Māmaṇṭūr, time of Parakesarin, year 15

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0138.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-p-parakēcari-pa[nma]kki yāṇṭu
⟨2⟩ [10 5]-c-āvatu cittira-mēka-[taṭāka]ttiṉ k¡i!ḻ na-
⟨3⟩ r¡ai!-ciṅka-maṅkala⟨t⟩tu vālīśvara¡mm!-uṭaiya m¿ā?-
⟨4⟩ h¿a?devarkku vāṇaka-p-pāṭi-p peṇṇai-vaṭa-ka-
⟨5⟩ rai-t tiru-v-aṇṇāmalai viyāpāri Āti-pucaṅ-
⟨6⟩ ka-c-ceṭṭi makaṉ nāṭṭaṭiyaṉ [v]aitta viḷakku kā-
⟨7⟩ lum maṉṟāṭi cātta-kuṭṭi v¡i!raṉ vai¡cc!a viḷak-
⟨8⟩ ku-k kālum āka Arai-viḷakkukkum vai¡cc!a cāvā-
⟨9⟩ -muvā-p pēr-āṭu nāṟpatt' aiñc' arai Ivai pa-
⟨10⟩ ṉmāheśvara-rakṣai ⁋ Ivv-arai-viḷa-
⟨11⟩ kkum pakal erippat' ākavum Ivv-āṭṭuk-
⟨12⟩ ku-t t¡i!ṅku niṉaittāṉ keṅkai Iṭai
⟨13⟩ kumari-y-iṭai-c ceyta pāvaṅ koḷvā¡n!

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ [10 5] SII ⬦ [5] ARIE.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 15th year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨2–9⟩ So that there be (āka), for the Mahādeva, Lord of the Vālīśvara ⟨temple⟩ in Naraciṅkamaṇkalam, east of the Cittiramēkam tank,

one quarter (kāl) lamp that Nāṭṭaṭiyaṉ, son of Ātipucaṅkaceṭṭi, a merchant ⟨from⟩ Tiruvaṇṇāmalai, ⟨on⟩ the northern bank of the Peṇṇai ⟨river⟩ ⟨in⟩ the Vāṇakappāṭi, gave (vaitta), and
one quarter lamp that the shepherd Cāttakuṭṭi Vīraṉ gave (vaicca),

the great undying and unaging goats given (vaicca) for half a lamp ⟨are⟩ fourty-five and a half¹.

⟨9–10⟩ These ⟨are under⟩ the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

⟨10–11⟩ These half lamps should burn in day time.

⟨11–13⟩ He who think/does harm/evil (tīṅku) to/about these goats obtains a sin made between the Ganges and Kumari.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1887-88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/40).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.138).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Krishna Sastri 1923 and photos (Emmanuel Francis, 2004 and Valérie Gillet, 2007).

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 138.

Secondary

[ARIE] 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 40.

Notes

1. Or "fourty-five for the half lamp"? But, since the lamp is divided into quarters, a goat could as well be divided into halves.

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