svasti śrī

paramēccura-p -pōt·taraiyar·k·ku yāṇ·ṭu mū ṉṟ-āvatu

Aviṉūr·-t tiru-Akatti śvarattu mahādevar aṭiyāṉ maṇi yaṉ· tiru-p·-pali pōtavataṟkum tiru -Amiutukkum Oṭ·ṭi-p poli-y-ūṭṭu vait·ta (pa)ric-āvatu

koṟut·talai nāc·caṉ ma ṇ·ṭaiyāḻ·vāṉ r ēt·tattu makiḻar ēttattu mēl Uṭaiya Aññū ṟṟu-k kāṭiyum

Ūruṇi Akattu-p· po ṟkuṉṟa-c-caṭaṅ·kaviyār ēttattu mēlai pirā ya]-ceṟuviṉ ṟalai Uṭaiya kalam [space=1] nel· mu-p·-patiṉ· kāṭiyum· poṉ· kaḻañ· cum·

Ic-ceṟuviṉuḷ poṟ·ṟattaṉār kūṟā yatum· koṭuṅ· ceṟuvu tala-c·-camāṭāka nel Amain-patiṉ kāṭikkum poli-Ūṭ ṭ' uṇṇa Uṭaiyatu koṟut·talai po ṟkkattiyār makanṉ iṭai Ūruṇi-Akat tu kaiyiṭoṟ·ṟi Uṭaiya kalam poṉ Aṟu kaḻañcum neṟ· patiṉāṟ·ṟu kāṭiyum

kaiviṭo ṟṟi koṟuttalai-p poṟṟāḻiyārr iṭai Ūruṇi-Akattu-k koṇṭaṇaṅkuḻi Iva r-uṭaiya nilattiṉ· ṟalaiyum· karuppēt· tattu Ivar-uṭaiya mūṉ·ṟu ceṟuviṉ ṟa laiyum āka Uṭaiya kalam Aṟu kaḻañcum nel Aṟupatiṉ kāṭiyumm

ik-ko ṇṭaṇaṅ-kuḻi naṭuvil Iraṇṭu ku ṭiṉ· ṟalaiyum· koṇṭaṇaṅ-ki ḻavar poḻa naṉtiyār iṭai Uṭai ya nāṟpatiṉ· kāṭi nel·lum

piṇṭi Ūṭ·ṭippaṭṭi-t· tēvapūti Aṅ·kamaṇi peṟṟa ceṟuviṉ· ṟalai-Uṭaiya nel· nā nāṟpatiṉ· kāṭiyum·

koṟuttalai-p poṟ· kattiyār makanṉ iḻuk·kaṅkāṭṭu -p-paṭṭi nilattilum lamaṉa paṭṭi-t talai Uṭaiya Añ-ñAin-ūṟṟu kāṭiyum

koṟuttalai-p poṉ· ṉilaṉār ētat ttu-p· paṭṭi nilan talai-c-caimāṭ-āka Uṭaiya nel·ll· añ-ñūṟain-nūṟṟu-k kāṭiyum

Aḻicu-p· poṟ·ṟiṇṭat tiruvētiyā r talai-p·-pāṭakkattu Āṟu ceṟuviṉ ṟa lai-Uṭaiya kalam· Aṟu kaḻañcu poṉ· ṉum·

Ivar-iṭayē vaṭa-pālai paḷḷa-c ceṟuviṉ ṟalai muppatiṉ kāṭi nel lum poli-Ūṭṭu

Aḻicūr ciṟṟayaṉ ta lai-p-pāṭakattu muūṉṟu ceṟuviṉ ṟalai yum Aṟupatiṉ kāṭi nellālum pa tiṉ· Añkāṭi nellum poli-Ūṭṭu vat' ākavum

Iṉ-nel mutalāl patiṉ kā ṭiyāl Oru kāṭi nel· poli-Ūṭṭuva tum poṉ kaḻañciṉ vāy Aṟu kāl nel· poli Uṉpat' ākavum

sabhaiyuM panmāheśvararuM IddharmmaM rakṣittār aṭi Eṉ ṟalai mēlaṉa .

kāl·kaṭu taṭ·ṭam

mūṉṟ-āvatu muṉṟ-āvatu Amiutukkum Amitukkum maṇ·ṭaiyāḻ·vāṉ maṇ·ṭaiyāḻ·vā ēt·tattu ēttatu ēttattu ēttattu ētattu ēttattu Amain-patiṉ Añpatiṉ Aiñpati patiṉāṟ·ṟu patiṉāṟ karuppēt·tattu karuppēttatu karuppēttattu kāṭiyummik-koṇṭaṇaṅ-kuḻi kāṭiyum mikkoṇṭaṇaṅkuḻi kāṭiyum ikkoṇṭaṇaṅkuḻi ku ṭiṉ· kuḻiyiṉ The reading kuḻiyiṉ however makes better sense. naṉtiyār naṉtiyār makanṉ makan makaṉ ētat ttu-p· ētat tup ēttat tup añ-ñūṟain-nūṟṟu-k kāṭiyum aññūṟṟu kāṭiyum añ-ñūṟain-nūṟṟuk kāṭiyum -pāṭakkattu pāṭakkattu pāṭakkattu muūṉṟu muṉṟu mūṉṟu -Ūṭṭuvatum Ūṭṭuvatum It seems that there is one more character engraved between Ūṭṭuva and tum, but this would hardly make sense.

Prosperity! Fortune!

Third year of ParamēccurppōttaraiyarThat is, the Pallava king Parameśvara..

This is the way that Maṇiyaṉ, the devotee atiyāṉ of the Mahādeva of the glorious Akattiśvaram at Aviṉūr, gave interests so as provide oṭṭi for the food-offerings amutu and for what is adequate pōtavataṟku for the glorious offerings paliThat is, Sanskrit bali.:

The feet of those, among the assembly sabhai and the Panmāheśvarars, who protect this pious donation dharma are on my head.

... kālkaṭu taṭṭam.

It is not clear in favour of which god the donation is made: the Mahādeva of Tiruvatikai, the find-spot of the slab, or the Mahādeva of the Akattiśvaram temple in Aviṉūr, the residence of the donor Maṇiyaṉ.

sabhaiyuM panmāheśvararuM. It is not clear if this phrase is the signature of the record or if, as translated above, it is part of the following benediction phrase.

After this final line, a later phrase, unrelated to the original record and consisting in a name (nataṅ·karācareṭ·ṭi) has been engraved upside down.

Edited in (SII 8, no. 331); text and summary in (IP 71); re-edited and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on photographs (2007).

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