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<summary>Grant of land rights (<foreign>kāṇi</foreign>) by royal order <foreign>tirumukam</foreign> to Rājarājappiccaṉ and his relatives to daily sing holy hymns (<foreign>tiruppatiyam</foreign>). It seems that Rājarāja Piccaṉ and one of his relative join a group of 16 blind men, who were already in charge of singing hymns.
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<lb n="1"/>svasti śrī
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<l n="1">pū mēvu vaḷara tiru-p po<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> mār<choice><orig>v</orig><reg>p</reg></choice>u puṇara</l>
<l n="2">nā mēvu kalaimakaḷ nilam peritu ciṟappa</l>
<l n="3">vi<supplied reason="lost">c</supplied>aiya-māmakaḷ <unclear>ta</unclear><choice><orig><unclear>ṉṉ</unclear></orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> <unclear>iru</unclear>-puyatt' iruppa</l>
<l n="4">Icai<lb n="2" break="no"/>yiṉ celvi Eṇṭicai viḷaṅka</l>
<l n="5">niruparvan tiṟaiñca nīṇila-maṭantaiy<unclear>ai</unclear>-t</l>
<l n="6">tirumaṇam puṇarntu cirvaḷar <lb n="3" break="no"/>taru</l>
<l n="7">maṇi-muṭi kavitta<choice><orig>nn</orig><reg>ṉṉ</reg></choice> Aṇi-muṭi cūṭi</l>
<l n="8">mallai-ñāla<unclear>ttu</unclear>-p pa<choice><orig>ll</orig><reg>l</reg></choice>-uyir<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>k' ellām</l>
<l n="9">Ellaiyil iṉpam y-iyalvi<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>i<choice><orig>ll</orig><reg>l</reg></choice> e<lb n="4" break="no"/>yta</l>
<l n="10">veṇ-kuṭai niḻaṟṟa-c ceṅkol ōcci</l>
<l n="11">vāḻi pa<choice><orig>ll</orig><reg>l</reg></choice>-ūḻi A<gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/>ppa</l>
<l n="13">cempo<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice><supplied reason="omitted">ra</supplied>-<hi rend="grantha">siṁhāsa</hi><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>attu</l>
<l n="14">puva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>amuḻut-uṭaiyā<lb n="5" break="no"/>ḷoṭum v<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>ṟṟirun</l>
<l n="15">taruḷiya</l>
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kō-v-irā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>-kēcari-pa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>mar-ā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a tiri-puva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a-cakkara-varttikaḷ <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-k<choice><sic>o</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>lōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēvaṟku Iyāṇtu Iraṇ
<lb n="6" break="no"/>ṭ-āvatu
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I<hi rend="grantha">rājarāja</hi>-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p paṉaiyūr-nāṭṭu vāvalūr-nāṭṭu-t tēvatāṉam tiruvāmāttūr Āḷuṭaiya <unclear>A</unclear>ḻakiya tēvar
<lb n="7"/>kōyilil tiru-p-patiyam pāṭivarum kuruṭa<unclear>r</unclear>kaḷai tavi<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>ttu nam tēvārattu tiru-p-patiyam pāṭum poyyāta cēvaṭi tēva-kaṇāta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a
<lb n="8"/>Irā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi><unclear>rā</unclear><hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>-p-piccaṉukkum Iva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> vaṟkattārkkum Ik-kōyiṟ tiru-p-patiya-k-kāṇi-y-ā<unclear>ṉ</unclear>a Ivv-ūr mutal-kāṇi-y-āka kuṭuttōm
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<lb n="9"/>Iva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> vaṟkattāraiyumē-y Iṭṭu-t tiru-p-patiyam pāṭu-vittu-k koṇṭu muṉpil āṇṭukaḷ kuruṭa<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷukku viṭṭu varum nivanta
<lb n="10" break="no"/>-p-paṭi Ivarkaḷukkum viṭṭu-k kalveṭṭuka-v enṟu tiruvāymoḻintu tirumukam pira<hi rend="grantha">sā</hi>tañ ceytu vantamaiyi<choice><sic>ṟ</sic><corr>ṉ</corr></choice>
I<unclear>k-kuruṭa</unclear>r <lb n="11" break="no"/>kaḷ muṉpil āṇṭukaḷ A<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>upavattiṉ paṭi pāṭi varuṅ kuruṭa<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ pēr pati<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>aṟuvarum Ivarkaḷukku kaṇkāṭṭuvār Iruvarum Ā
<lb n="12" break="no"/>ka-p pēr pati<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>eṇmarkku pērāl nellu patakk' āka nāḷ oṉṟukku nellu mu-k-kalam āka nāḷ mu<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ṉūṟṟ' aṟupatukku nellu Āyi
<lb n="13" break="no"/>ratt' eṇpatiṉ kalamum puṭavai-mutalukku pērāl kācu Oṉṟ' āka kācu pati<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>eṭṭukku kācu Oṉṟukku nellu Irupati<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kalam āka va
<lb n="14" break="no"/>nta nellu Āyirattu nānūṟṟu nāṟpatiṉ kalattukku vēli Oṉṟukku nellu nūṟṟ' iru
<lb n="15" break="no"/>patiṉ kalam āka It-tēvar tēvatānam kaṭuva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ūril viṭṭa nilam pa<choice><orig>nn</orig><reg>ṉṉ</reg></choice>iru vēli
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In-nilam pa<choice><orig>nn</orig><reg>ṉṉ</reg></choice>iru vēliyum kāṇiyāka
Ivv-ūr nila
<lb n="16" break="no"/>ṅ kalanta paṭiyē kai-k koṇṭu It-tiru-p-patiyam pāṭuvār pēr pati<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>eṇmarum muṉṟu <hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>ntiyum vantu tiru-p-patiyam
<lb n="17"/>viṇṇappañ ceytu mu<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>pil āṇṭukaḷ Ik-kuruṭa<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ nilaṅ kai-k koṇṭu ceytu varum paṭiyē It-tiru-p-patiyam
<lb n="18"/>viṇṇappañ ceyvārum ceytu vara-k-kaṭavarkaḷ āka Ip-poyyāta cēvaṭi tēvar kaṇāta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a rā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>rā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>-p-piccaṉukkum Iva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> vaṟ
<lb n="19" break="no"/><unclear>kattārkkuṅ kāṇiyāka kuṭuttōm</unclear>
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Prosperity! Fortune!
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[<foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> of Kulōttuṅga II Cōḻa]
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<p n="5-6">
Second year of the glorious Cōḻa king Kulōttuṅga, emperor of the three worlds, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> the king Rājakesarivarman.
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After dicontinuing <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tavi<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>ttu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">the arrangement concerning</supplied> the blind people <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kuruṭar-kaḷ-ai</foreign></supplied> who utter <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pāṭivar</foreign></supplied> the holy hymns in the temple of <supplied reason="subaudible">god</supplied> Āḷuṭaiya Aḻakiyatēvar <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> Tiruvāmāttūr, <supplied reason="subaudible">which is</supplied> a <foreign>tēvatāṉam</foreign> <supplied reason="subaudible">located</supplied> in Vāvalūr-nāṭu <supplied reason="subaudible">a subdivision of</supplied> Paṉaiyūr-nāṭu <supplied reason="subaudible">a subdivision of</supplied> Irājarāja-vaḷa-nātu,
we have given — as <gap reason="ellipsis"/> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mutal</foreign></supplied> land rights <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kāṇi-y-āka</foreign></supplied> in this village, which are the land rights <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kāṇi</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">for the recitation</supplied> of holy hymns <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiruppatiyam</foreign></supplied> in this temple —
to Rājarājappiccaṉ, <foreign>alias</foreign> Poyyāta Cēvaṭi Tēvakaṉātaṉ, and his relatives <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vaṟkattār</foreign></supplied>,
who sing the holy hymns <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiruppatiyam</foreign></supplied> in our <foreign>tēvāram</foreign><note>Note on the meaning of this term in this context.</note>.
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Since it happened <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vantaimaiyil</foreign><note>Literally, "in the coming of."</note></supplied> that he<note>That is, the ruling king.</note> made the grace <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pira<hi rend="grantha">sā</hi>tañ ceytu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> a royal order, gracefully proclaiming that:
<quote>Let it be written on stone that,
having appointed <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭṭu</foreign><note>Literally, "having put."</note></supplied> his relatives,
it is given <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>viṭṭu</foreign><note>Literally, "leaving."</note></supplied> to them,
according to the agreement <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nivanta-p paṭi</foreign></supplied>, which gives <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>viṭṭu</foreign><note>Literally, "leaving."</note></supplied> to blind men in previous years, having them singing holy hymns <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiruppatiyam</foreign></supplied></quote>,
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<item>so that there be sixteen persons, <supplied reason="subaudible">that is</supplied>, the blind men who <supplied reason="subaudible">used to</supplied> come singing according to what these blind enjoyed in the previous years, and two persons <supplied reason="subaudible">as</supplied> supervisors <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kaṇkāṭṭuvār</foreign><note>See MTL, s.v. <foreign>kaṇ-kāṭṭuvāṉ</foreign>, n., "one who leads the blind," referring to this very inscription.</note></supplied> to them,</item>
<item>so that there be a <foreign>patakku</foreign><note>That is, 2 <foreign>kuṟuṇi</foreign>s.</note> for the sake of <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pērāl</foreign><note>Literally, "in the name of."</note></supplied> eighteen persons,</item>
<item>so that there be three <foreign>kalam</foreign>s of paddy per day,</item>
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<supplied reason="subaudible">there are</supplied> one thousand eighty <foreign>kalam</foreign>s of paddy for three hundred sixty days,
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<item>so that there be one gold coin for the sake of <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pērāl</foreign><note>Literally, "in the name of."</note></supplied> capital for clothes <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>puṭavai-mutal</foreign></supplied>,</item>
<item>so that there be twenty <foreign>kalam</foreign>s of paddy for one gold coin, <supplied reason="subaudible">that is</supplied>, for <supplied reason="subaudible">a total of</supplied> eighteen gold coins,</item>
<item>so that there be one hundred twenty <foreign>kalam</foreign>s of paddy per <foreign>vēli</foreign> for one thousand four hundred pots of paddy which comes <supplied reason="subaudible">as such</supplied> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vanta</foreign></supplied>,</item>
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<supplied reason="subaudible">there are</supplied> twelve <foreign>vēli</foreign>s of land given in Kaṭuvaṉūr, <supplied reason="subaudible">which is</supplied> a <foreign>devadāna</foreign> of this god.
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So that there be these twelve <foreign>vēlis</foreign> of land,
so that they become the ones who have to come <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ceytu vara kaṭavarkaḷ</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">as</supplied> those who do recitation <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>viṇṇappam ceyvār</foreign></supplied> of these holy hymns <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>it-tiruppatiyam</foreign></supplied>,
in a manner that eighteen persons, singers of this <foreign>tiruppatiyam</foreign> come,
having taken in hands according to the way land of this village is distributed (?) <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kalanta</foreign></supplied> ,
coming for three <foreign>saṁdhyā</foreign>s,
having taken in hands the land of these blind men of the previous years, who <supplied reason="subaudible">used to</supplied> do the recitation of <foreign>tiruppatiyam</foreign>
we have given as land rights <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kāṇi</foreign></supplied> to Rājarājappiccaṉ, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> this Poyyāta Cēvaṭi Tēvar, and his relatives.
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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1903-1904"/></bibl> (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/433).</p>
<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01"/></bibl> (SII 8.749).</p>
<p>This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01"/></bibl>. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).</p>
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