SII 12.106: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – KAMPAVARMAN. No. 106. (A.R. No. 498 of 1908). MALLĀM, GUDUR TALUK, NELLORE DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET UP IN FRONT OF THE SUBRAHMAṆYA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0106.

Summary: This inscription of Kampavarman, dated in the 20th year, is engraved above the figure of a person holding his severed head by the tuft in his left hand, while the right hand grasps a sword (Plate VI). It registers a gift of land made by the ūrār of Tiruvāṉmūr to Paṭṭai-Pōttaṉ for the pious act of Okkoṇḍanāgaṉ Okkatīndaṉ Paṭṭai-Pōttaṉ, probably his father, in cutting off flesh from nine parts of his body and finally his head as an offering to the goddess Bhaṭārī, i.e., Durgā. The rituals connected with human sacrifice offered to the goddess Durgā are described in the Kālikā-Purāṇa, Chapter 70. The modern Mallām or an ancient suburb of it was known as Tiruvāṉmūr in inscriptions.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (72602c0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī kampaparumaṟku yāṇṭu Irupatāvatu (pa)ṭṭaipo(t)⟨2⟩(ta)ṉukku [|] Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatin=taṉ paṭṭaipottaṉ me⟨3⟩(tavam) purintateṉṟu bhaṭārikku navakkaṇṭaṅ kuṭuttu ⟨4⟩ (kuṉṟakat)talai Aṟuttup piṭalikai mel vaittāṉukku ti⟨5⟩ruvāṉmur Ūrār vaitta paricāvatu [|] Emurp paṟaikoṭṭik kal(me)⟨6⟩(ṭu ceytārāvikku)k kuṭu(p)pārāṉār pottaṉaṅ kiḻavarkaḷum to(ṟu)⟨7⟩(ppa)ṭṭi nilam kuṭu(t)tārkaḷ [|] Itu Aṉṟeṉṟār kaṅkaiyiṭaik kumariI⟨8⟩(ai) Eḻunūṟṟukkātamum ceytāṉ ceyta pāvattup paṭuva⟨9⟩ār [|] Aṉṟeṉṟār Aṉṟāḷkovukku kāṟppo⟨10⟩ṉ ṟaṇṭap paṭuvār [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.106 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[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 50, item 106.