Uttiramērūr, donation, time of Kampavarman, year 23

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00229.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

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> ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

yāṇṭu Irupattu m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟ-āvatu

Ayyaṉ kampa-perumāṉārkku

kāliyūr-k-kōṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟu Uttaramēru-c-catu¡vve!⟨rvve⟩ti-maṅkalattu sabh¿a?⟨ai⟩yōm Oṭṭik kuṭuttu poṉṉum nellum koṇṭa paric’ āvatu

Ūr-k-kaṟ cempoṉ naṟpatiṉ kaḻāñcum Eṇṇāḻi-k-kāl-āl Āyira-k-kāṭi nellum ⟨2⟩ koṇṭu Ita(ṉ) poli-y-ūṭṭ-iṉ-āl Āvaṇi-t-tiṅkaḷ cōti-ñāṉṟu Āyira(m·) brāhmaṇarai Ūṭṭuvat’ ākav(u)m

Ūṭṭum paricu

muti(rai) viravi nālu kaṟiyum meyyāl Āḻākku-c ceytu neyyu¿ḻ?⟨m⟩ tayir viravukiḻāṉ nāḻi-c ceytu Aṭṭi Ūṭṭuvat’ ākavum

Iñ-ñāḷ-āl-ē tiru-p-pulivalattu ⟨3⟩ mahādevarkku mahāsna¡va!⟨pa⟩ṉam ce¡v!⟨y⟩vat’ ākavum

I-mahāsna¡va!⟨pa⟩ṉañ ceyyum paricu

nūṟṟ’ irupatt’ aiñ-ñāḻi neyyum nūṟṟ’ irupatt-añ

Unfinished inscription/Stops abruptly here.

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Uttaramēru-c-catu¡vve!⟨rvve⟩ti-maṅkalattu ⬦ Uttaramēru-c-caturvveti-maṅkalattu KVSA.

⟨2⟩ cōti-ñāṉṟu ⬦ cōti-(ñāṉṟu) KVSA. — ⟨2⟩ ākav(u)m ⬦ ākavum KVSA. — ⟨2⟩ muti(rai) ⬦ mutirai KVSA. — ⟨2⟩ neyyu¿ḻ?⟨m⟩ ⬦ neyyu(m) KVSA; neiyyu(m) IP.

⟨3⟩ mahāsna¡va!⟨pa⟩ṉam ⬦ mahāsnapaṉam KVSA. — ⟨3⟩ ce¡v!⟨y⟩vat’ ⬦ cevvat’ KVSA; cey{y}vat’ IP. — ⟨3⟩ I-mahāsna¡va!⟨pa⟩ṉañ ⬦ I-mahāsnapaṉañ KVSA. — ⟨3⟩ neyyum ⬦ (ney)yum KVSA; (neiy)yum IP.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1) Twenty-third year.

(1) To the Noble (ayyaṉ) Kampa-perumāṉār (Kampavarman).

(1) This is the manner that We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramērucaturvedimaṅgala in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam and the division of the same name (taṉ kūṟṟu, literally “in the division of itself”, i.e. the just mentioned Kāliyūr), took gold and paddy, and solemnly gave [them].

(1–2) With (koṇṭu, literally "having taken") forty kaḻañcus of fine gold [as per] the village stone (ūr-k-kal, i.e. touch-stone) and one thousand kāṭis of paddy as per the eṇṇāḻikkāl [standard] (eṇṇāḻi-k-kāl-āl), let there be feeding of one thousand Brahmins at the time of Cōti (Skt. Svāti) (cōti-ñāṉṟu) in the lunar month (tiṅkaḷ) of Āvaṇi (āvaṇi) with the interest (poli-y-ūṭṭ-iṉ-āl) of this [itaṉ].

(2) The manner of feeding (ūṭṭum paricu) [is as follows].

(2) Let there be feeding, by distributing (ceytu aṭṭi, literally "by doing and pouring") four curries (kaṟi) [made with] mixing (viravi) [various] plants (mutirai), [one] āḻākku of ghee as per the mey [standard] (me-y-yāl) , and [one] nāḻi of …viravukiḻāṉ curd (tayir) .

(2–3) Let, on the same day (iñ-ñāḷ-āl-ē), make the great bath (mahāsnapaṉa, i.e. Skt. mahāsnapana) of the Mahādeva of Tirupullivalam.

(3) The way of doing this great bath [is as follows].

(3) ... one hundred twenty-five nāḻi of ghee/oil (ney), one hundred twenty ...

Unfinished inscription/Stops abruptly here.

Commentary

(1) On the unusual dating. Most probably year of Kampavarman, mentioned right after as addressee.

Strange syntax: kaṟiyum, nellum, tayir coordinated, with two insterspersed ceytu. viravi: having mixed

Bibliography

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6, no. 371); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 229); 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 171, item 371.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 586–587, item 229.

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 18, appendix B/1898, item 86.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

Twenty-third year.

To the Noble <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ayyaṉ</foreign></supplied> Kampa-perumāṉār <supplied reason="explanation">Kampavarman</supplied>.

This is the manner that We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramērucaturvedimaṅgala in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam and the division of the same name <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>taṉ kūṟṟu</foreign>, literally “in the division of itself”, i.e. the just mentioned Kāliyūr</supplied>, took gold and paddy, and solemnly gave <supplied reason="subaudible">them</supplied>.

With <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>koṇṭu</foreign>, literally "having taken"</supplied>

forty <foreign>kaḻañcu</foreign>s of fine gold <supplied reason="subaudible">as per</supplied> the village stone <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ūr-k-kal</foreign>, i.e. touch-stone</supplied> and one thousand <foreign>kāṭi</foreign>s of paddy as per the <foreign>eṇṇāḻikkāl</foreign> <supplied reason="subaudible">standard</supplied> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>eṇṇāḻi-k-kāl-āl</foreign></supplied>, let there be feeding of one thousand Brahmins at the time of Cōti <supplied reason="explanation">Skt. Svāti</supplied> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>cōti-ñāṉṟu</foreign></supplied> in the lunar month <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiṅkaḷ</foreign></supplied> of Āvaṇi <supplied reason="explanation">āvaṇi</supplied> with the interest <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>poli-y-ūṭṭ-iṉ-āl</foreign></supplied> of this <supplied reason="subaudible"><foreign>itaṉ</foreign></supplied>.

The manner of feeding <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ūṭṭum paricu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">is as follows</supplied>.

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Let, on the same day <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iñ-ñāḷ-āl-ē</foreign></supplied>, make the great bath <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign><hi rend="grantha">mahāsnapa</hi>ṉa</foreign>, i.e. Skt. <foreign>mahāsnapana</foreign></supplied> of the Mahādeva of Tirupullivalam.

The way of doing this great bath <supplied reason="subaudible">is as follows</supplied>.

... one hundred twenty-five <foreign>nāḻi</foreign> of ghee/oil <supplied reason="explanation">ney</supplied>, one hundred twenty ...

Unfinished inscription/Stops abruptly here.

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On the unusual dating. Most probably year of Kampavarman, mentioned right after as addressee.

Strange syntax: kaṟiyum, nellum, tayir coordinated, with two insterspersed ceytu. viravi: having mixed

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