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svasti śrī

matirai koṇṭa kōpparakēcaripaṉmarkirkku yā ṇṭu 3 10 6Āvatu

Avaṉikaṉntaṟpapurattu mahaādevark ku kaṇṭaṉ neṟēriyāṉ tirutta kuḷattiṉ kiīḻ Apohanaṅ kiṭaṉn ta bhūmiyai macakki Itin nirk kiṭaṉta nilam ṟi tu Uṭump' ōṭiy āmai tavaḻṉntatu Eppēṟrpaṭṭatu Uṇṇilam Oḻiv' iṉṟiy Akavēriyum puṟavēriyum miīṉ poṉṉum vaḷaiyiṟ cuṟṟu Eppēṟrpaṭṭatum tāṇi k koṇṭu Iraṇṭu taḷiyilum Orō noṉntā viḷakku Erippōm āṉōm Ittaḷi paṭṭuṭaiyōm Eḻuvōm

ta bhūmiyai macakki Itin nirk kiṭaṉta nilam The reading of this phrase is based on the parallel in #2, line 4.

Nēriyāṉ is a name of the Cōḻa kings (as lords of the Nēri hill) or alternatively a personal name meaning "one of subtle intellect" (see MTL s.v. nēriyaṉ). Neṟiyāṉ, as derived from neṟi, could mean "religious one", that is, devotee, or "virtouous/righteous one".

Uṭump' ōṭiy āmai tavaḻṉntatu, "where the lizzard (uṭumpu) runs (ōṭi) and the turtle (āmai) crawls (tavaḻntatu, literally "that which [the turtle] crawls"). This formula, designating uncultivated lands, is also used in the late Pallava copper-plate grants.

akavēriyum puṟavēriyum. Literally: "the inner tank (aka-v-ēri-y-um) and the outer tank (puṟa-v-ēri-y-um)". This appears to refer to the tanks comprised by or nearby the plots, but the details remain unclear. See also #7 for a similar formula.

miīṉ poṉṉum. Dr. G. Vijayavenugopal (personal communication) suggested us to interpret poṉṉum as "gold", to read the previous word as mīṉa as a mistake for īḻa (īḻam), and to understand the phrase as "Lankan gold". We tentatively take the phrase in the sense of the "gold of fish", that is, the donation includes the income raised from the fishes in the two tanks just mentioned.

erippōm āṉōm. Literally "we have become, we are" (aṉōm) "those who will burn" (erippōm)".

it-taḷi, "this temple", that is the temple in Avaṉikantaṟpapuram.

Reported (ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/368).

Edited in , based on autopsy and photographs.

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet.

TBC TBC 73 C/1924 368