Epigraphic curses

[Swaminathan Madhuresan]

Dear Dr. Rabe,

If you look around, I am sure you will find earlier ones repeating
that curse - "kaGkaik karaiyil kArAm pacuvaik kon2Ra pAvam"

Best wishes.

--- Michael Rabe <mrabe at ARTIC.EDU> wrote:
> FYI, by chance yester day I found the proverbial needle in a haystack... a
> Nayak period inscr on the 2nd gopura, Tanjavur, dated Zaka 1499 expired [AD
> 1577], contains the very curse I need to help read the Nagappatinam
> buddha's inscription.  Published w/o estampage in tamil and Eng. trans. in
> SII v.II, Part IV, no. 97.  I know about other curses, from Mamallapuram's
> "6 times dammed..." zaiva zApa, etc.,  but any more of this exact one will
> help to date the sculpture in question.
> Here's the translation from Hultzsch/Venkayya/Krishna Sastri:
> "One who obstructs this charity shall incur the sin of having killed tawny
> cows on the banks of the Ganges.  One who obstructs this charity shall
> incur the sin of having pulled out a thousand lingas." [p. 499]
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Rabe
>
>
> >Not only the Nayak period inscriptions, but the imperial
> >Chola and Pandya ones as well to get a full idea.
> >
> >Also, the curses by 'Saivaite Nayanmars on Jains and Buddhists,
> >usually in 9th quatrain of every decad. Vaguely remember these
> >curses figure in maNimEkalai, the buddhist epic too.
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >SM
> >
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