Vayalaikkāvūr, time of Dantivikramavarman, year 2

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⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya-tanti-

⟨2⟩ -vikkirama-parumaṟku (yā)-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āva-

⟨4⟩ tu paḷḷikkaṭṭil-uṭai-

⟨5⟩ ya kaṇṭiyum para(ṉum)

⟨6⟩ ciṟu-nampiyum Ātu(ri)-

⟨7⟩ yum Āyiravaṉum (I)-

⟨8⟩ vva¡(y)!vōm vayalai-

⟨9⟩ -k-kāvil (Aṭu)tta kā-

⟨10⟩ ṭi m¡u!ṉṟu kūṟṟālum

⟨11⟩ bhaṭārarkku Oḻu(kka)vi(k)-

⟨12⟩ kum nantā viḷa(kkuk)-

⟨13⟩ k{k}um kuṭuttō[m] [*]-

⟨14⟩ [**] tt’ ūṭṭuvōm ā(ka-k)

⟨15⟩ [**********] [ā]-

⟨16⟩ (nō)m Itu kā(tt’ ū)-

⟨17⟩ (ṭṭu)vāṉ Aṭi E¡m! (talai)-

⟨18⟩ mēlana

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ (I)⟨8⟩vva¡(y)!⟨i⟩vōm ⬦ (I)⟨8⟩vvayvōm SII.

⟨12⟩ viḷa(kkuk)⟨13⟩k{k}um ⬦ viḷa(kkuka)⟨13⟩kkum SII.

⟨13⟩ kuṭuttō[m]kuṭuttō[1+] SII.

⟨15⟩ [ā]⟨16⟩(nō)m ⬦ [1+]⟨16⟩(nō)m SII.

⟨17⟩ E¡m!⟨n⟩Em SII.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1–4⟩ Second year of the victorious king Tantivikikkiramaparumaṉ.1

⟨4–13⟩ Kaṇṭi, Paraṉ, Ciṟu-nampi, Āturi, and Āyiravaṉ, owners at Paḷḷikkaṭṭil, We, these five [persons] (ivv-ay-v-ōm, that is ivv-ai-v-ōm) by a share (kūṟṟ-āl-um) [of] three kāṭis adjacent to (aṭutta) Vayalaikkāvil, for the Bhaṭārar, We have given for food offerings (oḻukkavi) and for a perpetual lamp.

⟨13–14⟩ […] we shall feed.

⟨15–16⟩ […] we have become (āṉōm)

⟨16–18⟩ [Of] He, who, protecting this [donation], feeds (the Bhaṭārar), the feet are on our heads.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1921-1922 (ARIE/1921-1922/B/1921/256).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12.39). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 97).

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

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 16, item 39.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 333–334, item 97.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1921-1922. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for the year 1921-1922. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government Press, 1923. Page 78, appendix C/1922, item 256.

Notes

  1. 1. Sanskrit Dantivikramavarman.