Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, time of Aparājitavarman, year 8 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00243

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svasti śrī Ānma kṣa sna panam atisitam· lepanam· śuddha pam· tām·būlaṁ sannivedya pratidi nam aniśandīpam ekam· pradātum· kāṭ·ṭuūr-ī śo vinītaḥ svapatimatiharaḥ ṣaṣṭhim· suvarṇṇam· bhaktyā paitāṁki kaṇṭho mu m adād oṟṟiyūreśvarāya

kō vicaiya-Aparājita-varmma-p-pōttarai yaṟkku yāṇṭ’ eṭṭ-āvatu

cōḻa-nāṭṭu vaṭa karai Iṉṉampar-nāṭṭu-k kāṭṭuūr kāṭṭuūrr-uṭai yāṉ paiytāṅki kaṇṭaṉ tiru-v-oṟṟi yūr mahādevarkku vaitta poṉ Ūr-k-ka ṟ cemmai Aṟupatiṉ kaḻañcu

Ip -poṉṉuḷ tāṉ piṟanta cōti-nāḷ tiru-v-amirtu patt’ eṭṭu-k kuttaṟ paḻa-v-a rici patiṉ aṟu nāḻikkum snapaṉattiṟku m tiru-v-amirtiṟkum-āka ney Āṟu nāḻi kkum vāḻaippaḻam eṭṭuñ carkkarai -p palamuṅ kaṟi-y-amirtiṟku-k kāy-t tiru maṭaikkāy amirt’ eṇ-patilaiyum pat tukkāyum iḷaniīr mu-p-patum pañca-gavya ṅkaḷukku veṇṭuvaṉavuñ cantaṉamun= tū pamuṅ karppūramum-āka Ivv-aṉaittu kkum-āka vaitta poṉ mu-p-patiṉ kaḻa ñcum oru nandāviḷakk’ erippataṟku vai tta poṉ mu-p-patiṉ kaḻañcum-āka vai tta poṉ Aṟu-patiṉ kaḻañcuṅ ko ṇṭu kaṭavōn tiru-v-oṟṟiyūr-k karma-k-kiḻava r-āyiṉa Ūrōm

ip-poṉṉāl āṇṭu-varai kaḻa ñciṉ vāy muūṉṟu mañcāṭi-p poṉ pali cai-y-āka Ivv-āṭṭai-c cittirai-t tiṅkaḷ mu

kṣa kṣa It seems that there is place only for two characters on the stone. pattukkāyum pata tukkāyum pattukkāyum Probably a typo in .

Prosperity! Fortune!

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Eight year of the victorious king Aparājitavarmappōttairayar.Sanskrit Aparājitavarma + Tamil Pōttarayar. That is, the Pallava king Aparājitavarman.

The gold that ... has given for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: sixthy kaḻañcus of a purity tested on the village touchstone.

We are bound to take this gold ... we, the village delegates ... of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr.

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notes: Continuation of the inscription is lost.

Reported in (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/159).

Edited in (SII 12.92), with visual documentation. Text and summary in (IP 243).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

40-41 92 610-612 242 23 B/1912 159