Tiruniṟaṅkoṉṟai, rock, no king, no year

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00453.

Summary: Donation of gold to two Jain shrines (paḷḷi), that is, those of Tirunaṟuṅ Koṇṭai, probably mentioned in the present record in a corrupt form or an incorrect reading, and Caturmukaṉ mentioned, along with Tirunaṟuṅ Koṇṭai, in another record from the same place (see INSPallava00455, line 1).

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

ciruṟṟāṟu koṇṭai kuttār [ci] nāṭṭu ⟨2⟩ nariya-p-pāṭi-c ciṅkaṉār periya ⟨3⟩ vaṭukanār iraṇṭu paḷḷikkum ⟨4⟩ pattu-p poṉ kuṭuttār poli-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩ṭṭ-āka

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ciruṟṟāṟu ⬦ D • Most probably a corrupt form or incorrect reading of tirunaṟu. See tirunaṟuṅ koṇtai in INSPallava00455, line 1. — ⟨1⟩ [ci](ci) D • It is not clear in D what the parentheses mean here, as compared to square brackets used elsewhere.

⟨3⟩ vaṭukanār iraṇṭu ⬦ vaṭukanār-iraṇṭu D • It is not clear in D what the hyphen means here.

⟨4⟩ poli-¡Ū!⟨y-ū⟩ṭṭ-āka ⬦ poli uṭṭāka D.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity!

(1–4) [For] the glorious protector (kuttār) with a fragrant tuft1, Ciṅkaṉār Periya Vaṭukanār [of] Nariyappāṭi in the nāṭu gave ten gold (poṉ) as interest (poliyūṭṭu2) to the two paḷḷis3.

Bibliography

Reported in Krishnamacharlu and Laksminarayan Rao 1952 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1939-1940/308).

Edited in Dayalan 2005.

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Dayalan 2005, not sufficiently reliable. The distinction between vowel akṣaras and markers, and between Grantha and Tamil letters, cannot be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1312, item 75.

Secondary

[ARIE] Krishnamacharlu, C. R. and N. Laksminarayan Rao. 1952. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Delhi: Government of India. Page 66, appendixes B/1939-1940, item 308.

Notes

  1. 1. Tentative translation based on reading tirunaṟuṅ koṇtai, presuming that this is the name of a major deity of the site.
  2. 2. That is, the donation consists in the interest of ten gold currencies.
  3. 3. Jain shrines.