Cāttamaṅkalam, time of Nantippōttaraicar, year 14

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Rock inscription recording ...

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00074.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00074.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī nanti-p-pōttarai-
⟨2⟩ carkku-p patiṉāṉk-āvatu I-
⟨3⟩ p-paḷḷi-Uṭai-Ārai nīkki Irun-
⟨4⟩ ta tavacikaḷukku-p piccai Eḻu
⟨5⟩ kaḻañcu poṉ Ivv-ūr antai I-
⟨6⟩ ḷaiyār appaṇanti vaitta Aṟam
⟨7⟩ kaḻañciṉā⟨l⟩ Uḻakk’ arici muṉ kuṟaṭṭi
⟨8⟩ vaittatu Ivv-aṟam ūrōṅ kāp-
⟨9⟩ pōm āka Oṭṭiṉōṅ kāmakkō-
⟨10⟩ ṭṭam aḻitta pāvam āka Oṭṭiṟ 2 nā-
⟨11⟩ l-vāy uḻakk’ arici-Um muṭṭiṟ kō-Iṟku
⟨12⟩ nāḷ-vāy oru kāṭi neṟṟaṇṭam
⟨13⟩ Ip-poṉ ṟaṭṭārkkulam paṭātu

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ -pōttarai⟨2⟩carkku-p ⬦ -pōttarē⟨2⟩carkku-p S; -pōttarai⟨2⟩carrkku-p IP.

⟨5⟩ Ivv-ūr antai ⬦ Ivv-ūr āṉtai S.

⟨6⟩ appaṇanti ⬦ appaṉanti S.

⟨7⟩ kaḻañciṉā⟨l⟩ ⬦ kaḻañciṉāl S IP; kaḻañciṉā⟨l⟩ N. — ⟨7⟩ muṉ kuṟaṭṭi ⬦ muṉ kuṟaṭṭi S N; (muṉ kuṟaṭṭi) IP.

⟨9⟩ Oṭṭiṉōṅ ⬦ Oṭṭiṉāl S; Oṭṭiṉōṅ N IP.

⟨10⟩ Oṭṭiṟ 2 ⬦ N; Oṭṭiṟ S IP.

⟨11⟩ kō-Iṟku ⬦ kōka S; kōIṟku N IP.

⟨13⟩ ṟaṭṭārkkulam ⬦ paṭṭārakkulam S; ṟaṭṭārkkulam N IP.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Fourteenth year of Nantippōttaraicar.¹

⟨2–6⟩ The pious donation (aṟam) that Antai Iḷaiyār Appananti, ⟨of this⟩ village, gave for the ascetics who reside ⟨here⟩, excluding those belonging (uṭai) to this paḷḷi: seven kaḻañcus of gold, ⟨as⟩ alms (piccai).

⟨7–8⟩ With one/per kaḻañcu, one uḻakku of rice … muṉ kuṟaṭṭi is to be given/provided (vaittatu).

⟨9–⟩ This pious donation, We, the members of the ūr, shall protect, … (oṭṭiṉōṅ).

As the sin of ruining the Kāmakkōṭṭam, … (Oṭṭiṟ = oṭṭiṉ/oṭṭil?).

Daily, one uḻakku of rice … (muṭṭiṟ = muṭṭiṉ/muṭṭil?).

To the king daily one kāṭi … (neṟṟaṇṭam).

⟨13⟩ This gold is not to befall (paṭātu²) to the lineage of goldsmiths (ṟaṭṭārkkulam).

Commentary

⟨6⟩ appaṇanti. IP: “May be read as Iḷaiyār Bavanandi.” But not granted: there might have been one Appananti and one Pavananti.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1968-69 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/219).

Edited in Sampath 1968, in Nagaswamy 1970. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 74). Edited in Civāṉantam 2018.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[S] Sampath, M. D. 1968. “Jaina inscriptions of Sattamangalam.” In: SOI. No place. Page 158.

[N] Nagaswamy, R. 1970. “cāttamaṅkalam kalveṭṭukaḷ.” tamiḻikam = Damilica (December 1970), pp. 121–127. Page 122.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 74–75, item 74.

[C] Civāṉantam, Irā. 2018. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XIII. Tiruvaṇṇāmalai māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti II. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 52. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Pages 99–100, item 244/2018.

Secondary

ARIE 1968-69. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1968-69. Edited by G. S. Gai. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India, 1974. Page 46, appendixes B/1968-1969, item 219.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraicar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin.
2. Literally: to happen.

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