Pākūr / Vākūr / Bahur, Tirumūlanātar temple, time of Kaṉṉaradeva, year 22

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Central shrine, south wall. Kaṉṉaradeva = Kṛṣṇa III Rāṣṭrakūṭa, RY 22 = 961 CE.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pondicherry (tfa-pondicherry-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPondicherry00004.

File path: DHARMA_INSPondicherry00004.xml.

Version: (e2dd903), last modified (6693453).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śvasti śrī kaṉṉara-(tēvarkku yāṇ)-

⟨2⟩ ṭu 2 10 2 vēcāli-p-pāṭi vaṭa-karai vākūr-nā-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭu maṉṟāṭikaḷē vākū⟨r⟩ ¡śi!-m¡u!laṭ(ṭā)ṉattu-

⟨4⟩ -p perumāḷukku nāṅkaḷ v¡aiy!tta dha¿t?ma-

⟨5⟩ ṅ kaṭṭil ēṟappōm pōtu Oru Āṭu ku-

⟨6⟩ ṭuttu-k kaṭṭil ēṟuvōm ākavu⟨m⟩ (puṟa)nā-

⟨7⟩ ṭṭi niṉṟu vantu I¡ñ-ñ!āṭṭiṟ kaṭṭi-

⟨8⟩ l ēṟu maṉṟāṭi vacam oru Āṭu kuṭuppa-

⟨9⟩ t’ ākavuṅ kuṭātu tiṟampi(ṉō)mai-k ka-

⟨10⟩ ṇa-p-peru-makkaḷun tēvar-aṭiyārum ira-

⟨11⟩ ṇṭ’ āṭu piṭittu-k koḷḷa-p-peṟu-

⟨12⟩ vat’ ākavum Oṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm i¡ñ-ñ!ā(ṭ)-

⟨13⟩ (ṭu) maṉṟāṭika¡ḷḷ!ōm It-dha⟨r⟩mmam ¡ś!a-

⟨14⟩ ndrātit=tavat niṟpat’ āka niṟutti-k kuṭu-

⟨15⟩ ppōm āṉō(m i)¡ñ-ñ!ā(ṭu) mataku ceykiṉ-

⟨16⟩ ṟa matakarōm śrī ◦◦◦◦⁓

Translation by Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity!

⟨1⟩ Year 22 ⟨of the reign⟩ of Kaṉṉara-tēvar.

⟨2–5⟩ The donation that we, the shepherds of Vākūr-nāṭu on the Northern bank of Vēcālippāṭi set up for the Lord of śrī-Mūlastāṉam of Vākūr ⟨is as follows⟩.

⟨5–6⟩ At the occasion of climbing the cot1 we shall give a sheep ⟨to the temple on behalf of the shepherd⟩ and climb the cot.

⟨6–9⟩ We shall give a sheep to the shepherd who migrates from other country and climbs the cot in this nāṭu.

⟨10–12⟩ If we violate ⟨this prescription⟩, the important members of the ⟨village administrative⟩ group and the temple servants ⟨ancers⟩ shall seize two ⟨of our⟩ sheep.

⟨12–13⟩ We, the shepherds of this nāṭu, have ⟨thus⟩ ordained upon mutual consent.

⟨13–16⟩ We, who do the work of the sluice mataku2 of this nāṭu, shall maintain this donation so that it exists as long as the moon and the sun will last.

⟨16⟩ Prosperity.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1901–02 (ARIE/1901-1902/B/1902/177).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.804).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 4) and translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 4).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006. This translation adapted from Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 and changed (lines 10-13).

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 409, item 804.

[PI] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & G. Vijayavenugopal. 2006. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part I: Introduction and texts with notes = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Pages 3–4, item 4.

[PI] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & G. Vijayavenugopal. 2010. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part II: Translation, appendices, glossary and phrases, [and] preface = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Page 2, item 4.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1901–02. G.O. Nos. 763, 764, 6th August 1902. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1901-1902. Copy to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1902. Page 13, appendix B/1902, item 177.

Notes

  1. 1. A ritual during the marriage.

  2. 2. That is, sluice openers.