Tiruneṭuṅkalam, time of Tantippōttaraiyaṉ, year 2

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for daily food offering for a god’s temple.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00497.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tanti-p-pōttarai[yaṟku yā]-
⟨2⟩ ṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āvatu maṟpiṭuku vi(ḻ)u-
⟨3⟩ p-pē⟨ra⟩raiya⟨ṉ⟩-āyiṉa cattaṉ utai-
⟨4⟩ yāṅkuraṉ tiru-neṭuṅkaḷattu-
⟨5⟩ -p paṭāra⟨r⟩kku Oḻukkavi vaitta
⟨6⟩ poṉ patiṉ aiṅ-kaḻañcu O(lō)c-
⟨7⟩ ca⟨ṉ⟩ vaitta [*] cēntaṉ vaitta
⟨8⟩ poṉ 6-ṅ kaḻañcu (cāṉantami)-
⟨9⟩ cānti vaitta poṉ 6ṅ kaḻañcu

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ vi(ḻ)u⟨3⟩p-pē⟨ra⟩raiya⟨ṉ⟩-āyiṉa ⬦ vi(ḻu)⟨3⟩ppēraiya⟨ṉ⟩-āyiṉa C.

⟨5⟩ -p paṭāra⟨r⟩kku ⬦ [2+]paṭāra⟨r⟩kku C.

⟨6⟩ O(lo)c⟨7⟩ca⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦ Oloc⟨7⟩ca C.

⟨7⟩ [1×] ⬦ (½) C.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Second year of Tantippōttaraiyaṉ.¹

⟨2–6⟩ The gold that Cattaṉ Utaiyāṅkuraṉ aliasViḷuppēraraiyaṉ has given ⟨as⟩ daily food offering (oḻukkavi) for the paṭārar of the Tiruneṭuṅkalam: fifteen kaḻañcus.

⟨6–9⟩ ...

Bibliography

Edited in Caṅkītā et al. 1998 (Varalāṟu 8.3).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and, for lines 1-7, on photos (2016, kindly supplied by Valérie Gillet).

Primary

[C] Caṅkītā, Kō., Cu. Muttulaṭcumi, Cō. Mālati, Ara. Akilā & Mu. Naḷiṉi. 1998. “tiruneṭuṅkaḷam kalveṭṭukaḷ.” Vāralāṟu 8, pp. 3–11. Item 3.3.

Secondary

[N] Nalini, M., T. S. Ravishankar & S. Swaminathan. 2016. “Recent discoveries at Tirunedunkalam.” In: Abhyudaya: Recent researches in epigraphy and numismatics (commemoration volume in honour of Dr. K.V. Ramesh). No place, pp. 24–26.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Dantin + Tamil Pōttaraiyaṉ. That is, the Pallava king Dantivarman.

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