Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 25

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00334.

Summary: Donation of gold for feeding devotees at the time of festival flag raising.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-10-29 23:21 (731357b), last modified 2024-06-06 16:22 (18e0138).

⟨1⟩ [svasti śr](ī)

⟨2⟩ kō-vicaiya-(n)¡(ī)!⟨i⟩⟨3⟩rupat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-[vi]⟨4⟩kkirama-parumaṟku ⟨5⟩ yāṇṭu Iru-pat⟨6⟩t-aiñt-āvatu

ti⟨7⟩[ru]-k-kaṭai-muṭi-tiru⟨8⟩[vi]ḻā-k-koṭi Eṟṟu ⟨9⟩ (ñ)āṉṟu paṉ⟨10⟩mayeśvara⟨11⟩r Ūṭṭa vaitta ⟨12⟩ p(o)ṉ paḻaṅ⟨13⟩[kā]ciṉōṭu (2 100) ⟨14⟩ [unknown number of lost character components](o/ā)ppatu śrī⟨15⟩-kanṭapura[ttu]

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Apparatus

⟨8⟩ Eṟṟu ⟨9⟩ (ñ)āṉṟu • That is, eṟṟum ñāṉṟu in sandhi.

⟨9⟩ (ñ)āṉṟu ⬦ [na]ḷaṉṟu S. — ⟨9⟩ paṉ⟨10⟩mayeśvara⟨11⟩r ⬦ paṉ⟨10⟩mayaiśvara⟨11⟩r S.

⟨11⟩ Ūṭṭa ⬦ uṟṟa S.

⟨12⟩ p(o)ṉ ⬦ poṉ S • The kompu of the medial o is lost.

⟨13⟩ [kā]ciṉōṭu ⬦ [kā]ciṉā S. — ⟨13⟩ (2 100) ⬦ (2 100) S • Alternative reading: Uḷ.

⟨14⟩ [unknown number of lost character components](o/ā)ppatu ⬦ pipatu S • M appears to read oppatu, "that which is equal to", which makes sense. The orginal full reading might be yoppatu.

⟨15⟩ kanṭapura[ttu] ⬦ kanṭapura [1+] S.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) [Prosperity!] Fortune!

(2–6) Twenty-fifth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman

(6–15) With the old gold coins given so as to feed (ūṭṭa) the Paṉmāheśvaras, at the time of raising (eṟṟum) the flag for the glorious festival of Tirukkaṭaimuṭi,[ that is,] 200 […] of/in the glorious Kaṇṭapuram […]

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Commentary

Bibliography

Summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 194); Edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and photos (EFEO).

Primary

[M] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Page 733, item 334.

[S] Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une reine: Śiva à Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry; École française d'Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 316–317, item 12.

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