m}).
The particle -ē is consistently appended with a y (nillātē{y}, paṇṭē{y}, naiyyātē{y}, vaimmiṉē{y}). Subrahmanya Aiyar 1911–1912, p. 157, n. 7 notes: “In these four instances the final y seems to have been inserted to represent the full sound produced in pronouncing the words.”