Māraṉēri, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman, year 24
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00484.
Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
Version: (731357b), last modified (18e0138).
Edition
⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrī
kō-vicaiya⟨2⟩[ya-ni]rupatuṅka-vi⟨3⟩[kkira]ma-paṉ·makk¡i!⟨u⟩ ⟨4⟩ [yā]ṇṭu (2 10 4) Irupa⟨5⟩[ttu] nāṉ·k-āvatu
⟨6⟩ […] (y)i-ṉāṭ·ṭu-t· te⟨7⟩[…] (ṉ/ṉa) nan(·)tipura⟨8⟩[ttu] nṛpakesari Ī⟨9⟩śvara-gṛhat(·)tu mahā⟨10⟩[(tē/de)va]ṟkku It·-taḷi-t⟨11⟩[tēva]ṉā⟨r⟩ makaḷ· kēca⟨12⟩[…] mi Oru non·tā ⟨13⟩ [viḷak·]kiṉuk·ku-k kuṭut·ta ⟨14⟩ [po]ṉ· 3 10 m mup·pa⟨15⟩[t·tu]-(k) kaḻañ·cu
Ip-po⟨16⟩ṉ· poliyāl· ⟨17⟩ [nica](t)i Uri-y eṉ·ṉai ⟨18⟩ [I¡ṟ!⟨r⟩u](p·)pat’ āka It·taḷi⟨19⟩[tāṉa]t·tār· kai-y(·) va⟨20⟩[cam] v[ai]t·tatu
Itu kā⟨21⟩[ttāṉ a]ti Eṉ· ṟalai mē⟨22⟩[laṉa]
Apparatus
⟨4⟩ (2 10 4) ⬦ 2(4) C • This figure is not clear, but should correspond the number provided right after it in words.
⟨8⟩ nan(·)tipura⟨8⟩[ttu] ⬦ nan(·)tipura⟨8⟩[…] C. — ⟨8⟩ nṛpakesari ⬦ rupakesari C.
⟨10⟩ It·-taḷi-t⟨11⟩[tēva]ṉā⟨r⟩ ⬦ Ittaḷit⟨11⟩[tēvaṉār] C.
⟨15⟩ mup·pa⟨15⟩[t·tu]-(k) ⬦ muppa⟨15⟩[tuk] C.
⟨18⟩ [I¡ṟ!⟨r⟩u](p·)pat’ āka ⬦ Iṟuppatāka C.
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
(1) [Prosperity!] Fortune!
(2–55) Twenty-fourth (24) year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman.
(6–15) The gold that Kēca[…]mi, a daughter of the god of this temple has given for one perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the Nṛpakesarīśvaragṛha of Nantipuram […] in the […]nāṭu: 30 kaḻañcus.
(15–20) It1 has been given in the hands of the trustees (tāṉattār) of this temple.
(20–22) The feet of he who protects this [pious act] are on my head.
Bibliography
Edited in Caṅkar 2012 (Āvaṇam 23, no. 4), with a photograph of estampage; encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.
Primary
[C] Caṅkar, A. 2012. “māraṉēri nirupatuṅkavarmaṉ kalveṭṭu.” Āvaṇam 23, p. 23. Item 4.
Secondary
Munirathnam, K. 2019. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 2018-19. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 3–4, 81, appendixes B/2018-2019, item 356.
Notes
- 1. That is, the gold.
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