Māraṉēri, donation, time of Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman, year 24 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00484

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svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya ya-nirupatuṅka-vi kkirama-paṉ·makkiu yāṇṭu 2 10 4 Irupa ttu nāṉ·k-āvatu

yi-ṉāṭ·ṭu-t· te ṉṉa nan·tipura ttu nṛpakesari Ī śvara-gṛhat·tu mahā tēdevaṟkku It·-taḷi-t tēvaṉār makaḷ· kēca mi Oru non·tā viḷak·kiṉuk·ku-k kuṭut·ta poṉ· 3 10 m mup·pa t·tu-k kaḻañ·cu

Ip-po ṉ· poliyāl· nicati Uri-y eṉ·ṉai Iṟrup·pat’ āka It·taḷi tāṉat·tār· kai-y· va cam vait·tatu

Itu kā ttāṉ ati Eṉ· ṟalai mē laṉa

2 10 4 24 This figure is not clear, but should correspond the number provided right after it in words. nan·tipura ttu nan·tipura nṛpakesari rupakesari It·-taḷi-t tēvaṉār Ittaḷit tēvaṉār mup·pa t·tu-k muppa tuk Iṟrup·pat’ āka Iṟuppatāka

Prosperity! Fortune!

Twenty-fourth (24) year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅkavikramavarman.

The gold that Kēcami, a daughter of the god of this temple has given for one perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the Nṛpakesarīśvaragṛha of Nantipuram in the nāṭu: 30 kaḻañcus.

ItThat is, the gold. has been given in the hands of the trustees tāṉattār of this temple.

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

Edited in (Āvaṇam 23, no. 4), with a photograph of estampage; encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022), based on previous edition(s) and published visual documentation.

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