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· <summary>Donation of land in honour of a man who performed ritual suicide in honour of the Goddess.</summary>
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90 <lb n="9"/>Aṉṟ’ eṉṟār Aṉṟ’ āḷ-kōvukku kāṟ-p-po
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115 Fortune!
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· Twentieth year of Kampaparumaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Kampavarman.</note>
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· This is the manner <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>paricāvatu</foreign></supplied> that the village delegates (<foreign>ūrār</foreign>) of Tiruvāṉmūr gave <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vaitta</foreign></supplied> to Paṭṭaipōttaṉ, as is known <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>purintatu eṉṟu</foreign></supplied> the great penance <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mētavam</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ, in honour of him<note>That is, Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ</note> who gave the nine parts <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nava-k-kaṇṭam</foreign></supplied> to Bhaṭāri, cut his head and offered it on the altar.
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· Those who, beating drums in our village, have done <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ceytār</foreign></supplied> the stone mound <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kal-mēṭu</foreign></supplied> have become those who give for <supplied reason="subaudible">his</supplied> soul.
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· The landlords <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> Pōttaṉam are those who gave the land <supplied reason="subaudible">named</supplied> Toṟuppaṭṭi.
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135 He who says that this is not so will suffer in the sin done by he who does <supplied reason="subaudible">sin within</supplied> the seven hundred leagues between the Ganges and Kumari.
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· He who says that <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied> is not so will incur a fine <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>taṇṭam</foreign></supplied> of a quarter <foreign>poṉ</foreign> to the then ruling king.
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· Below the inscription is the figure of a kneeling beheaded man, with a knife in his right hand, holding by the hair his severed head in his left hand.
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· According to <bibl><ptr target="bib:VenkatasubbaAyyar1943_01"/></bibl>, the donation is made to Paṭṭaipōttaṉ for the pious act of Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ, who is probably his father. It is also possible that Paṭṭaipōttaṉ and Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ are the same person, in which case the beneficiary of the land donation (possibly the Goddess Bhaṭāri or the relatives of Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ) would not be explicitly mentioned in the inscription. The plain name Paṭṭaipōttaṉ would have been highlighted at the beginning of the inscription in the dative case.
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155 <foreign>kuṉṟaka-t-talai</foreign>. It is difficult to make sense of the first part of this compound, which is unclear on the stone. It might be split into <foreign>kuṉṟu</foreign> (from <foreign>kuṉṟu-tal</foreign>, “to decrease”) and <foreign>akam</foreign> (“place”), qualifying the severed head, in a redundant expression compared to <foreign>aṟuttu</foreign> (“having cut”).</p>
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· <foreign>piṭalikai</foreign> (that is, <foreign>pīṭilikai</foreign>). This word seems related to Sanskrit <foreign>pīṭḥa</foreign> (“seat, pedestal”) and appears to designate the altar for offerings (Sanskrit <foreign>bali-pīṭha</foreign>).</p>
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· <foreign>kal-mēṭu</foreign>. Literally: mound (<foreign>mēṭu</foreign>) (made of) stone (<foreign>kal</foreign>). This is possibly a kind of memorial erected in honour of Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ, of which the inscribed stele would be an element.</p>
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· <foreign>pōttaṉam</foreign>. This appears to be a toponym, linked to Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatintaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ, as indicated by the last element of his name.</p>
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· <p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1897-1898"/></bibl> (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/488–515).</p>
· <p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:VenkatasubbaAyyar1943_01"/></bibl> (SII 12.106), with visual documentation. Text and summary in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1988_01"/></bibl> (IP 226).</p>
175 <p>This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on published visual documentation.</p>
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Commentary
Below the inscription is the figure of a kneeling beheaded man, with a knife in his right hand, holding by the hair his severed head in his left hand.
According to Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943, the donation is made to Paṭṭaipōttaṉ for the pious act of Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ, who is probably his father. It is also possible that Paṭṭaipōttaṉ and Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ are the same person, in which case the beneficiary of the land donation (possibly the Goddess Bhaṭāri or the relatives of Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ) would not be explicitly mentioned in the inscription. The plain name Paṭṭaipōttaṉ would have been highlighted at the beginning of the inscription in the dative case.
⟨4⟩ kuṉṟaka-t-talai. It is difficult to make sense of the first part of this compound, which is unclear on the stone. It might be split into kuṉṟu (from kuṉṟu-tal, “to decrease”) and akam (“place”), qualifying the severed head, in a redundant expression compared to aṟuttu (“having cut”).
⟨4⟩ piṭalikai (that is, pīṭilikai). This word seems related to Sanskrit pīṭḥa (“seat, pedestal”) and appears to designate the altar for offerings (Sanskrit bali-pīṭha).
⟨5⟩ kal-mēṭu. Literally: mound (mēṭu) (made of) stone (kal). This is possibly a kind of memorial erected in honour of Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatīntaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ, of which the inscribed stele would be an element.
⟨6⟩ pōttaṉam. This appears to be a toponym, linked to Okkoṇṭanākaṉ Okkatintaṉ Paṭṭaipōttaṉ, as indicated by the last element of his name.
⟨6–7⟩ toṟuppaṭṭi. Either a toponym indicating the location of the land given or a phrase making explicit the purpose of the land given: “land (nilam) as (grazing-)place (paṭṭi) for cattle (toṟu).”