Studies in Cola History and Administration c13: Appendix II
Studies in Cōḻa History and Administration c13
- Language
- English
Contents
- c13.s1 A—Text — 11 parts
- c13.s2 B—Text — 23 parts
- c13.s3 A.—Translation — 10 parts
- c13.s4 B—Translation — 30 parts
Appendix II
A—Text
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1 Svasti śrī ( || ) (Madi)r(ai) - koṇ(ḍa kō=Ppa)-rakēsarivarmakku yāṇḍu paṇiraṇḍu āvadu ( || ) Uttiramēruccatu(r)vē(d)imaṅgalattu sabh(ai)yō(m) ivv-āṇḍu mudal e(ṅ)gaḷ=ūr śrīmukappaḍi āṇai-
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2 yi(ṇ)al Tattaṉū(r - M)ūvē(nda)vēḷāḷ irundu v(ā)riyam=(ā)ga āṭṭ=orukkālum sam(va)tsara-v(ā)riya-mun-dōṭṭa-vāriyamum (ēri)-vā(riya)mum iḍuvadarku vyavas(thai) sey-
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3 da pariś=āvadu ( || ) kuḍumbu mup(pad=āy) muppadu kuḍumbilum avvava-kuḍu(m*)bilā(rē)y kūḍi kā=ṇi(la)ttukku mēl irai-nilam uḍaiyāṉ taṉ maṇaiyilē a-
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4 gam eḍuttukoṇḍu irup(pāṇaiy) ar(u)ba(du-pi)rā(ya*)ttukku uḷ muppadu pirāyattukku mēlpaṭṭār vēdattilum śāstrattilum kā(r)yyattilum nipuṇar=eṇṇappaṭṭ=i-
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5 ruppārai a(r*)ttha-śauśamum āt(ma)-ś(au)śamum uḍaiyar=āy mūv-(ā)ttiṉ i-ppuṟam vāriyaṉ=jey(di)l(ā)t(ā)r (v)āriyaṉ=jeyd=oḷinda (p)erumakkaḷukku-
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6 aṇiya bandukkaḷ allāttār(ai)=kkuḍav-ōlaikku=ppēr tiṭṭi=ccēri-vaḷiyēy tiraṭ(ṭi) pa(ḷ)ḷiraṇḍu śēriyil śēriyāl oru-pē(r-ām-āṟu) ēdum=uru(v=a)riyāttāṉ=oru-
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7 bāla(ṇai)=kkoṇḍu kuḍav-ōlai (v)āṅguvi(t)tu=ppaṇṇiruvārum sam(vatsa)ra-vāriyam=āvid-āgavum (||) a(di)ṇ miṇbēy tōṭṭa-vāriyattukku mēṟpaḍi ku(ḍa)v-(ō)-
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8 lai vāṅgi=ppaṇṇiruvārum tōṭṭa-vāriyam=(ā)vad=ā(ga)vum ( || ) niṉṟa (a)ṟu-(kuḍa)v-ōlai(u)m ēri-vāriya(m=ā*)- 9 vad = āgavu = mup(pa)du kuḍav = (ō)lai pa(ri)ccu v(ā)riyam seygiṇ(ra*) mūṇru (t)iṟattu v(ā)riyamum muṇnūrr-a(ṟubadu) n(āḷu)m (ni)ram(ba*) (v)āriyam oḷin(da) aṇan(ta)ra(m) iḍu(m vā)r(i)yaṅgaḷ (i - vya)vasthai(y - ō)(lai*)ppadiyēy kuḍumbukku = kkuḍav-ōlai iṭṭu = kkuḍav - ōlai pa(ric)cuk(ko)ṇḍ(ē)y vā(ri)yam (i)ḍuvad = āgavu ( || ) vāriyañ = jeydār(k*)ku bandhukkaḷum ś(ē)rigaḷil a(nyōnya)mm(ē) * * *
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10 m kuḍav-ōlaiyi(l) pēr eḷudi i(ḍa)ppaḍādār = (ā)gavum ( || ) pañjavāra-vāri(ya)ttukkum poṇ-vāriyattukkum muppadu kuḍu(m)b(i)lum mup(padu) kuḍa(v-ō)lai iṭṭu śēriyāl o(ru)ttarai = kkuḍav-ōlai pari(t)tu paṇṇiruvārilum (a)ṟuvar (pa)ūja(vāra*)-vāriyam = āvad-āgavum ( || ) aṟuvar p(oṇ)-vāriyam = āvad-āgavu(m) ( || ) samvatsara-vāri(ya)m allātta
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11 vāriya(ṅ)gaḷ (o)rukkāl seydā(rai pi)ṇṇai a-(v)-vāriyattukku kuḍav-ō(lai) iḍa = ppeṟādad-āgavum ( || ) (i)-ppariśēy = ivv-āṇḍu mudal ca(ndr)ā(ditta)vat e(ṇ)ṟum (ku)ḍav-ōlai (vāri)yamēy iḍuvad = āga Dēvēndraṇ ca(kra)varti (śrī) Vīranārāyaṇaṇ śri-Parāntakadēvar = āgi(ya) Parakēsari(r)mar śrīmugam a(ru)ḷicceydu va(rakk)āṭṭa-
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12 śrī-āṇaiyiṇāl Tattanūr - Mū(vē)nda(vē)ḷāṇ = uḍaṇ = irukka nam grāmatt(u du)ṣṭar keṭṭu śiṣṭar varddhi(tti)ḍuvār = āga (vyava)sthai sey(dō)m (Ut)-taramē(ru*)-ca(turv)ēdimangalat(tu) sabh(ai)yōm ( || )
B—Text
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1 Svasti śrī ( || ) Madirai-koṇḍa kō Parakēsari-vanma(r)kku yāṇḍu padiṇāḷavadu nāḷ padiṇ-āṟu ( || ) Kāliyūr - kōṭṭattu taṇ - kūṟṟu Uttaramēru - catu(r)-vēdimangalattu sabh(ai)yōm ivv-āṇḍu mudal (e)ṅgaḷukku the Lacedaemonians, who had been waiting for the signal, now attacked the city. The Plataeans, seeing the enemy already inside and their own men falling, and knowing nothing of the plot, were seized with panic and, thinking that the Thebans were far more numerous than they really were, surrendered at discretion. But when they discovered that the Thebans were few, they took heart and, resolving to attack them, closed the gates and fell upon them.
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The Thebans, finding themselves in a trap, began to defend themselves. Twice or thrice they repelled the attacks of the Plataeans, but when the women and slaves began to shout and throw tiles and stones from the houses, and a heavy rain began to fall, the Thebans, confused and blinded, broke and fled through the city. Most of them, not knowing the way in the darkness and rain, fell into the drains or were killed by the Plataeans, who knew the streets. The gate through which they had entered had been shut by a Plataean who had found a javelin-head and used it as a bolt, so that there was no way out. Pursued through the city, some climbed the wall and jumped down, most of them perishing; others reached the gate and, finding it shut, were cut down by the women and slaves. A small party, seeing a large building with an open door, rushed in, thinking it was a gate, and were captured.
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Meanwhile, the main body of the Thebans, who were to have arrived at daybreak to support the first party, had been delayed by the rain and the swollen river Asopus. When they heard of the disaster, they hurried to the city, intending to seize any Plataeans who might be outside the walls. The Plataeans, suspecting their intention, sent a herald to them, warning them not to harm the prisoners they had taken, and threatening to kill them if they did not withdraw from their territory. The Thebans, upon this, retired.
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The Plataeans, having thus cleared the city, collected their dead and the prisoners. The prisoners, numbering about one hundred and eighty, were executed the next day, despite a message from the Thebans claiming that they had surrendered on terms. The Plataeans denied this, asserting that they had promised to spare them only if they did not commit further acts of violence.
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Thus ended the attempt of the Thebans upon Plataea, an event which was the immediate cause of the war between Athens and the Peloponnesians. The Plataeans, having secured their city, sent a messenger to Athens with the news, and the Athenians, fearing for the safety of the Plataeans, sent a garrison to their aid and removed the women and children to Athens.
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B-TEXT (LINES 1-7)
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Peru(m)āṇ-adigaḷ Emberumān śrī-Viranārāyaṇan śrī-Parāntakadēvan (śrī) - Parakēsarivanmaruḍaiya śrīmukham varakkāṭṭa śrīmukhappadi ṇ-
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2 jñaiyiṇāl Śōla-nāṭṭu = Ppuraṅgarambai-nāṭṭu Śrīvaṅganagar = Kkarañjai-Koṇḍayakramavitta-bhaṭṭan = āgiya Śōmāsiperumān irundu vāriyam = āga āḷ(=o)-rukk(ā)lum samvatsara-vāriyam(u)m toṭṭa-vāriyamum ēri-vāriyamuṇ iḍuvadaṟkku vyavasthai sēda pariś = ā-(va)du ( || ) kuḍumbu muppaḍā = muppadu kuḍumbilum avvava kuḍumbilā-
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3 rē kūḍi = kkā = nilattukku mēl irai-nilam = uḍaiyaṇ taṇ maṇaiyilē agamm = eḍuttu-kkoṇḍ = iruppāṇai eḷubaḍu pirāyattiṇ kīḷ muppaṭṭaindu pirāyattiṇ mērpaṭṭār mantrabrāhmaṇam vallāṇ ōduviṭṭ-ariyvāṇai = kkuḍav-ōlai iḍuvad = āgavum ( || ) arai-kkā = nilamē uḍaiyaṇ = āyilu(m) oru-vēdam vallan = āy nālu bhāṣyattilum oru-bhā-
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4 ṣyam vakkāṇitt-ariyvāṇ avaṇaiyuṇ = guḍav-ōlai eḷudi = ppuga iḍuvad = āgavum ( || ) avargaḷilum kā(r)-yyattil nipuṇar = āy āśāram = uḍiyaṟāṇaraiycy koḷvad = āgavum ( || ) a(r)ttha-śauśamu(m) ānma-śaucamum uḍaiyar = āy mūv-āṭṭiṇ = i-ppuram vāriya(ñ) = jeydilāttārai koḷvad = āgavum ( || ) eppēṟppaṭṭa vāriyaṅgaḷum śe(y)du kaṇakku-kkāṭṭādē irundāraiyum ivargaḷukku = ccirṟ-avai = ppēṟ-avai ma-
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5 kkaḷaiyum ivargaḷukku attai māmaṇ makkaḷaiyum iva(r)gaḷukku = ttāyōḍu uḍappiṟandāṇaiyum ivargaḷ tama(p)paṇōḍ = uḍappiṟandāṇaiyu(m) taṇṇōḍ-uḍappiṟandāṇaiyum ivargaḷukku = ppiḷḷai kuḍutta māmaṇaiyum ivargaḷ brāhmaṇiyōḍ = uḍappiṟandāṇaiyum taṇṇōḍ = uḍappiṟandāḷai vēṭṭaṇaiyu(m) uḍappiṟan(dā)! makkaḷaiyum taṇ magaḷai vēṭṭa marugaṇaiyum taṇ tamappaṇaiyum 6 taṇ magaṇaiyum āga i=ccuṭṭa * * * * * bandhukkaḷaiyum kuḍav-ōlai eḷudi=ppu(ga) iḍa p(pe)ṟāttār=āgavum ( || ) agamyāgamaṇattilum mahāpādagaṅgaḷ(il) muṉb=aḍain(da) nālu mahāpādagaṭṭilumm=eḷuttuppaṭṭāraiyum ivar(gaḷu)kkum mun śuṭṭappaṭṭa ittiṇai bandhukkaḷaiyum kuḍav-ōlai eḷud(i)=ppuga(i)ḍa=ppeṟādā(r=ā)gavum ( || ) sa(msar)gga-(pa)ti(ta)rai prāyaścittañ=jeyyum-aḷa(vu)m
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7 kuḍav-ōlai iḍādad=āgavum * * * * * diyum sāhasiyar=āy=iruppāraiyum kuḍa(v-ō)lai eḷudi=ppugav=iḍa=ppeṟādār=āgavum ( || ) paradravyam apaharittāṇaiyum kuḍav-ōlai eḷudi=ppugav=iḍa=ppeṟādār=āgavum ( || ) e(ppē)rppaṭṭa kaiyyūṭṭu(ṅ)=goṇḍāṇ kṛ(ta)-prāyaścittañ=jeydu śuddhar=āṇāraiyu(m) avvavar prāṇān(t)ikam
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8 vāriyattukku=kkuḍav-ōlaiy=eḷudi puga(v=iḍa=ppeṟādad=āgavum) * * * * * pādagam śeydu prāyaccit(ta)ñ=jeydu śuddhar=(ā)ṇāraiyum grāma-kaṇḍagar=āy prāyaści(ttañ)=jēdu śu(d)dhar=āṇāraiyu(m) agamyāgamaṇam (śē)du prāya(ści)ttañ-jeydu śuddhar=āṇāraiyum āga i-ccuṭṭappaṭṭa aṇ(ai)yvaraiyum prāṇā(nti)kam vār(i)yattukku=kkuḍav-ōlai eḷud(i)=ppugav=iḍa=ppeṟādad=āga-
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9 vum ( || ) āga i-ccuṭṭappaṭṭa ittaṇaiyvaraiyum nīkki i-mmuppaḍu kuḍum(bilu)m kuḍav-ōlaikku=ppērtīṭṭi i-ppaṉṉiraṇḍu śēriyilum=āga i-kkuḍumbum vevvēṟēy vāy-ōlai pūṭṭi muppaḍu kuḍumbum vevvēṟe kaṭṭi=kkuḍam puga (iḍu)vad=āgavum ( || ) kuḍav-ōlai paṟikkum(bō)du mahāsabhai=ttiruvaḍiyārai sabāla-vṛddham niram(ba)=kkūṭṭi-kkoṇḍu aṇ=uḷḷūril irunda nambimār oruvaraiyum oḷiyā-
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10 mē mahāsabhaiyilē uḷm-maṇḍagattilē iruttikkoṇḍu a-nnambimār naḍuvēy a-kkuḍattai nam(b)i-
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mā(ri)l vṛddhar = āy iruppār = oru-(na)mbi mēl nōkki (e)llā-jjaṇamuṅ = gāṇum-ārrāl = eḍuttu-kkoṇḍu niṟkka pagalēy = antaram = aṟiyādaṇ = oru-pālaṇai = kkoṇḍu oru-kuḍumbu vāi(giy) maṟṟ = oru-kuḍattukkēy pugav = iṭṭu = kkulaitu a-kkuḍattil = ōr-ōlai vāṅgi maddhyas-thaṇ kaiyilē
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11 (ku)ḍuppad = āgavum ( || ) a-kkuḍu(t)tav = (ō)lai madhyasthaṇ vāṅgumōdu añju viralum agala vaittu uḷḷangayilē ērṟu-kkoḷv(ā)ṇ = āgavum ( || ) avv-ērṟu vā(i)giṇav = ōlai v(ā)sippāṇ = āgavum ( || ) vāsitta avv-ōlai aṅg-uḷ-(ma)ṇḍagatt = irunda nambimār ellārum vāsippār = āgavum ( || ) vāsitta a-ppēr tiṭṭuvad = āgavum ( || ) i-ppariśē muppadu kuḍumbilu(m) ōrō-pēr k(o)ḷvad = āgavum ( || ) i-kkoṇḍa (mu)ppadu pērilun = tōṭṭa-vāriyamu(m) ēri-vāriyamum śeydāraiyum (vi)jyā-vṛddha(rai)yum
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12 vayō-(vṛ)ddhargalaiyum samvatsara-vāriya-rāga koḷvad = āgavum ( || ) mikku niṉṟāruṭ = paṇṇiru-varai = ttōṭṭa-vāriyaṇ = goḷva(d = ā)gavum ( || ) niṉṟa aṟuvaraiyum ēri-vāriyam = āga = kkoḷvad = āgavum ( || ) iv-iraṇḍu (t)iṟattu vāriyamu(m) karai kāṭṭi koḷvad = (ā)gavu(m) ( || ) i-vāriyam śeygi(ṇ)ṟa mūṇṟu (t)iṟattu vāriya = pperumakkaḷun muṇṇū(ṟṟu-a) ṟu(ba)du n(ā)ḷum nira(m)ba = cceydu oḷivad = (ā)gavu(m) ( || ) vāriyaṇ = jeyyāniṉṟārai aparādaṇ-
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13 gaṇḍapōdu avaṇaiy = oḷ(i)ttuvad = āgavum( || ) ivargaḷ oḷ(i)nda aṇantaram = iḍum vāriyaṅgaḷum pa(ṇṇiraṇ)ḍu śēriyilum dhanmakṛtyaṇ = gaḍaik-kāṇum vāriyarē madhyastharai = kkoṇḍu kur(i) kūṭṭ(i) = kkuḍuppār = āga(vu)m ( || ) i-vyavasthaiy = ōlaip-paḍiyēy * * * (k)ku = kkuḍav-ōlaiy paṟittu-k(k)o(ṇḍē vāri)-yam iḍuvad = āgavum ( || ) pañcavāra-v(āriya)t-(tuk)kum poṇ-vū(ri)yattu- 14 kku = muppadu = kkuḍumbilum kuḍav-ōlaikku pēr tiṭṭi muppadu vā(y-ō)lai-kaṭṭum puga (iṭ)ṭu mup(pa)-du kuḍav-ōl(ai) paṟittu muppadilum (paṇṇi)raṇḍu pēr (pa)ṟittu-kkoḷvad = (ā)gavum ( || ) paṟitta paṇṇiraṇḍilum a(ṟu)var p(o)ṉ-vāriyam aṟuvar pañjavāra-vāriyamum āvanav = ā(gavum) ( || ) piṟṟai āṇḍum i-vāriya(ṅ)gaḷ kuḍav-ōlai paṟikkumbōḍu i-vvāriyaṅgaḷukku muṇ-ṇam śe-
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15 yda kuḍumb = aṇṟikkē niṉṟa kuḍumbilē karai paṟittu-kk(o)ḷ(va)d = āgavum ( || ) kaḷudai ēṟiṉāraiyum kūḍalēgai śeydāṉaiyum kuḍav-olai (e)ḷudi = ppuga iḍa = ppeṟādad = āgavu(m) ( || ) madhyastharum arttha-śauśam = uḍaiyāṉē kaṇakk = eḷuduvāṉ = āgavum kaṇak-(k) = eḷudiṉāṉ kaṇakku = pperuṅguṟi = pperu-makkaḷoḍu kūḍa = kkaṇa(k)ku-(k)kāṭṭi śuddhan ācciḍiṉ-piṉṉ = aṇṟi maṟṟu = kkaṇa-
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16 kku = ppuga peṟādāṉ = āgavum ( || ) tāṉ eḷudiṉa ka(ṇakku) = ttāṉē kāṭṭuvāṉ = āgavum ( || ) maṟṟu = kkaṇak(ka)r pukku o(ḍu)kka = ppeṟādā(r) āgavum ( || ) i-ppariśē ivv-āṇḍu mudal candrādityavat eṇ(ṟ)um kuḍav-ōlai-vāriyamē iḍuvad = āga Dēv(ē)n-draṇ cakrava r)tti (pa)ṇḍitavatsalan kuñjaramallaṇ śūraśūḷāmaṇi kalpakacaritai śrī-Parakē(sa)ri(pa)nma-(r kaḷ) śrīmu(kha)m = aruḷiccēdu varak(k)āṭṭa śrī-ā(ṉ)-aiyā-
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17 1 Śōḷa-nāṭṭu = Ppuṟaṅgarambai-nāṭṭu Śrīvaṅga-nagar = Kkarañjai-K(o)ṇḍaya-(kra)mavitta-bhaṭṭaṇ = āgiya Śōmāśiperumāṇ = uḍaṉ (i)rundu i-ppariśu śeyvikka na(m) grāmattukku a(bhyu)dayam = āga duṣṭar keṭṭu viśiṣṭar ya(r)ddhippad = āga vyavasth(ai) śeydōm Uttaramēru - caturvēdimangalattu sabhaiyōm ( || ) i-ppariśu kuṟiyuḷ irundu p(e)ṟunakkaḷ paṇikka vyavasthai eḷudiṉē(ṉ) madhyasthan
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KADADIPPOT(TA)Ṇ ŚIVAKKUṜ IRĀJAMALLA-MAṄGALAPRIYANĒṆ ( || )
A.—Translation
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*ll.* 1-3. Hail! Prosperity! In the twelfth year of King Parakēsari-varman, who captured Madura—We, (the members of) the *Sabha* of Uttarameru-caturvēdimangalam, Tattanūr-mūvēnda-vēḷān being present in accordance with the order (conveyed) in the *śrīmukham* (royal letter addresed) to our village, made the following settlement for choosing as committees every year from this year onwards, (the following viz.) the annual committee, garden committee and tank committee.
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*ll.* 3-6. There being thirty *kuḍumbus* (wards), in (each of these) thirty wards, the people of the ward concerned shall assemble, and shall write down for pot-tickets (*kuḍav-ōlai*) the names of those who (*a*) own more than one-fourth *nilam* of taxable land, (*b*) reside in houses built on their own sites, (*c*) are below sixty and above thirty years of age, (*d*) have a reputation for proficiency in Vēda, *Śāstra* and (general) affairs, (*e*) possess material and spiritual purity, (*f*) have not done *vāriyam* this side of three years and (*g*) are not close relations of the *perumakkaḷ* (members) who have done *vāriyam* and retired.
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*ll.* 6-7. Then (they shall) collect (the tickets) by the *śēri*, and shall constitute the annual committee of twelve persons by causing a boy who cannot distinguish any forms to draw pot-tickets in such manner that there shall be one person for each *śēri*.
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*ll.* 7-8. Before that, pot-tickets shall be drawn similarly for the garden committee, and the twelve persons (thus chosen) shall form the garden committee.
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*ll.* 8-9. The remaining six pot-tickets shall form the tank committee.
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*l.* 9. The three sorts of committees that do *vāriyam*, (after being appointed) by the drawing of thirty pot-tickets, shall complete *vāriyam* for full three hundred and sixty days (and retire). The committees that will be appointed thereafter shall be constituted as committees only by the drawing of pot-tickets after allotting pot-tickets to the *kuḍumbus* in accordance with this deed of settlement.
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*ll.* 9-10. And the relatives of those who have done *vāriyam*, * * * shall not have their names entered on pot-tickets and deposited (in the pot).
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*l.* 10. For the *pañcavāra* committee and the gold committee thirty pot-tickets shall be allotted to the thirty *kuḍumbus*, and pot-tickets shall be drawn (so as to get) one person for each *śēri*; of the twelve (thus chosen), six shall be the *pañcavāra* committee and six the gold committee.
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*ll.* 10-11. Those who have once served on (any of) the committees other than the annual committee shall not have pot-tickets (with their names) deposited (in the pot) for the same committee.
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*ll.* 11-12. We, the members of the *Sabhā* of Uttaramēru-caturvēdimangalam, having been shown the gracious royal letter received from the lord of the gods, the emperor śrī Vīranārāyaṇa śrī Parāntakadēva alias Parakēsarivarma, Tattaṇūr-mūvēnda-vēḷān sitting with us in accordance with this order, made this settlement, in order that the wicked of our village may perish and the good prosper, viz., that, in this manner, from this year as long as the sun and the moon endure, we shall always appoint only pot-ticket-committees.
B—Translation
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*ll. 1-2:* Hail! Prosperity! On the sixteenth day of the fourteenth year of king Parakēsarivarman who captured Madura—We, the members of the *Sabhā* of Uttarameru-caturvēdimaṅgalam in its own subdivision (*kūṟu*) of Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam,—a gracious letter of His Majesty, our Lord śrī Vīranārāyaṇa śrī Parāntakadēva śrī Parakēsarivarma having been received and shown to us, and in accordance with (that) letter, Karañjai Koṇḍaya Kramavitta-bhaṭṭan alias Sōmāsiperumān of śrī Vaṅaganagar in Puṟaṅgarambaināḍu of the Śōḷanāḍu, sitting (with us) by order,—(we) made the following settlement with a view to appointing as vāriyam (committees), every year from this year onwards, (the following) (viz.), the annual committee, garden committee and tank committee.
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*ll. 2-3:* There being thirty *kuḍumbus* (wards), in (each of these) thirty wards, the people of the ward concerned shall assemble, and shall write on pot-tickets (the names of) those who own more than one-fourth *nilam* of taxable land, reside in houses built on their own sites, are below seventy and above thirty-five years of age, know the *Mantrabrāhmaṇa* and possess experience of teaching it.
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*ll. 3-4:* Though owning only an eighth of a *nilam*, if a person is competent in one Vēda and possesses experience of expounding one of the four *bhāṣyas*, he shall also have his name written on the pot-ticket and put (into the pot).
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*l. 4:* Even among these, only persons who are proficient in (general) affairs and conform to proper conduct (*ācāram*) shall be taken. Those who have material and spiritual purity, and have not done vāriyam this side of three years shall be chosen.
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*ll. 4-6*: Anyone who has done any *vāriyam* (before) and failed to show accounts, and his relatives as specified herein shall not have their names written on pot-tickets and put (into the pot)—(viz.,) the sons of the younger and elder sisters of his mother; the sons of his paternal aunt and maternal uncle; the brother * of his mother; the brother of his father; his own brother; his father-in-law; the brother of his wife; the husband of his sister; the sons of his sister; the son-in-law who has married his daughter, his father and his son.
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*l. 6*: Those against whom incest or the first four of the five great sins are recorded and all their relations as specified hereinbefore shall not also have their names written on pot-tickets and put (into the pot).
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*ll. 6-7*: Those who have fallen by association (with sinners) shall not have their names written on pot-tickets till after they perform expiation.
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*l. 7*: * * Those are who are violent shall also not have their names written on pot-tickets and put (into the pot). Those who have stolen others' property shall not also have their names written on pot-tickets and put (into the pot).
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*ll. 7-8*: Those who, after partaking of any forbidden dish, have become pure by performing the ghee expiation (?), shall not also, to the end of their lives, have their names written on pot-tickets for the committees to be put (into the pot).
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*ll. 8-9*: Those who have become pure after performing expiation for * * sins, those who have become pure after performing expiation for having turned
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∗ The word used in the text is *uḍappiraṇdan*; Venkayya's translation 'uterine brother' is a curious mistake. Though the singular is used in some of these phrases, no doubt the plural is meant.
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enemies of the village (*grāmakaṇṭaka*), and those who have become pure after performing expiation for incest—all these persons shall not, to the end of their lives, have their names written on pot-tickets for committees to be put (into the pot).
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*l. 9:* Excluding all these persons specified above, names shall be written for pot-tickets in all the thirty wards; and in these twelve *śēris*, separate covering tickets (*vāyōlai*) shall be attached for each separate ward, and (the tickets of) the thirty wards shall be separately bundled and put (into the pot).
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*ll. 9-11:* When pot-tickets are (to be) drawn, the members * of the *Mahāsabhā*, young and old, shall be assembled at a full meeting, and the temple priests (*nambimār*) who happen to be in town on the day shall, without any exception, be caused to be seated in the inner *maṇḍapa* (pavilion) in the *Mahāsabhā*; among the temple priests, an old priest shall stand up and, looking upwards, shall hold the pot so as to be seen by all people; (the bundle of) one ward shall be caused to be taken out by a boy who cannot see the difference (between things) even by day, and it shall be put into another pot and shaken, and one ticket shall be drawn out of that pot and placed in the hands of the arbitrator (*madhyusha*).
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*l. 11:* When the *madhyastha* receives the ticket thus given, he shall receive it in the palm of his hand with his five fingers spread out. And he shall read (out) the ticket he has so received. The ticket so read shall be read also by all the temple priests in the inner pavilion. The name so read shall be written down. In this manner, one name shall be obtained from each of the thirty wards.
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∗ *Tiruvaḍiyār* seems only a respectable reference to the general body
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*ll. 11-12*: Out of the thirty names so got, those who have served on the garden committee and the tank committe and those who are advanced in learning or in age shall form the annual committee.
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*l. 12*: Of the rest, twelve shall form the garden committee. The remaining six shall form the tank committee. These two committees shall be formed by showing the *karai* (?). The members of the three kinds of committees that perform *vāriyam* shall do (their duties) for full three hundred and sixty days and then retire.
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*ll. 12-13*: Anyone who is found guilty among those who are serving on the committees shall be removed (forthwith).
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*l. 13*: (For) the committees to be appointed after the retirement of these, the members (*vāriyar*) who superintend charities in the twelve *śēris* shall themselves cause the assembly to be convened by the *madhyasthas*. The committees shall be appointed only by drawing pot-tickets in accordance with this deed of settlement.
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*ll. 13-14*: For the *pañcavāra* committee and the gold committee, names shall be written for pot-tickets in all the thirty wards, and thirty bundles with covering tickets shall be put in, and thirty tickets drawn, from which again twelve names shall be drawn.
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*l. 14*: Of these twelve so drawn, six shall form the gold committee, and six the *pañcavāra* committee.
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*ll. 14-15*: When drawing pot-tickets in the following year for these committees, the *karai* shall be drawn only among the wards that remain after excluding those that served on these committees before (in the preceding year).
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*l. 15*: Those who rode on asses, and those who forged documents shall not have their names written on pot-tickets to be put (into the pot).
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*ll. 15-16*: Among *madhyasthas*,* only a person possessing material purity (*arthaśaucam*) shall write the accounts.
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Until after a person who maintained accounts submits accounts along with the accounts-committee of the *Sabhā* and is declared pure, he shall not enter on (maintaining) other accounts.
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A person who has been maintaining accounts shall himself submit his accounts; other accountants shall not enter and close them.
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*ll. 16-17*: We, the members of the assembly of Uttarameru-caturvēdimangalam,—having been shown the gracious royal letter received from the lord of the gods, the emperor, the lover of scholars, the wrestler with elephants, the crest-jewel among heroes, the emulator of the *Kalpaka*, śrī Parakēsarivarma; Karañjai Koṇḍayakrama-vitta Bhaṭṭa *alias* Śōmāśiperumān of śrī Vaṅganagar in Puṟaṅgarambai-nāḍu of the Śōḻa-nāḍu, sitting with us by order and causing us to make this settlement—(we) made this settlement for the prosperity of our village and for the destruction of the wicked and the increase of the rest, viz., that in this manner, from this year as long as the sun and the moon last, we shall always appoint only pot-ticket-committees.
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*ll. 17-18*: I, the *madhyastha*, Kāḍaḍippōttaṉ Śivakkuri Rājamalla-maṅgalapriyan, wrote this settlement in this wise to the dictation of the members (*perumakkaḷ*) sitting in the assembly (*kuṟiyuḷḷirundu*).
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∗ The text is *madhyasthar-um*, read *uḷ*.