Śrīvaramaṅgala grant, time of Neṭuñcaṭaiyaṉ, year 17

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: Tamil. The puḷḷi is consistently used.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Vaṭṭeḻuttu (vaṭṭeḻuttu)].

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).

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⟨6r4=81⟩ ... maṟ·ṟ’ itaṉai-
⟨6r5=82⟩ k· kāt·tā{ra}ṉ· malar-aṭi Eṉ· muṭi mēlaṉa E-
⟨6r6=83⟩ ṉ·ṟu koṟ·ṟavaṉē-y· paṇitt-aruḷi-t· tēṟṟ’ eṉa

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⟨6v1=84⟩ tāmra-śāsanañ· cey·vit·tāṉ· ↝ brahmadeya-paripā-
⟨6v2=85⟩ lanād ṛte nānyad asti bhuvi dharmma-sādhanam· tasya cāpaha-
⟨6v3=86⟩ raṇād ṛte tathā nānyad asti bhuvi pāpa-sādhanam· ↝ bahubhi-
⟨6v4=87⟩ r vvasudhā dattā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yadā bhū-
⟨6v5=88⟩ mis tasya tasya tadā phalam· ↝ na viṣaṃ viṣam ity āhūr brahmasvaṃ vi-
⟨6v6=89⟩ ṣam ucyate viṣam ekākinaṃ haṃti brahmasvam· putra-pautri-
⟨7r1=90⟩ kam· ↝ brahma-sva-rakṣaṇād anyat puṇya-mūlan na vidyate tasyātilaṃgha-
⟨7r2=91⟩ nād anyat pāpa-mūlan na vidyate (|) pāṇ·ṭi-p⟨·⟩ perum· paṇaikāraṉ· ma-
⟨7r3=92⟩ kaṉ pāṇṭi-p· perum· paṇaikāraṉ-ākiya Arikesa-
⟨7r4=93⟩ ri Eḻut·tu ↝

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Translation

⟨82–84⟩ Furthermore, having said “the lotus-feet of he who protects this are on my head”, having graciously ordered ⟨so⟩, the king (koṟṟavaṉ) had this copper order made, as ... (teṟṟu/tēṟṟu).

Apart from protecting a brahmadeya,

There is no other means of attaining dharma on this earth;

And, likewise, apart from seizing it,

There is not other means of obtaining sin on this earth.

⟨91–93⟩ Writing of Arikesarin, alias Pāṇṭi Perum Paṇaikkāraṉ, son of Pāṇṭi Perum Paṇaikkāraṉ.

Bibliography

Edited in Venkayya 1893, with English translation and facsimiles; in S.N. 1967, with facsimiles (PCP 2); in Krishnan 2002, with English translation (IEP 11).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Venkayya 1893 and on photos (V. Gillet, 2010).

Primary

[V] Venkayya, V. 1893. “Madras Musem plates of Jatilavarman.” IA 22, pp. 57–75.

[PCP] S.N. 1967. Pāṇṭiyār ceppēṭukaḷ pattu = Ten Pandya copper-plates. Madras: Tamiḻ varalāṟṟu kaḻakam = Tamil Varalatru Kazhagam. Pages 49–70, item 2.

[IEP] Krishnan, K. G. 2002. Inscriptions of the early Pāṇḍyas (from c. 300 B.C. to 984 A.D.) New Delhi: ICHR & Northern Book Centre. Pages 17–21, item 11.

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