Cāttamaṅkalam, rock, time of Nantippōttaraicar, year 14 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00074

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nanti-p-pōttarai carkku-p patiṉāṉk-āvatu

I p-paḷḷi-Uṭai-Ārai nīkki Irun ta tavacikaḷukku-p piccai Eḻu kaḻañcu poṉ Ivv-ūr antai I ḷaiyār appaṇanti vaitta Aṟam

kaḻañciṉāl Uḻakk’ arici muṉ kuṟaṭṭi vaittatu

Ivv-aṟam ūrōṅ kāp pōm āka Oṭṭiṉōṅ kāmakkō ṭṭam aḻitta pāvam āka Oṭṭiṟ 2 nā l-vāy uḻakk’ arici-Um muṭṭiṟ kō-Iṟku nāḷ-vāy oru kāṭi neṟṟaṇṭam

Ip-poṉ ṟaṭṭārkkulam paṭātu

-pōttaraicarkku-p -pōttarēcarkku-p -pōttaraicarrkku-p Ivv-ūr antai Ivv-ūr āṉtai appaṇanti appaṉanti kaḻañciṉāl kaḻañciṉāl kaḻañciṉāl muṉ kuṟaṭṭi muṉ kuṟaṭṭi muṉ kuṟaṭṭi Oṭṭiṉōṅ Oṭṭiṉāl Oṭṭiṉōṅ Oṭṭiṟ 2 Oṭṭiṟ kō-Iṟku kōka kōIṟku ṟaṭṭārkkulam paṭṭārakkulam ṟaṭṭārkkulam

Fortune!

Fourteenth year of Nantippōttaraicar.

The pious donation aṟam that Antai Iḷaiyār Appananti, of this village, gave for the ascetics who reside here, excluding those belonging uṭai to this paḷḷi: seven kaḻañcus of gold, as alms piccai.

With one/per kaḻañcu, one uḻakku of rice … muṉ kuṟaṭṭi is to be given/provided vaittatu.

This pious donation, We, the members of the ūr, shall protect, … oṭṭiṉōṅ.

As the sin of ruining the Kāmakkōṭṭam, … Oṭṭiṟ = oṭṭiṉ/oṭṭil?.

Daily, one uḻakku of rice … muṭṭiṟ = muṭṭiṉ/muṭṭil?.

To the king daily one kāṭi … neṟṟaṇṭam.

This gold is not to befall paṭātuLiterally: "to happen". to the lineage of goldsmiths ṟaṭṭārkkulam.

appaṇanti. IP: “May be read as Iḷaiyār Bavanandi.” But not granted: there might have been one Appananti and one Pavananti.

Reported in (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/219).

Edited in , in ; text and summary in (IP 74); encoded here by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on previous editions.

158 122 74-75 74 46 B/1968-1969 219