Māmaṇṭūr, time of Parakesarin, year 15

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of goats for the upkeep of permanent lamps.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-p-parakēcari-pa[nma]kki yāṇṭu
⟨2⟩ [10 5]-c-āvatu cittira-mēka-[taṭāka]ttiṉ k¡i!ḻ na-
⟨3⟩ r¡ai!-ciṅka-maṅkala⟨t⟩tu vālīśvara¡mm!-uṭaiya m¿ā?-
⟨4⟩ h¿a?devarkku vāṇaka-p-pāṭi-p peṇṇai-vaṭa-ka-
⟨5⟩ rai-t tiru-v-aṇṇāmalai viyāpāri Āti-pucaṅ-
⟨6⟩ ka-c-ceṭṭi makaṉ nāṭṭaṭiyaṉ [v]aitta viḷakku kā-
⟨7⟩ lum maṉṟāṭi cātta-kuṭṭi v¡i!raṉ vai¡cc!a viḷak-
⟨8⟩ ku-k kālum āka Arai-viḷakkukkum vai¡cc!a cāvā-
⟨9⟩ -muvā-p pēr-āṭu nāṟpatt’ aiñc’ arai Ivai pa-
⟨10⟩ ṉmāheśvara-rakṣai ⁋ Ivv-arai-viḷa-
⟨11⟩ kkum pakal erippat’ ākavum Ivv-āṭṭuk-
⟨12⟩ ku-t t¡i!ṅku niṉaittāṉ keṅkai Iṭai
⟨13⟩ kumari-y-iṭai-c ceyta pāvaṅ koḷvā¡n!

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ [10 5] SII ⬦ [5] ARIE.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 15th year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨2–9⟩ So that there be (āka), for the Mahādeva, Lord of the Vālīśvara [temple] in Naraciṅkamaṇkalam, east of the Cittiramēkam tank,

one quarter (kāl) lamp that Nāṭṭaṭiyaṉ, son of Ātipucaṅkaceṭṭi, a merchant [from] Tiruvaṇṇāmalai, [on] the northern bank of the Peṇṇai [river] [in] the Vāṇakappāṭi, gave (vaitta), and
one quarter lamp that the shepherd Cāttakuṭṭi Vīraṉ gave (vaicca),

the great undying and unaging goats given (vaicca) for half a lamp [are] fourty-five and a half¹.

⟨9–10⟩ These [are under] the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

⟨10–11⟩ These half lamps should burn in day time.

⟨11–13⟩ He who think/does harm/evil (tīṅku) to/about these goats obtains a sin made between the Ganges and Kumari.

Bibliography

Reported in Hultzsch 1888 (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/40).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.138).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Krishna Sastri 1923 and photos (Emmanuel Francis, 2004 and Valérie Gillet, 2007).

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government Press. Page 13, item 138.

Secondary

[ARIE] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1888. G.O. No. 424, 20th April 1888. Archaeology. Recording letter from the Director-General forwarding Dr. Hultzsch's progress report from 21st September 1887 to 31st January 1888. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 5, appendixes I/1887-1888, item 40.

Notes

1. Or "fourty-five for the half lamp"? But, since the lamp is divided into quarters, a goat could as well be divided into halves.

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