Ōrakam, Bhagavati temple, time of Rājamahendra, year 2

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: About 10th century according to ASI transcript.

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

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00173.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00173.xml.

Version: 2026-10-26 12:34 (3c3ee14), last modified 2026-10-26 12:34 (3c3ee14).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī puriyaṉūr mukkāl vaṭṭat-
⟨2⟩ tuk kūṭi y-ūrār Avirōtattāṟ cey-
⟨3⟩ ta kaccam āvatu paṭāriyār-uṭaiya nicca-
⟨4⟩ ṉa vaiyāyuḷḷavai paṭaikkum patuṇ niru-
⟨5⟩ māliyamum nantā-viḷakkum Oḻukka-
⟨6⟩ viyum nāḷ paṅkum pāratamun kū-
⟨7⟩ ttum paliyum taccum ivai Oṉpatum
⟨8⟩ vilakkapeṟār vilakkuvō(r)
⟨9⟩ mūḻikkaḷatt’ oḻukka viccava-
⟨10⟩ ttai piḻaiccōr āvōr Aṟamuṅ kūṭ(ār?)

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ This is the agreement that the members of village assembly (ūrār) made amicably having assembled ...

⟨3–⟩ ... a ..., a daily offering of food (nirumāliyam¹), a perpetual lamp, a daily offering of food (oḷukkavi), a day share (?) (nāḷ paṅkum), a Bhārata (pāratam), a dance (kūttu), an offering (pali²), a carpenter’s work (taccu), these nine things ...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1975–76 (ARIE/1975-1976/B/1975-1976/152).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on ASI estampage and transcript available on BharatSHRI.

Primary

[ASI] No name. N.d. “ASI transcript.”

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1975–76. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1975-76. Edited by K. R. Srinivasan. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1986. Page 60, appendixes B/1975-1976, item 152.

Notes

1. Sanskrit nirmālya.
2. Sanskrit bali.

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