Kāñcipuram, Mukteśvara, time of Tirumalai, Jovian year Nala

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ naḷa-varuṣam kā⟨r⟩ttikai ௴ 2 ௳ śrīma(n-ma)hā-maṇḍaleśvara-rāma-rāja-tiru-malaiya-deva-mahārājayaṉ kāriyattuk=ku kaṟtar-ā¡n!a vēṅkaṭā-t-tiri Ayya(ṉum kāmā)kṣi-Am-maṉ-{kōyi}kōyil sthā¡n!attārum Uṭaiyavar kailāsanātaṟku dharmma-śāsanam paṇṇi-k= kuṭutta paṭi tiru-malaiya-deva-mahārājayaṉuk=ku puṇyam-āka kāmākṣi-Amma(ṉ i)ṭa Ellai-y-āṉa Uṭaiyavar kailāsanātar tiru-virup [**********] Uṭaiya [**********] mēṟku tiru [***********]-

⟨2⟩ lai-p perun-tiruvitik=ku-k k¡i!ḻ-ciṟaku Uḷpaṭa I¡ṉ-ṉ!āṉk’ ellaik=ku Uḷpaṭṭa nilat=til vēṇṭum payirum pala-maramum vaittu Atil uḷḷa pala-pa [***] tti Uṇṭ-āṉatu Uṭai-(yavar) kailāsanātar tiru-p-paṇik=ku naṭantu vara-k-kaṭ¡ai!vat’ ākavum kāmākṣi-Ammaṉ tiru-k-kōyililē nāḷ Oṉṟuk=ku ney vet=tiyat=tuk=ku Iru-nāḻi Amutu-paṭiyu=M tiru-viḷak=kuk=ku Uḻak=ku Eṇṇaiyu=M naṭantu vara-k-kaṭ¡ai!vat’ [ākavum] [****] [***] kitam paṇṇiṉavarka(ḷ) uṇṭāṉāl kaṅkai-k-karaiyilē kār-ām-pa(cuvai) koṉṟa tōṣa(ttilē) [**********]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °tirumalaiyadeva° ⬦ SII • The reading °tirumal¡aiy!⟨ai⟩deva° might be preferable.

⟨2⟩ °kaṭ¡ai!⟨a⟩vat’ ākavum ⬦ °kaṭaivatākavum SII • Further in the text, SII standardizes the same word. — ⟨2⟩ kaṭ¡ai!⟨a⟩vat’ [ākavum] ⬦ kaṭ¡ai!⟨a⟩vat [4+] SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Nala year, Kārttikai month, date 2.

⟨1–2⟩ According to the pious edict (dharma-śāsana) in favour of the Lord Kailācanātar¹ that Vēṅkaṭattiri Attaṉ, alias the officer (kaṟtar) for ⟨sacred⟩ services (kāriyam) of the glorious ... king Tirumalai ... and the trustees (sthāṉattar) ⟨of⟩ the Temple of Kāmākṣiyammaṉ, so tha there be (āka) merit for king Tirumalai, the great king, the boundaries to place (for) Kāmākṣiyammaṉ, are ⟨as follows⟩: ...

⟨2⟩ In the land comprised within these four boudaries ... there should be ...

⟨2⟩ For daily ... of oil in the glorious Temple of Kāmākṣiyammaṉ ... there should be ...

⟨2⟩ If there are persons who do harm (akitam) ⟨to this donation, they will incur⟩ the sin of killing a tawny cow on the bank of the Ganges.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1892–93 (ARIE/1892-1893/B/1893/16).

Edited Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.829).

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on Krishna Sastri 1923.

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 287, item 829.

Secondary

ARIE 1892–93. G.O. Nos. 642-43, 14th August 1893. Epigraphy. Directing, with remarks, Dr. Hultzsch’s report on Epigraphical work done during 1892-93 be forwarded to the Govrnement of India and approving of the programme for the next field season. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1893. Page 13, appendix B/1893, item 16.

Notes

1. Literally: "the one of the Kailāsanātha," that is, the Śiva of the Kailāsanātha temple in Kāñcipuram, built in the first quarter of the 8th century.

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