Śrīraṅgam, Raṅganātha, no king, no year

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII2400182.

Summary: List of provisions for worshipping an image of the deity, including the recitation of the Śrīpurāṇam.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Version: (43137b3), last modified (23b3f32).

Edition

First fragment

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [va]ḻai-p-paḻam [2+] ṉū [3+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ cavarku nellu kala[ṉē] [2+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨3⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ mu-k-kuṟuṇiyum palaka[5+]⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨4⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ yum tayir-amutu paliṅ[5+]⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨5⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [ne]llu kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē tūṇi pa[6+]⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨6⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ mutu Aṭa viṟakiṭum[6+]⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨7⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ (m) Ilai Amutu pā [6+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨8⟩ (I)raṇṭu mañcāṭiyum Amutu ceyt-aruḷi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a pa ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨9⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ Āṭiyaruḷa vāḻaippaḻam Aiñcukku-p po⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨10⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ yum tiru-p-pukaikku citārikku(m) po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Arai māvu⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨11⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ ku¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟiyum tiru-v-ōlakkattukku Eriyum tiru-viḷak⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨12⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [vi]ṇṇappañ ceyyum paruṣai-nāyan Oruva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩u⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨13⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ kku-p pon kaḻañcum śrīpurāṇam vācippān⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨14⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ ḻañcum Āka pon pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañc’ araiyē I⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨15⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ nūṟṟaṟu kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē tūṇi Aṟu nāḻi(yum) [4+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨16⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ Āka-t tiru-mañcaṉam Iraṇṭukkum peru⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨17⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ ñcē kālē ku¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟiyināl nellu Iru-nā⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨18⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ nē kuṟuṇikku kiḻakk’ aṭaiya v-iṭṭa nilam [1+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨19⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [1+] l vanta ceṅkaḻunir-t tiruppaḷḷi-t-tāma E ⟨Block B⟩ […] [n]⟨20⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ āḻi-y-āka nāḷ Oṉṟukku nellu Iru-nā[ḻi] […] ⟨21⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ nellu Iru-nūṟṟ’ oru-patt’ aṟu kalamu⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨22⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ ṟṟu nāṟ-ppatt’ aṟu kalattukku kiḻa⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨23⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ ku v-iṭṭa nilam ⟨Block B⟩ […] [va]⟨24⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ yiṣṇava-ra[kṣ]ai ⟨Block B⟩ […]

Second fragment

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [2+](kan) para(m)pu (na) nilamā⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨2⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ ṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ mātava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ parama ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨3⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ Arai paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tiruvai⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨4⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ yan kaṟaikkaṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ni⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨5⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ ḷḷā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Irāja-rājan nila⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨6⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [1+] -deva cōṟ-uṭaiyā⟨Block B⟩[…]⟨7⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ ṭukku Ivai [.]e ⟨Block B⟩ […]

Apparatus

First fragment

⟨2⟩ kala[ṉē] [2+]kala [3+] SII.

⟨19⟩ [n]⟨20⟩āḻi-y-āka ⬦[1+]⟨20⟩āḻi-y-āka SII.

⟨20⟩ Iru-nā[ḻi] […]Iru-nā […] SII.

⟨23⟩ [va]⟨24⟩yiṣṇavara[kṣ]ai[…][1+]⟨24⟩yiṣṇavara[.]ai [1+] […] SII.

Translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

First fragment

(1) […] plantain […]

(2) […] pots of paddy for […]

(3) […] three kuṟuṇis […]

(4) […] offering of curds (tayir amutu) […]

(5) […] tūṇi of […] pots of paddy […]

(7) […] betel leaves (ilai amutu)[…]

(8) […] gracefully made, […] offering of two mañcāṭis of […]

(9) […] plantain to perform the holy bath (āṭiyaruḷa) […]

(10) […] gold ⟨for burning⟩ incense (citāri) in the holy vessel (tiruppukai) […]

(11) […] for burning the holy lamp at the assembly hall (tiruvōlakkam) […]

(12) […] the village assembly (paruṣai), which will make the request (viṇṇappam ceyyum) […]

(13–14) […] so that […] kaḻañcus ⟨for⟩ the reciter (vācippān) of the Śrīpurāṇam, a kaḻañcu of gold for […]

(14) […] half kaḻañcu of […] ten gold coins […]

(15–16) […] so that six […] nāḻis […], tūṇi of paddy […]

(16) […] the holy bath (tirumañcaṉam) […]

(18) […] the leased land borders to the east […]

(19) […] a garland of purple water-lilies for the Lord (ceṅkaḻunir tiruppaḷḷittāmam) […]

(20) […] two nāḻis of daily paddy so that […]

(21) […] two hundred and sixteen kalam of paddy […]

(22) […] for forty-six kalams […]

(23) […] the land given […]

(23– 24) […] This is under the protection of the Vaiṣṇavas […]

Bibliography

Reported in Sircar 1957 (ARIE/1951-1952/B/1951-1952/178).

Edited in Narasimhaswamy 1982 (SII 24.182).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Narasimhaswamy 1982. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).

Primary

[SII] Narasimhaswamy, H. K. 1982. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIV: inscriptions of the Raṅganāthasvāmi temple, Śrīraṅgam. South Indian Inscriptions 24. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Page 494, item 182.

Secondary

Sircar, Dines Chandra. 1957. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1951-52. Delhi: Manager of Publications (Department of Archaeology). Page 26, appendix B, item 178.