Uttiramērūr, time of Kampavarman, year 15

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation.

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

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00216.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00216.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya‡-(ka)mpa-va‡⟨r⟩mma‡⟨r⟩k=ku yāṇṭu pati‡¡ṉṉ! ¡añc!-āvatu ‡ kāli‡yūr-kōṭṭa‡ttu taṉ kūṟṟu Ut=taramēru-c-ca-
⟨2⟩ (tu)⟨r⟩vveti-(maṅkala)m Ālum ‡ kaṇatt(ā)‡r-u‡ḷ kumuḻūr caṉa⟨ṟ⟩‡kumāra-c-catu⟨r⟩vveti ‡ Ā(gni)‡cit=ta-sa⟨r⟩vva‡-kratuk=kaḷ br¿a?hmaṇi Iḷaiyā(ḷ)
⟨3⟩ (tāḻi)ccāniyēṉ Eḻuttu ‡ ciṟupa[ḻu]‡vūrar{ā} pakka‡l mullai-vā‡yil E‡¡ṉṉ! aṅkamaṇi dravya¡m-
⟨4⟩ m! iṭṭu ¿I?ṉakku Aṅkama‡ṇi-y-ā‡ka vilaikku k‡oṇṭu ta¡ṉ!ta pā‡ṭakatti‡ṟ teṟk’ aṭai¡ṉ!ta pāṭakam
⟨5⟩ (O)ṉṟum muṉṉam ‡ Acca‡nā-bhogam-āka-k kuṭutta ‡ [***] ‡ pāṭakatt [**] [***] (tum)-
⟨6⟩ māy Ivv-iraṇṭum ‡ mullai‡(vāyil nāṅ)kaḷ (Eṭu)ppi(tta-t) taḷiyi‡(l) (mahāde)varkku nāḷa-t tiru(Ami)-
⟨7⟩ (tu kā)ṭṭuvippār Ā¡n!ār ‡ nilamu‡(m){ṉ} nā(ya)ṟum Uḷḷa tuṇai‡yum U‡[ttara]m(ē)rūr-c-ca(tu)⟨r⟩vve-
⟨8⟩ ti-maṅkalattu mahāsa‡bhai‡yōmē-y (kaṭai-k) kaṇṭu tiru-(A)m(i)tu ‡ kuṭuppi‡(ppō)m ā¡n!ōm I(v)ai (ciṟṟa)

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °va‡⟨r⟩mma‡⟨r⟩k=ku ⬦ °varmma⟨r⟩k=ku SII. — ⟨1⟩ pati‡¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ¡añc!⟨aint⟩-āvatu ⬦ (pa)ti{ṉ}ṉ-añc-āvatu SII. — ⟨1⟩ Ut=taramēru-c-ca⟨2⟩(tu)⟨r⟩vveti-(maṅkala)m ⬦ Uttara(mēru-c-ca)⟨2⟩(tu)rvveti-maṅka(la)m SII.

⟨2⟩ °catu⟨r⟩vveti ⬦ °caturvveti SII. — ⟨2⟩ °sa⟨r⟩vva‡-kratuk=kaḷ ⬦ °sarvva‡-kratuk=kaḷ SII.

⟨3⟩ (tāḻi)ccāniyēṉ ⬦ tāḻiccāniyēṉ SII. — ⟨3⟩ ciṟupa[ḻu]‡vūrar{ā} ⬦ ciṟupa(ḻu)‡vūrar SII.

⟨4⟩ k‡oṇṭu ⬦ k(o)(⌉)ṇṭu SII.

⟨5⟩ (O)ṉṟum ⬦ Oṉ(ṟu)m SII. — ⟨5⟩ Acca‡nā-bhogam-āka-k ⬦ Acca(nā)-bhogam-āka-k SII. — ⟨5⟩ kuṭutta ‡ [3+] ‡ pāṭakatt [2×] [3+] (tum) ⬦ kuṭutta [4+] pāṭakatti [7+] (tum) SII.

⟨6⟩ mullai‡(vāyil) ⬦ mul(laivā)yi(l) SII. — ⟨6⟩ (nāṅ)kaḷ ⬦ (nāṅ)ka(ḷ) SII. — ⟨6⟩ (Eṭu)ppi(tta-t) ⬦ Eṭuppi(t)ta{t} SII. — ⟨6⟩ (mahāde)varkku ⬦ mahādevarkku SII. — ⟨6⟩ (Ami)⟨7⟩(tu) ⬦ Ami⟨7⟩tu SII.

⟨7⟩ (kā)ṭṭu ⬦ kāṭṭu SII. — ⟨7⟩ tuṇai‡yum ⬦ tuṇai(yu)m SII. — ⟨7⟩ U‡[ttara]m(ē)rūr-c-ca(tu)⟨r⟩ve⟨8⟩ti° ⬦ Uttaramērūr-c-catu(rvve)⟨8⟩ti° SII.

⟨8⟩ (kaṭai-k) kaṇṭu ⬦ kaṭai-k kaṇṭu SII. — ⟨8⟩ tiru-(A)m(i)tu ⬦ tiru-A(mi)tu SII. — ⟨8⟩ kuṭuppi‡(ppō)m ⬦ kuṭuppi(p)pōm SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Fifteenth year of the victorious king Kampavarmar.¹

⟨1–3⟩ Writ/Writing of I, Tāḻiccāni, Brahmin lady and younger wife (iḷaiyāḷ) ⟨of⟩ Āgnicitta-sarvakratu, a caṉaṟkumāra-caturvedin of Kumuḻūr, ⟨one⟩ among the governing delegates of Uttaramērucaturvedimaṅgala in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam and the division of the same name.

⟨3–7⟩ One plot which joins/is south of the plot that ⟨I⟩ gave, having bought ⟨it⟩ as my dowry (aṅkamaṇi), after giving wealth (dravya) from my dowry, ⟨in⟩ Mullaivāyil, from a resident of Ciṟupaḻuvūr; the plot that ⟨I⟩ gave ¿earlier? (muṉṉam) as arcanābhoga … has become (āṉār) one who will have (kāṭṭuvippār) daily glorious amṛta (nāḷ-t tiru-amitu) given to the Mahādeva in the temple that we have built ⟨in⟩ Mullaivāyil.

⟨7–8⟩ As long as the earth and the sun (nilamum ñāyaṟum uḷḷa tuṇaiyum), We, the members of the assembly of Uttarameruccaturvedimaṅgala will, ¿looking favourably/overseeing up to the end? (kaṭai-k kaṇṭu), have the glorioys amṛta given.

⟨8⟩ These ... ¿Ciṟṟa ...?

(The inscription stops short here.)

Commentary

⟨8⟩ kaṭai-k kaṇṭu. IP: "under their personal supervision".

⟨8⟩ i(v)ai (ciṟṟa). This is the mention of the scribe.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1897-98 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/31).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.314). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 216).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis from autopsy and photos (2019).

Primary

[SII] 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: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Page 152, item 314.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 560–561, item 216.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1897-98. 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. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1898. Page 17, appendix B/1898, item 31.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kampavarman.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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Fifteenth year of the victorious king Kampavarmar.<note>Sanskrit Kampavarman.</note>

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Writ/Writing of I, Tāḻiccāni, Brahmin lady and younger wife <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iḷaiyāḷ</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> Āgnicitta-sarvakratu, a <foreign>caṉaṟkumāra-caturvedin</foreign> of Kumuḻūr, <supplied reason="subaudible">one</supplied> among the governing delegates of Uttaramērucaturvedimaṅgala in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam and the division of the same name.

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One plot which joins/is south of the plot that <supplied reason="subaudible">I</supplied> gave, having bought <supplied reason="subaudible">it</supplied> as my dowry <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aṅkamaṇi</foreign></supplied>, after giving wealth <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>dravya</foreign></supplied> from my dowry, <supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> Mullaivāyil, from a resident of Ciṟupaḻuvūr; the plot that <supplied reason="subaudible">I</supplied> gave <seg cert="low">earlier</seg> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>muṉṉam</foreign></supplied> as <foreign>arcanābhoga</foreign> <gap reason="ellipsis"/> has become <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āṉār</foreign></supplied> one who will have <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kāṭṭuvippār</foreign></supplied> daily glorious <foreign>amṛta</foreign> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nāḷ-t tiru-amitu</foreign></supplied> given to the Mahādeva in the temple that we have built <supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> Mullaivāyil.

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<foreign>kaṭai-k kaṇṭu</foreign>. IP: "under their personal supervision".

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<foreign>i<unclear>v</unclear>ai <unclear>ciṟṟa</unclear></foreign>. This is the mention of the scribe.

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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1897-1898"/></bibl> (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/31).</p>

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