Poṟpantal, donation, time of Kampavarman, year 2

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00196.

Summary: Donation of a crop share to an individual for the upkeep of the village tank.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-09-19 15:29 (e8a670e), last modified 2024-06-06 16:22 (18e0138).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ kampa⟨3⟩varmma{ma}ṟku ⟨4⟩ yāṇṭu Ira-⟨5⟩ṇṭ-āvatu

ka⟨6⟩ḷattūr-k-kō⟨7⟩ṭṭattu-k kuṟumpu⟨8⟩ṟai-nāṭṭu-p poṟ⟨9⟩pontai Ūrōm

⟨10⟩ Emm¡u!⟨ū⟩r (va)⟨11⟩liyāṇaikku ⟨12⟩ Emm¡u!⟨ū⟩r malai⟨13⟩veḷḷa-p-pe⟨14⟩ruṅ-kuḷattukku ⟨15⟩ pūttōṟum pa⟨16⟩ṭṭiyāl oru kāṭi ⟨17⟩ nel Ērikku dharmmam-ā⟨18⟩ka viṟṟu-k kuṭuttō⟨19⟩m

itaṟṟ’ iṟampiṉō⟨20⟩m dharmmāsaṉatti⟨21⟩ lē-y ⟨22⟩ veṟu I⟨23⟩ ru-pattu ⟨24⟩ nālu ta⟨25⟩ṇṭa-⟨p⟩ paṭu⟨26⟩vōm āṉō⟨27⟩m

kaccip⟨28⟩pēṭ’ aḻitt(ā)⟨29⟩ṉ pāvam paṭu⟨30⟩vō(m) āṉom ⟨31⟩ kuṭātōm

It-ta⟨32⟩ṉmam irakṣittār aṭi ⟨33⟩ eṉ ṟa{l}lai mēla⟨34⟩ṉa

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(2–5) Second year of Kampavarman.

(6–9) We, the villagers of Porpontai in the Kuṟumpuraināṭu in the Kaḷattūrkkōṭṭam.

(10–19) To Valiyāṇai of our village, for the great tank of Malaiveḷḷam, we have given, after purchase, as a pious act, one kāṭi of paddy per paṭṭi.

(19–27) We who [...], we have become those who incur a fine of twenty-four ⟨kāṇams⟩¹ at the dharmāsana.

(27–31) We who [...], we have become those who incur the sin of he who destroys Kaccippēṭu.

(31–34) The feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 97); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 196); encoded and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous editions.

Primary

[VVA] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 43–44, item 97.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 529–530, item 196.

Secondary

Venkoba Rao, G. 1925. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1924. Madras: Government Press. Page 32, appendix B/1923, item 402.

Notes

1. See the similar formula at the end of IP 200, where kāṇam is found.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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Second year of Kampavarman.

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