Nārttāmalai, foundation and donation, time of Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman, year 7 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00154

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svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-nirupatouṅka-vikkirama-vanmaṟku yāṇṭu Ēḻ-āvatu

viṭēlviṭuku mutta raiyaṉ makaṉ cāttam paḻiyili kuṭaivitta śrī-kōyil

Ic-ciri-kōyilu kku muka-maṇṭakamum Iṣavamum Iṣava-k-koṭṭilum pali-p-piīṭamum ceyvittāḷ cāttam paḻiyili makaḷ miṉavaṉ tamiḻ-atiyaraiyaṉ-āṉa pāl laṉ Aṉantaṉukku-p pukka paḻiyili ciṟiya naṅkai

Ic-ciri-kō-Iy-ilukku Arccianā-bhogattukku Aṇṇalvā yiṟ-kūṟṟattu-p peru-viḷattūr-c cavaiñ cāttaṉ kāṇi-y-āṉa mū-vēliyi l viḷai koṇṭa kāṟ cēyyum Ev-vakai-p-paṭṭa Iṟai Itaṉāl vantat’ e llām kōviṉukk’ avi-p-patuḷ ātu cavaiñ cāttaṉum ivaṉ vaḻiyilārupem paeṟara kaṭavat’ ākavum

Itu caṭaiyaṉum Iṭaiyūṟ ētum paṭaṉmurai kōvi ṉukku varum Irupatt’ aiṅ-kakḻañcu po ṉ taṇṭaṅ kaṭavar ākavum

paṭṭ-uṭaiya ṉ Uḻruttiraṉ tēyapukkikku-c ce yvittēṉ paḻiyi li ciṟiya naṅkai-Ēy-ēṉ

ppuṟapivi Īśvarattu-p pa ṭṭ-uṭaiyāṉ uruttiraṉ tē ya-pukku-c ceyvittatu

It-tēvatāṉaṅ kātta r aṭi Eṉ ṟalai mēlaṉa

svasti śrī svasti śrī svasti śrī Iccirikōyilukku Iccirīkōyilukku palippiīṭamum palippīṭamum palippiṭamum ceyvittāḷ ceyvittāṉ ceyvittāḷ cāttam cāttam cāttāam makaḷ makaṉ makāṉ makaḷ pāllaṉ vālaṉ mallaṉ pāllaṉ IccirikōIy-ilukku IccirīkōIlukku Iccirīkōyilukku IccirikōIlukku viḷai koṇṭa vilakova vilakōvā vilai koṇṭa kāṟ cēyyum Ikicaṟ ceyyum i kicar ceyyum kārceyyum vaḻiyilārupem vaḻiyilārum vaḷiyilārum paeṟara peṟak peṟak caṭaiyaṉum cuṭaiṉum kataiṉum caṭaiyaṉum suggest it could be ketataiṉum as the first letter looks like ke. paṭṭuṭaiyaṉ paṭṭuṭaivaṉ paṭṭuṭaiyāṉ aligns with the spelling of the same word, lines 17-18. Uḻruttiraṉ Ulutā tiraṉ Oḷutātiraṉ Uḷuttiraṉ ppuṟapivi paḻaṟpili paḻiyili paḻiyili notes: The -ī sign of ḻi is indicated on the side as in Vaṭṭeḻuttu script. Īśvarattup Īśvarattup uruttiraṉ uruttiraṉ urutiraṉ tēyapukkuc tēy pukuc tēyi pukuc tēyapukkuc ceyvittatu ceyvitta ceyvitta ceyvittatu ceyvittatu

Prosperity! Fortune!

Seventh year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman.

This is the glorious temple that Cāttam Paḻiyili, son of Viṭeḷviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ, had made carved out.

She who has, for this glorious temple, a front hall, a ṛṣabha, a hall for the ṛṣabha and an altar made is the daughter of Cāttam Paḷiyili, that is, Paḻiyili Ciṟiya Naṅkai pukka fo Pāllaṉ Aṉantāṉ

For this glorious temple, for its arcanābhoga, let it be that should be obtained a quarter cēy bought ...

Let it be that those who ... should receive a fine of twenty-five kaḻañcus of gold ...

I, Paḻiyili Ciṟiya Naṅkai have this made as for ... tēyapukkikku of the priest UruttiraṉThat is, a Tamil tadbhava of Sanskrit Rudra..

It has been made ... tēyapukku of the priest Uruttiraṉ.

The feet of he who protects this devadāna are on my head.

The beginning of lines 1-5 is severely damaged and nowadays hardly legible.

The lines 20-21 have not been previously noticed.

Edited in (IPS no. 19); first translated in (IPS no. 19); re-edited in (without marking alveolar ṉ); re-edited in ; text (mainly after ) and summary in (IP 154); re-edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on photographs.

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