Ūttukkāṭu, donation, time of Kampavarman, year 25

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00231.

Summary: Transaction concerning a donation of gold and land for the upkeep of three lamps (one being perpetual) and food offerings.

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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-12-21 12:36 (f2f3eaa), last modified 2024-06-06 16:22 (18e0138).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-vi(c)ai⟨2⟩ya-kam¿ppa?⟨pa-pa⟩nma⟨r⟩supplied>kku yāṇ⟨3⟩ṭu Irupatt’ ai¡ñc!⟨nt⟩-āva⟨4⟩tu

Ūṟṟu-k-kāṭṭu-p pūcā(li) ⟨5⟩ vā(ma)ṉaṉukku Ivv-ū(r u)⟨6⟩ḻai-c-cēri-t tiru-nāmakkiḻa⟨7⟩varkaḷōm Oṭṭi-k kuṭu⟨8⟩tta paric-āvatu

nandā vi⟨9⟩ḷakk’ erip=pat-āka Ivar ta⟨10⟩n=ta poṉṉāl nicati Oru ⟨11⟩ nantā viḷakk’ erippōm ⟨12⟩ ākavum

Ivarē-y deva⟨13⟩r pōkañ ceyta Ā(ṉai)⟨14⟩-p-pulat=tu-c ceṟuviṉāl ⟨15⟩ pakal Iraṇṭu viḷakku nā⟨16⟩yaṟu-maṭṭu Oru cāmat=t’ aḷavum ⟨17⟩ (E)rippōm ākavum

I(rā)⟨18⟩(mun)nāḻi Ariciyāṟ ṟiru-va⟨19⟩(mirtu) kāṭṭuvōm ākavum

I-⟨20⟩-(vi)ḷakku m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟun= tiru-v-ami(rt’ o)⟨21⟩¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ṟuñ cantirāti(t=ta)⟨22⟩(r) v-uḷḷavum celut⟨23⟩(tuva)t-ākavum

Itaṟ ṟiṟampi⟨24⟩(l) māheśvarar A[C]ai⟨25⟩[…]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ °kam¿ppanma?⟨papanma⟩⟨r⟩supplied>kku ⬦ °kamppanmakku VVA; °kampapanmarkku IP.

⟨20⟩ tiruvami(rt’) ⬦ tiruvami(t’) VVA; tiruvami(t’) IP.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–4) Twenty-fifth year of the victorious king Kampavarman.

(4–8) The manner in which we the Tirunāmakkiḻavars¹ of Uḻaiccēri in this village solemnly guarantee to Pūcālivāmaṉaṉ of Ūṟṟukkāṭu.

(9–12) So as to burn a perpetual lamp, we shall burn one perpetual lamp daily with the gold he has given.

(12–17) We shall [also] burn two day lamps ... for the duration of one cāmam [with the income] from a field in Āṉaippulam, which he made a devabhoga.

(17–19) We shall provide at night glorious food-offerings through three nāḻis of paddy

(19–23) These three lamps and this one glorious food-offerings shall be ... up to the extent of the moon and the sun.

(23–25) If we deviate from this, the Māheśvaras […]

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 108); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 231); 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. Page 51, item 108.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 589–590, item 231.

Secondary

Venkayya, V. 1907. G.O. No. 503, 27th June 1907. Epigraphy. Reviewing the annual progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1906-1907. No place. Page 28, appendix B/1906, item 345.

Notes

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Twenty-fifth year of the victorious king Kampavarman.

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The manner in which we the Tirunāmakkiḻavars<note>That is, ...</note> of Uḻaiccēri in this village solemnly guarantee to Pūcālivāmaṉaṉ of Ūṟṟukkāṭu.

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