Pāṭi, Tiruvallīśvara temple

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato (doop).

Summary: Mentions the taxes paṭṭaṭai-āyam and paṭṭaṭai-nūl-āyam to be paid by the Ceṭṭis, Kaikkōlars, Vāṇikars and other communities working in the eighteen professional castes.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between o and ō nor between e and ē.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv36p0i0221.

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv36p0i0221.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī mahā-maṇḍalīśvaraṉ kaṇṭa-nāṭu koṇṭāṉ koṇṭa-nāṭu kuṭātāṉ pākṣaikku-t tappu-v-ār-irāyar kaṇṭaṉ śrī-vīra-ariyar-irāyaṉukku-c cellā niṉṟa tātri varuṣattu makara-nāyaṟṟu-p pūṟuva-pakṣattu--
⟨2⟩ t tecamiyum peṟṟa Uttirattu nāḷ jayaṅ-koṇṭa-c¡o!ḻa-maṇṭalattu puḻaṟ-koṭṭam-āṉa vikkirama-c¡o!ḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu Ampattūr-nāṭṭil pāṭi tiru-vallitāyattil uṭaiyār tiru-vallitā-
⟨3⟩ yam-uṭaiya nāyaṉārkku mallaṇṇa-uṭaiyā⟨r⟩ niru-p-paṭikku pāṭi tiru-vallitāyattil paṭṭaṭai-k-kuṭi ceṭṭikaḷ kaikk¡o!ḷar vāṇikar Eṇṇai vāṇikar maṟṟum Uḷḷiṭṭa
⟨4⟩ puṟa-k-kalaṉaiyil patiṉ-eṭṭu-p paṭṭaṭaiyil Uḷḷa p¡e!ṟkku paṭṭaṭai-Āyam paṭṭaṭai-nūl-āyam māta Iraṭṭi cammātam cekkum maṟṟum Ep-p¡e!ṟpaṭṭa Āyattai n¡o!kki varum Ilāpa-l¡o!kaṅkaḷukkum
⟨5⟩ Uṭpaṭa Uṭaiyār tiru-vallitāyam-uṭaiya nāyaṉārkku cantirātittakaḷ varaikkum carvva-māṉiyam Āka naṭakka kaṭavatu Āka-c cilā-l¡e!kai paṇṇi-k kuṭutt¡e!ṉ It-taṉmattukku Akitam niṉaittār Uṇṭākil keṅkai karaiyiṟ-k kurā-p pacuvai-k koṉṟa […]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

Commentary

This inscriptions belongs to the time of Harihara II, 1397 A.D., according to Shanmugam 2018.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1910–11 (ARIE/1910-1911/B/1910/221).

Edited in Shanmugam 2018 (SII 36.221).

This digital edition by Dorotea Operato, based on Shanmugam 2018.

Primary

[SII] Shanmugam, P. 2018. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVI: Inscriptions collected during the year 1910. South Indian Inscriptions 36. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Page 183, item 221.

Secondary

ARIE 1910–11. G.O. No. 832, 28th July 1911. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1910-1911. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1911. Page 20, appendix B/1910, item 221.

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