Tirukkōṭikkāval, Tirukkōṭīśvara, time of Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman, year 24 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00184

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svasti śrī

Ituvummm oru paḻaṅ kal paṭi

kō-vicaya -nṛpatouṅka-vikrama-panmaṟku yāṇṭu Irupattu nāl-āvatu

tiru-k-kōṭikāvil mahādevarkku non=tā viḷakkiṉukku koṇṭanāṭuṭaiya veṭṭuvati Araiyaṉ-āṉa mallaṉ vekaṭavaṉ kuṭutta poṉ patiṉ aiṅ-kaḻañcu

Ip-pon koṇṭu Itaṉ palicaiyāl nāl u ḻakkum piḻaiyānāḻikkiḻ muḻaiyāl nicati Uḻakku ney taḷi Arccippāṟku kuṇantu Aḷantu kuṭuppōmmm āṉō[mmm ācantira-kālamum aḷan=tu kuṭuppōm āṉom nāraṇakka-c-caturveti-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

Itu paḻaaiya kal paṭi

I nta śrī-vimānattile Ēṟa veṭṭinamaiyil muṉṉivājagam veṭṭi-k kiṭanta taṉi-k-kallāl Ubhaiyōkam illāmaiyāl Atu tavin=tatu

Itu muṭṭil paṉ-māyeśvarar kaṭai kūṭṭa peṟṟār

peṟṟār peṟṟār There is possibly a character engraved after peṟṟā, which looks like a Grantha ra.

Prosperity! Fortune!

This also is the copy of an old stone.

Twenty-fourth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.

ThisThat is, what precedes. is the copy of the old stone.

Later copy of an original Pallava inscription.

Edited in (SII 12, no. 78); text and summary in (IP 184); encoded and first translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions and photos.

33-34 78 513-514 184 77 B/1930-1931 7