Māmaṇṭūr, time of Rājarājakesarivarman, year 16

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of goats for the upkeep of permanent lamps.

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

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiru-maka[ḷ] ¿k?ōla-p peru-nila-c-celvi-
⟨2⟩ yun taṉakkē y-[urimai] pūṇṭam[ai] maṉa-
⟨3⟩ -k-koḷa kāntaḷūr-c [cālai-k] kalam aṟutt-aruḷi vē-
⟨4⟩ ṅkai-nāṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyun nuḷampa-pāṭi-
⟨5⟩ yun taṭikai-vaḻi[yuṅ] [ku]ṭamalai-nāṭuṅ kol-
⟨6⟩ lamuṅ kaliṅkamun tiṇ-ṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇ-
⟨7⟩ ṭāṟ koṇṭa ta¡ṇṇ! eḻil vaḷa[va] Ūḻi-
⟨8⟩ yuḷ ellā yāṇṭum toḻutakai viḷa⟨ṅ⟩kum yāṇ-
⟨9⟩ ṭē ceḻiyarai-t tēcu-k koḷ śrī-kō-v-irāca-rāca-rā-
⟨10⟩ ca-kēcari-panmakki yāṇṭu 10 6-Āvatu kāliyūr-k-kō-
⟨11⟩ ṭṭattu cittira-mēka-taṭākattiṉ k¡i!ḻ tiru-v-ēkampa-
⟨12⟩ ttuḷ uttama-cōḻa-Īśvara-¡pp!iṟattu naraciṅ[ka]maṅ-
⟨13⟩ kalattu Urudravālīśvaram-uṭaiya mah¿a?devarkku ti-
⟨14⟩ yaṅkuṭaiyāṉampaṉi-rāmaṉ vai¡cc!a viḷakku
⟨15⟩ Araikkum cāvā-m¡u!vā-p pēr-āṭu nā-p-patt’ āṟu
⟨16⟩ Ivai paṉmā¡yē!śvara-rakṣai {Iv-viḷakku} [I]-
⟨17⟩ [v-vi]ḷakk’ erippat’ ākavum Ivv-āṭu tiṅku niṉai-
⟨18⟩ ttāṉ keṅkai y-iṭai-k kumari-[y-i]ṭai-c cey-
⟨19⟩ ta pāvaṅ koḷvār

Apparatus

⟨10⟩ 10 6 ⬦ SII • The ARIE reads 10 [6].

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨9–10⟩ 16th year of the glorious king Rājarājakesarivarman,

⟨2–9⟩ who, ... [meykkīrtti of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]

⟨10–15⟩ For the Mahādeva, the Lord of the Rudravālīśvara ⟨temple⟩ in Naraciṅkamaṇkalam, … (piṟattu) of the Uttamacōḻēśvara, east of the Cittiramēkam tank, in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam, for half a lamp that Tiyaṅkuṭaiyāṉampaṉirāmaṉ gave, the great undying and unaging goats ⟨are⟩ fourty-six.

⟨16⟩ These ⟨are under⟩ the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

⟨16–17⟩ These half lamps should burn.

⟨17–19⟩ He who think/does harm/evil (tīṅku) to/about these goats obtains a sin made between the Ganges and Kumari.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/39).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.137).

Encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Krishna Sastri 1923 and on photos (Emmanuel Francis, 2004).

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government Press. Page 13, item 137.

Secondary

ARIE 1887–88 (1/3). G.O. No. 424, 20th April 1888. Archaeology. Recording letter from the Director-General forwarding Dr. Hultzsch’s progress report from 21st September 1887 to 31st January 1888. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1888. Page 5, appendixes I/1887-1888, item 38.

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for half a lamp that Tiyaṅkuṭaiyāṉampaṉirāmaṉ gave,

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