Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, donation, time of Aparājitavikramapōttaraiyar, year 6

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00241.

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of two perpetual lamps in a temple.

Hand description:

Medial i and ī, u and ū interchangeable.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (7dfaa44), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-vicaiya Aparājita-vi(kra)ma-pō⟨2⟩ttaraiyarkku yāṇṭ’ āṟ-āvatu

panmāheśvarar tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr (ma)⟨3⟩hadevarkk’ iraṇṭu nandā vilakk’ erippataṟku vaitta poṉ Ūr-k-kaṟ (cem)⟨4⟩mai Aṟu-patin kaḻañcu

Ip-poṉ koṇṭu kaṭavōn tiru-v-oṟṟi⟨5⟩yūr-p-puṟattu maṇali sabhaiyōm

ip-poṉṉāl āṇṭu-varai kaḻañ⟨6⟩ciṉ vāy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañcāṭi-p poṉ (palicai-y-āka Iv)v-āṭṭai-k kār⟨t⟩⟨7⟩tikai mutal āṟ-āṟu tiṇkaḷil nāṟ-kaḻañc-arai-c ceytu po¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ā(ca)(ndra)⟨8⟩tāramu nilai-p poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka-t tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr āṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-ē koṇṭu ⟨9⟩ kūṟiṭṭu-k kuṭuppōm āṉōm

ip-poṉ kaṭai-k kūṭṭa vantārkku nica(ti) ⟨10⟩ Iraṇṭu cōṟu kuṭuppōm ā¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ōm

itaṟ ṟirampil uṇṭikaiyum paṭṭi⟨11⟩(kai)yum kāṭṭātē dharmmasanattu nicati Eṭṭ-arai kāṇan taṇṭam iṭa ⟨12⟩ (O)ṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm

iṭṭa taṇṭañ ceṉṟu niṉṟum puḷḷik kuttuvikka-p ⟨13⟩ (pe)ṟatōm āṉō(m) maṇali sabhaiyōm

Apparatus

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–2) Sixth year of the victorious king Aparājitavikramapōttaraiyar.

(2–4) The gold that the Paṉmāheśvaras have given for burning two perpetual lamps for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: sixthy kaḻañcus of a purity [tested] on the village [touch]stone.

(4–5) We are bound to take this gold, we, the members of the assembly of Maṇali in a hamlet of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr.

(5–9) We have become those who will give ...

(9–10) We have become those who will give daily two rice [meals] to he who comes ...

(10–12) If failing ... we have become those who incur a fine of eight and a half kāṇams ...

(12–13) We have become those who will ... we, the members of the assembly of Maṇali.

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 90), with a facsimile; text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 241); 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 39, item 90.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 606–607, item 241.

Secondary

Krishna Sastri, H. 1913. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. No place. Page 26, appendix B/1912, item 190.