Tiruvaiyāṟu, donation, time of Nantippōttaraiyar, no year

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00445.

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

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiruvai-y-ā⟨2⟩ṟṟu mahā-tēvarkku ⟨3⟩ teḷḷaṟṟ’ eṟinta nanti⟨4⟩-p-pōtt-araiyar kuṭut⟨5⟩ta poṉ 10 patiṉ kaḻa⟨6⟩ñcu

Ip-poṉ koṇṭu ⟨7⟩ Oru nantā-viḷakk’ erikka ⟨8⟩ Ik-kōyiliṟ cantirātitta⟨9⟩-vaṟ kumara-māttāṇṭattā⟨10⟩l nicati uri-y ney Aṭṭu⟨11⟩vōm āṉōm kāri-kuṭi-c ca⟨12⟩vaiyōm

Anta⟨13⟩ṉūr vāḻkkai-k karuvūr kā⟨14⟩riyāṉ Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrār kuṭukka ⟨15⟩ Ivarkaḷ iṭai-p peṟṟa Am⟨16⟩par-nāṭṭu-k koṟṟamaṅkala⟨17⟩ttu naṉṉaṉ ciṟunampi ⟨18⟩ maṇalūrntu tiruvaiyā⟨19⟩ṟ-uṭaiya mahātēvarkku Oru nan⟨20⟩tā viḷakku nicati kumāramāt⟨21⟩tāṇṭattāl Uri-y ney⟨22⟩-y erippataṟku kuṭutta ni⟨23⟩lam pattu mā ௳

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ tiruvaiyā⟨2⟩ṟṟu ⬦ tiruvaiyā⟨2⟩ṟṟu T; tiruvaiĀṟ⟨2⟩ṟu S.

⟨5⟩ poṉ 10 patiṉ ⬦ poṉ 10 patiṉ T; poṉṉ aṟupatiṉ S.

⟨8⟩ Ik-kōyiliṟ ⬦ Ikkōyiliṟ T; śrī-kōyiṟ S. — ⟨8⟩ cantirātitta⟨9⟩vaṟ ⬦ cantirātitta⟨9⟩vaṟ T; candrātitta⟨9⟩vaṟ S.

⟨10⟩ ney ⬦ ney T; nei S.

⟨13⟩ karuvūr kā⟨14⟩riyāṉ ⬦ karuvūr kā⟨14⟩riyāṉ T; karuvūrkku na⟨14⟩riyāṉ S.

⟨15⟩ Am⟨16⟩par° ⬦ Am⟨16⟩par° T; An⟨16⟩par° S.

⟨17⟩ ciṟunampi ⬦ ciṟunampi T; ciṟunappi S.

⟨18⟩ tiruvaiyā⟨19⟩ṟ-uṭaiya ⬦ tiruvaiyā⟨19⟩ṟuṭaiya T; tiruvaiyyā⟨19⟩ṟu S.

⟨19⟩ nan⟨20⟩tā viḷakku ⬦ nan⟨20⟩tā viḷakku T; nan⟨20⟩(ta vi)ḷakku S.

⟨20⟩ kumāramāt⟨22⟩tāṇṭattāl ⬦ kumāramāt⟨22⟩tāṇṭattāl T; kumāramāt⟨22⟩tāṇṭattal S.

⟨21⟩ ney ⬦ ney T; nei S.

⟨22⟩ kuṭutta ⬦ kuṭutta T; kuouttā S.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(2–6) The gold that Nantippōttaraiyar, who vanquished at Teḷḷāṟu, has given for the Mahādeva of Tiruvaiyāṟu.

(6–12) So as, with this gold, keep burning one perpetual lamp, we have become those who will regularly (nicati) provide a uri of oil, [measured] as per the [standard] kumaramāttāṇṭam, in this temple as long as the moon and the sun, we, the members of the assembly of Kārikuṭi.

(12–23) While the village delegates, including Karuvūr Kāriyāṉ [of] the village of Antaṉūr gave [this gold], [there were] ten mā of land that Naṉṉaṉ Ciṟunampi of Koṟṟamaṅkalam in the Amparnāṭu, who obtained [the gold] from these1, gave for regularly keeping burning [with] a uri of oil,[measured] as per the [standard] kumaramāttāṇṭam, one perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of Tiruvaiyāṟu … (maṇalūrntu)2.

Commentary

Note on the identification of Nantippōttaraiyar, who vanquished at Teḷḷāṟu, contra Swaminathan 1995.

Bibliography

Edited in Tiyākarācaṉ 1994 (Āvaṇam 4, no. 1); re-edited, in transliteration, without diacritics for alveolar consonants, with substantial variant readings, in Swaminathan 1995; text in Dayalan 2005; encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous edition(s).

Primary

[T] Tiyākarācaṉ, Ila. 1994. “nantivarmaṉ kalveṭṭu.” Āvaṇam 4, pp. 1–2. Item 8.

[S] Swaminathan, S. 1995. “Tiruvaiyyaru inscription of Tellarerinda Nandivarman Pallava.” Quarterly Journal of Mythic Society 86 (4), pp. 92–98.

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1302, item 65.

Secondary

[ARIE] Bhadri, M. K. 2005. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1995-96. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 5–6, 58, appendixes B/1995-1996, item 107.

Notes

  1. 1. That is, the village delegates of Antaṉūr.
  2. 2. Swaminathan 1995 understands that the assembly of Kārikuṭi transfered the gold to a village delegate of Antaṉūr, who himself entrusted it to Naṉṉaṉ Ciṟunampi to supply the oil out of the “proceeds” of the land purchased with the gold.