Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, pillar, time of Kampavarman, year 18 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00508

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svasti śrī

kampa-varmmaṟku yāṇṭu patiṉ Eṭṭāvatu

maṉaiyiṟ -kōṭṭattu maṉaiyi ṇṭaṅ kiḻavarkaḷil ra l ciyacarmaṉ brāhmaṇi naṅkai-p perumāṉ tiru-v-iḻiccil subra hmaṇya-bhaṭārarkku nantā-viḷa kkukku kuṭutta poṉ pattu

I p-poṉṉālum vanta Aṟu-patiṉā ḻi Eṇṇaiyum Āṭṭā ṇṭu tōṟum tiru-viḷakku muṭṭāmai-y Eriya vai ppōm āṉōm sapaiyōm

°varmmaṟku °varmmaṟku °varmmarku vaṟmarku brāhmaṇi pirāhmaṇi brhamani pirāmaṇi subrahmaṇya-bhaṭārarkku suprahmaṇya paṭārarkku subrahmaṇya batararkku cupramaṇya paṭārarkku

Prosperity! Fortune!

Eighteenth year of Kampavarman.

There are ten kaḻañcus of gold that ..., the Brahmin spouse of ... gave for a perpetual lamp for the glorious Subrahmaṇya ...

We, the members of the assembly, have become those who will ...

Edited in (Āvaṇam 17.23.3), in , in . Both editions count 17 lines of text, but the photo published in (fig. 4, p. 180) shows that there is no missing line 8.

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on a photo published in (fig. 4, p. 180) and, otherwise, on the previous editions, none sufficiently reliable. The distinction between vowel akṣaras and markers, and between Grantha and Tamil letters, cannot be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

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