Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, donation, time of Aparājitavarman, year 7

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00242.

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

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: (731357b), last modified (18e0138).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

(kō-vicaiya-)(Aparā)⟨2⟩jitavarmmaṟk¿i?⟨u⟩ yāṇṭ’ ēḻ-āvatu

Iva⟨3⟩r tēviyār mātēvi-Aṭikaḷ tiru⟨4⟩-v-oṟṟiyūr mahādevarkku Oru na⟨5⟩(ndā) viḷakk’ erippataṟku vaitta ⟨6⟩ (po)ṉ Ūr-k-kaṟ cemmai mu-p-pati⟨7⟩(ṉ ka)ḻañcu

Ip-poṉ koṇṭu ka⟨8⟩(ṭavō)m puliyūr-k-kōṭṭattu-t tiru⟨9⟩-(v-oṟ)ṟiyūr-p-puṟatt’ ātampā⟨kka⟩]ttu sa⟨10⟩(bhai)yōmum Amṛta-gaṇattōmum

⟨11⟩ (I)p-poṉṉāl āṇṭu-varai kaḻañci⟨12⟩(ṉ vāy) m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mañcāṭi-p poṉ pali⟨13⟩(cai-y-ā)ka Ivv-āṭṭai-t tai-t tiṅka(ḷ muta)⟨14⟩(l āṟu) tiṅkaḷil iru-kaḻañcē kāṟ (ce)⟨15⟩(ytu po)ṉṉun tiru-viḷakku ney [āca]⟨16⟩[ndrakālam] nilai-p poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka (tiru)⟨17⟩-v-oṟṟiyūr āṇi-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻē koṇṭu (ceṉṟu)⟨18⟩(Iṭṭu) kuṭuppōm āṉōm

ip-po⟨19⟩li-y-ūṭṭu-p poṉ kaṭai-k kūṭṭa vantā⟨20⟩rkku nicati Iraṇṭu cōṟu kuṭuppō⟨21⟩m āṉōm

itaṟ ṟiṟampil uṇṭikaiyu⟨22⟩m paṭṭikaiyuṅ kāṭṭātē dharmmāsaṉa⟨23⟩ttu nicati nālē kāl kāṇan taṇṭa(m iṭa) ⟨24⟩ (O)ṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm

iṭṭa kāṇañ ceṉṟu ni⟨25⟩(ṉṟu) puḷḷi kuttuvikka-p peṟā⟨26⟩tōm āṉōm

it-taṇṭa-p-paṭṭum ip⟨27⟩-poli-y-ūṭṭu-p poṉ vaḻuvāmai⟨28⟩(y aṭṭu)vōm āṉō (muṟ-colla)ppaṭṭa (Āta)⟨29⟩mpākkattu (sabhai)(yōmum) (Amṛ)⟨30⟩(ta)-kaṇattōmum

Apparatus

⟨15⟩ ney [āca]⟨16⟩[ndrakālam]ney[2*]⟨16⟩[3*] VVA • See parallel in DHARMA_INSPallava00239, line 14.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–2) Seventh year of the victorious king Aparājitavarman.

(3–7) The gold that ... has given for burning one perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: tirthy kaḻañcus of a purity [tested] on the village [touch]stone.

(7–10) We are bound to take this gold, we, the members of the assembly, and we, the Amṛtagaṇattārs of Ātampākkam, in a hamlet of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, in the Puliyūrkkōṭṭam.

(11–18) We have become those who will give ...

(18–21) We have become those who will give daily two rice [meals] to he who comes ...

(21–24) If failing ... we have become those who incur a fine of eight and a half kāṇams ...

(24–26) We have become those who will ...

(26–30) We have become those who will ... we, the members of the assembly, and we, the Amṛtagaṇattārs of the above-mentioned Ātampākkam.

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 91), 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 40, item 91.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 608–609, item 242.

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 24, appendix B/1912, item 163.