Uttiramērūr, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year unknown

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00205.

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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vic(ai/e)ya-kampa-vikkirama-parumarkku yāṇṭu Eṭṭavātu

Uttaramēru-catu⟨r⟩vvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Eḻuttu

Emm-ūr śrī-kōva⟨r⟩ddhaṉattu mahāviṣṇu⟨2⟩kkaḷukku A⟨r⟩ccanā-bhogam-āka kuṭutta bhūmi

Emm-ūr malliyaṉ kārāṇai madhyamam āy-k kiṭanta bhūmiyil Araiyar taḷikku kuṭutta bhūmiyiṉ teṟku malliya⟨3⟩ṉ kārāṇai Ēri-karai-y-iṉ· kiḻakku kuḻi vanta-v āṟṟāl Āyiratt’ iru-nūṟu kuḻi-y-(u)m śrī-gova⟨r⟩ddhaṉattu mahāviṣṇukkaḷukku A⟨r⟩ccanā-bhogam-āka kuṭuttōm

⟨4⟩ Ivv-a⟨r⟩ccanā-bhogam a⟨r⟩ccittu-k koṇṭ’ uṇpā¡(n)!⟨n⟩ (ā)[ka] Emm-ūr vaikhā[nasan‧] (ś)rī-dhara-bhaṭṭan(‧) makaṉ tāmōt¡i!⟨a⟩ra-bhaṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku putra-p¡o!⟨au⟩trikam(‧) Upāsi(t)t’ u⟨5⟩ṇ·ṇa Uṭaiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āka kuṭuttōm

Ivv-āyiratt’ iru-nūṟu kuḻi-y-um Iṟaiyiliy-āka-p paṇittu kuṭuttōm

śrī-govarddhaṉattu ¿natā?⟨nanta⟩-vaṉam-um ⟨6⟩ tāmōt¡i!⟨a⟩ra-paṭ·ṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē pū-maram uḷ·ḷiṭ·ṭa paya⟨ṉ⟩-maram-um Iṭṭu-k koṇṭu A(r)ccitt’ uṇ·pā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ āka kuṭuttōm· Ut=tarameru-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm·

⟨7⟩ sabhaiyār· paṇip(·)pa Eḻutinēn· śrī-puruṣa-Ācā{ri}ryyan-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩· ⁋

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °vic(ai/e)ya° ⬦ °vicaiya° KVSA.

⟨2⟩ malliyaṉ ⬦ malliyaṉ KVSA • The letter ya is nowadays partially lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription.

⟨3⟩ kuṭuttōm ⬦ kuṭuttōm KVSA • The letter m is nowadays entirely lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription.

⟨4⟩ vaikhā[nasan‧] ⬦ vaikhāna(sa)n‧ KVSA. — ⟨4⟩ uṇpā¡(n)!⟨n⟩ (ā)[ka] ⬦ uṇpan āka KVSA • The letter ka is nowadays entirely lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription. — ⟨4⟩ Upāsi(t)t’ u ⬦ U(pā)sitt’ u KVSA • The letter t is nowadays partially lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription.

⟨5⟩ ¿natā?⟨nanta⟩-vaṉam-um ⬦ na⟨n⟩tāvaṉamum KVSA • The MTL records nantā-vaṉam as a colloquial form of nanta-vaṉam, "flower garden especially attached to a temple".

⟨6⟩ °catu⟨r⟩vvedi° ⬦ °caturvveti° KVSA • The letter t in tu is nowadays partially lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 edited the inscription.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1) Eighth year of the victorious king Kampavikramavarman.

(1) Writ of We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala.

(1–2) For the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana [of] our village, [there is] a land given as arcanā-bhoga.

(2–3) We have given as arcanā-bhoga for the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana one thousand two hundred kuḻis entirely (-um), through what comes, in our village, [as] kuḻi (kuḻi vanta-v āṟṟ-āl, literally "by the way kuḻis have come"), south of the land given for the temple [of] Araiyar in the land that lies uncultivated (kiṭanta) in the middle [of the land named] Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai and east of the tank [of the land named] Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai.

(4–5) This arcanā-bhoga for the Lord to feed when worshipping [him] (upāsitt’, i.e. upācitt’, uṇṇa uṭaiyaṉ-āka), We have given [it] to (i.e. in the care of)) Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa, son of the glorious Vaikhānasa Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa [of] our village, and to his sons and grandsons (putra-pautrikam, i.e. hereditarily) so as to feed [the Lord] when worshipping [him].

(5–) We have given these one thousand two hundred kuḻis entirely (-um), declaring (paṇittu) [them] as tax-free.

(5–6) We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala, have given a garden of delight (nanta-vaṉam, i.e. Skt. nanda-vana) with (iṭṭu-k koṇṭu) the fruit-bearing trees (payaṉ-maram), including the flower-bearing trees, so that Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa feed (the Lord) when worshipping [him].

(7) I, the glorious Puruṣa Ācārya, have written [this], at the order of the members of the assembly (sabhaiyār paṇippa, literally "as the members of the assembly ordered [me])"

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6, no. 288); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 205); re-edited and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (2019).

Primary

[KVSA] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VI: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Governement of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 148, item 288.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 543–544, item 205.

Secondary

[ARIE 1897-1898] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1898. G.O. Nos. 1093-1096, 29th August 1898. Epigraphy. Directing that the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for 1897-98 be forwarded to the Government of India, approving provisionally his programme of work for the next fields season. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 16, appendix B/1898, item 6.

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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>

<p n="1">Eighth year of the victorious king Kampavikramavarman.</p>

<p n="1">Writ of We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala.</p>

<p n="1-2">For the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> our village, <supplied reason="subaudible">there is</supplied> a land given as <foreign>arcanā-bhoga</foreign>.</p>

<p n="2-3">We have given as <foreign>arcanā-bhoga</foreign> for the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana one thousand two hundred <foreign>kuḻi</foreign>s entirely <supplied reason="explanation">-um</supplied>, through what comes, in our village, <supplied reason="subaudible">as</supplied> <foreign>kuḻi</foreign> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kuḻi vanta-v āṟṟ-āl</foreign>, literally "by the way <foreign>kuḻi</foreign>s have come"</supplied>, south of the land given for the temple <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> Araiyar in the land that lies uncultivated <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kiṭanta</foreign></supplied> in the middle <supplied reason="subaudible">of the land named</supplied> Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai and east of the tank <supplied reason="subaudible">of the land named</supplied> Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai.</p>

<p n="4-5">This <foreign>arcanā-bhoga</foreign> for the Lord to feed when worshipping <supplied reason="subaudible">him</supplied> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>u<hi rend="grantha">pāsi</hi>tt’</foreign>, i.e. <foreign>upācitt’</foreign>, <foreign>uṇṇa uṭaiyaṉ-āka</foreign></supplied>, We have given <supplied reason="subaudible">it</supplied> to <supplied reason="explanation">i.e. in the care of</supplied>) Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa, son of the glorious Vaikhānasa Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> our village, and to his sons and grandsons <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign><hi rend="grantha">putra-pautrikam</hi></foreign>, i.e. hereditarily</supplied> so as to feed <supplied reason="subaudible">the Lord</supplied> when worshipping <supplied reason="subaudible">him</supplied>.</p>

<p n="5-">We have given these one thousand two hundred <foreign>kuḻi</foreign>s entirely <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>-um</foreign></supplied>, declaring <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>paṇittu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">them</supplied> as tax-free.</p>

<p n="5-6">We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala, have given a garden of delight <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nanta-vaṉam</foreign>, i.e. Skt. nanda-vana</supplied> with <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭṭu-k koṇṭu</foreign></supplied> the fruit-bearing trees <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>payaṉ-maram</foreign></supplied>, including the flower-bearing trees, so that Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa feed <supplied reason="explanation">the Lord</supplied> when worshipping <supplied reason="subaudible">him</supplied>.</p>

<p n="7">I, the glorious Puruṣa Ācārya, have written <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied>, at the order of the members of the assembly <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>sabhaiyār paṇippa</foreign>, literally "as the members of the assembly ordered <supplied reason="subaudible">me</supplied></supplied>"</p>

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Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1928_01"/></bibl> (SII 6, no. 288); text and summary in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1988_01"/></bibl> (IP 205); re-edited and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (2019).

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