Śrīraṅgam, Raṅganātha, no king, no year

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First fragment

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [va]ḻai-p-paḻam [**] ṉū [***] ⟨Block B⟩ […]

⟨2⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ cavarku nellu kala[ṉē] [**] ⟨Block B⟩ […]

⟨3⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ mu-k-kuṟuṇiyum palaka [*****] ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨4⟩ ⟨Block A⟩yum tayir-amutu paliṅ [*****] ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨5⟩ ⟨Block A⟩[ne]llu kala¡n!ē tūṇi pa [******] ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨6⟩ ⟨Block A⟩mutu Aṭa viṟakiṭum [******] ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨7⟩ ⟨Block A⟩(m) Ilai Amutu pā [******] ⟨Block B⟩ […]

⟨8⟩ (I)raṇṭu mañcāṭiyum Amutu ceyt-aruḷi¡n!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! Arai māvu ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨11⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ku¡n!ṟiyum tiru-v-ōlakkattukku Eriyum tiru-viḷak ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨12⟩ ⟨Block A⟩[vi]ṇṇappañ ceyyum paruṣai-nāyan Oruva¡n!u ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨13⟩ ⟨Block A⟩kku-p pon kaḻañcum śrīpurāṇam vācippān ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨14⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ḻañcum Āka pon pati¡n! kaḻañc’ araiyē I ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨15⟩ ⟨Block A⟩nūṟṟaṟu kala¡n!ē tūṇi Aṟu nāḻi(yum) [****] ⟨Block B⟩ […]

⟨16⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ Āka-t tiru-mañcaṉam Iraṇṭukkum peru ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨17⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ñcē kālē ku¡n!ṟiyināl nellu Iru-nā ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨18⟩ ⟨Block A⟩nē kuṟuṇikku kiḻakk’ aṭaiya v-iṭṭa nilam [*] ⟨Block B⟩ […]

⟨19⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [*] 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⟩ [**](kan) para(m)pu (na) nilamā ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨2⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ṭaiyā¡n! mātava¡n! parama ⟨Block B⟩ […]

⟨3⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ Arai paṭṭa¡n! tiruvai ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨4⟩ ⟨Block A⟩yan kaṟaikkaṇṭa¡n! ni ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨5⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ḷḷā¡n! Irāja-rājan nila ⟨Block B⟩ […]-

⟨6⟩ ⟨Block A⟩[*] -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

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 ARIE 1951-1952 (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

ARIE 1951-1952. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1951-52. Edited by Dines Chandra Sircar. Delhi: Manager of Publications (Department of Archaeology), 1957. Page 26, appendix B, item 178.