Taṇṭalam, construction, time of Pallavamārāyaṉ, year 10 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00261

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svasti śrī kāṭavar-taṅ kōṉ catti poṟ-ṟōṭṭil iṭṭa yāṇ ṭ’ ēṭ’ iyal iīr-aintil iṭuvittā-ṉ[i>ī]ṭiya-ciīr pallavamārāyaṉ paci niīkki taṇṭalattu-k kal-l-ivar niīr-ēri-kkaliṅkum aṇṭattuḷōr matippavaṉ pōḷiyuūr-nāṭṭu-t taṇṭalatt’ ēri-k kaliṅk’ amaittāṉṉ oṇ-ṭamiḻ-p pār maṅkai-tāṉ virumbum pallavamārāyaṉ eḻiṟ-puū maṅkai-taṅ kōṉ purintu .

Prosperity! Fortune!

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Hail! Prosperity!

In (the year) twice five (i.e. ten), which was engraved on palm-leaves,I.e. with which all documents issued at this time had to begin. (from) the year when (the name of) Catti, the king of the Kāṭavas, was entered on a gold leaf,This seems to refer to some custom observed at the coronation of a king; compare South,-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. p. 135 and note 2.― Pallavamārāyaṉ of enduring fame, who is respected by (all) the inhabitants of the world, having freed (the villagers) of hunger, caused to be built also a sluice, composed of stones, for the water-tank at Taṇṭalam.

The lord of the beautiful goddess of the (lotus) flower (i.e. Lakshmī), Pallavamārāyaṉ, who is beloved by the excellent goddess of the Tamiḻ country, graciously constructed a sluice for the tank at Taṇṭalam in Pōḷiyūr-nāṭu.

Edited and translated in (EI 7, no. 5); text and summary in (IP 261); re-edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on the previous editions.

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