Ampal, Perumāḷ temple, time of [name lost], year [incomplete]

Authors of digital edition: Valérie Gillet (vagi), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Perumāḷ temple, Ampal, Nākappaṭṭiṉam taluk and district. On a doorjamb which was reused as a beam for the entrance door. Beginning of the regnal year lost, then a year opposite to one, opposite to one, opposite to one of a king whose name is lost.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ ṇṭu […] [yā]
⟨2⟩ ṇṭiṉ Etir āṇ-
⟨3⟩ ṭiṉ Etir āṇṭi-
⟨4⟩ ṉ Etir ām āṇṭu
⟨5⟩ Ampar-nāṭṭ’ am-
⟨6⟩ par Avaṉi-nārāya-
⟨7⟩ ṇa-viṣṇu-gṛhattu
⟨8⟩ mahā-viṣṇukka […]-
⟨9⟩ kku pāṇṭi-nāṭṭu ve-
⟨10⟩ ṇpiṉṉāṭṭu veṇ-
⟨12⟩ pil veṇpil kiḻa-
⟨13⟩ vaṉ-āyiṉa cāttañ
⟨14⟩ cāttaṉ tiru-viḷak-
⟨15⟩ ku nantā-viḷakki-
⟨16⟩ ṉukku vaitta t¡i!-p-
⟨17⟩ -pōkku-c cempo-
⟨18⟩ ṉ Iru-patiṉ kaḻaṅ-
⟨19⟩ cu Ivv-iru-patuṅ
⟨20⟩ ⟨ko⟩ṇṭ’ itaṉ pali-
⟨21⟩ ⟨cai⟩yāl nicati Uḻak-
⟨22⟩ ⟨k’ ā⟩ḻākku-t tiru-viḷa(k)-
⟨23⟩ ⟨ku⟩ (ne)y nārāyakkāl (o)
⟨24⟩ […] (k)ku muḻaiyālla(ṭ)-
⟨25⟩ […] vām ā⟨ṉō⟩m ampar
⟨26⟩ […] ruva […] cattāṉ
⟨27⟩ […] Uḷḷiṭṭa nakarattō-
⟨28⟩ […] tu muṭṭil It-taḷi
⟨29⟩ […] tamulattārāṉum
⟨30⟩ […] ṣṇavarāva […] ṇṭi
⟨31⟩ […] vippārāṉār muṭṭi
⟨32⟩ […] k(o)
⟨33⟩ […] ṇa
⟨34⟩ […] (ma)tu
⟨35⟩ […] me

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ °nāṭṭam⟨6⟩par ⬦ °nāṭṭama⟨6⟩par G.

Translation by Gillet 2017

[…] the year opposite to the year, opposite to the year, opposite to the year […] For the great Viṣṇu (mahāviṣṇukku) of the sanctuary (gṛhattu) of Viṣṇu Avaṉi Nārāyaṇa of Ampar in Amparnāṭu, Cāttaṉ Cāttaṉ who has become (āyiṉa) the chieftain (kiḻavaṉ) of Vempil, in Vempilnāṭu in Pāṇṭināṭu, endowed for a perpetual lamp (nantāviḷakkiṉukku), for a sacred lamp (tiruviḷakku), 20 kaḻañcus of pure gold which entered fire; having taken (koṇṭu) these 20 kaḻañcus, with the interests of these (itaṉ palicaiyāl), everyday, for one uḻakku (uḻakku āḻākku) of a lamp, we will supply ([aṭṭu]vōm āṉōm) with a ladle (muḻaiyāl?) with one [measure] nārāyakkāl of ghee, we the Nagaram, including Cattāṉ (Cattāṉ, that is, Cāttaṉ?) […] of Ampar. If this (itu) is deficient (muṭṭ-il) the [Pā]tamūlattār of this temple (ittaḷi) and the [Vai]ṣṇavas […]

Commentary

In the edition in Āvaṇam 27 (2016), no. 7, pp. 25–26, it is suggested that there were 2 lines before what we see today. However, based on the pictures, I find it difficult to evaluate the number of lines missing.

Bibliography

Edited in Āvaṇam 27 (2016), no. 7, pp. 25–26. Edited and translated in Gillet 2017, based on previous edition and photographs (by V. Selvakumar, Tamil University at Tañcāvūr).

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[G] Gillet, Valérie. 2017. “Devotion and Dominion: Ninth-Century Donations of a Pāṇḍyan King in Temples along the River Kāvēri.” IIJ 60 (3), pp. 219–283. DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06003002. [URL]. Pages 273–274, item 28.

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