Pākūr / Vākūr / Bahur, Tirumūlanātar temple, time of Kaṉṉaradeva, year 27

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Ardhamaṇḍapa, north wall. Kaṉṉaradeva = Kṛṣṇa III Rāṣṭrakūṭa, RY 27 = 966 CE.

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

Repository: Pondicherry (tfa-pondicherry-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPondicherry00008.

File path: DHARMA_INSPondicherry00008.xml.

Version: 2026-11-05 18:42 (f342702), last modified 2026-11-05 18:42 (f342702).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī
⟨1⟩ śrī-kaṉṉara-devar{ṟ}kku yāṇṭu 2 10 7-Āvatu m¿ā?hā-sa-
⟨2⟩ bhai tiruvaṭi pēr-¿ā?mbalattē-y kuṟi kūṭi Irun=tu viṉāp pōkki Oṭṭ’ eḻutt’ i-
⟨3⟩ ṭṭu (ku)ṭutta paric’ āvatu nammūr śrī-m¡u!lastāṉam-uṭaiya parama-svāmikku vētam
⟨4⟩ va(l)la brāhmaṇarai-k koṇṭa tiruvārātaṉai ceyvattukkum (ne)lli Ēttāttu-t
⟨5⟩ taṇṇir tiru-mañcaṉa n¡i!r Aṭṭuvāṉukkum āka nam brahmadeyam (n)eriñci kuṟumpa-
⟨6⟩ ṟ kaḻaṉiyil kaliyūṉṟiyilē cempiyaṉ muṉaippāṭi muvē(n=ta)vēḷāṉ Āvaṇa-
⟨7⟩ ttu Irupatu ce(ṟu)vu koṇṭu Id-dharmattkku-k kuṭuttēṉ Id-dhanma⟨m⟩ ¿ś?an¡t!rātittaval
⟨8⟩ (niṟu)tti-k ku(ṭu)ttōm ma(h)āsabhaiyōm Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-c c¿e?tu (kuṭu)⟨t⟩tōm Itu-
⟨9⟩ kku virōtañ c¿(e)?tarai dhanmāsa(na)-mutal-āka tā(m) vēṇtu kōvukku vev(veṟ)ṟu
⟨10⟩ vakai Iru-pattu Aiṅ-kaḻañcu poṉ maṉṟa-p peṟuvār ākavum Ipparicu Ott’ e-
⟨11⟩ ḻuttu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm māh¿ā?sabhaiyōm

Translation by Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity!

⟨1⟩ 27th year ⟨of the reign⟩ of śrī-Kaṉṉara-tēvar.

⟨1–3⟩ The manner in which the great assembly, having met in the big hall of the Lord, have given in writing, after discussions and upon mutual agreement, is ⟨as follows⟩.

⟨3–7⟩ After purchase, I have given to this donation twenty units (ceṟu) from the property of Cempiyaṉ Muṉaippāṭi Mūvēntavēḷāṉ in Kaliyūṉṟi at Neriñci Kuṟumpaṟ Kaḻaṉi, our Brahmin settlement, for performing worship to the great Lord of śrī-Mūlastāṉam of our village through the Brahmins who are well versed in Vedas and to the person who supplies water from the Nelli Ēttam¹ for the sacred bath.

⟨7–8⟩ We, the members of the great assembly have ratified this donation as long as the moon and the sun will last; we have made it tax-free.

⟨8–10⟩ Twenty-five kaḻañcus of gold are to be collected in different ways from those who trespass this agreement, on behalf of the ruler of the day (aṉṟāḷ kō²), as capital for the court of justice.

⟨10–11⟩ In this manner, we have given in writing, after discussions and upon mutual agreement, we the members of the great assembly.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1901–02 (ARIE/1901-1902/B/1902/184).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.811).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 8) and translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 8).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006. This translation adapted from Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010.

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 412, item 811.

[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. Page 6, item 8.

[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 3, item 8.

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 14, appendix B/1902, item 184.

Notes

1. That is, Ēṟṟam.
2. Emmanuel Francis: The word aṉṟāḷ is not in the original text.

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