Ilaṅkāṭu, time of Nṛpa<supplied reason="lost">vikra</supplied>mavarman, year 18 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00448

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase Slab inscription recording the construction of a temple (taḷi) and donation of land for sacred food offerings (tiruvamutu) and a flower garden (nantavāṉam), at the time of the Tiruvātirai festival.

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kō-vicaiya-nirupa -vikkirama-parumāṟku yā ṇṭu patiṉ-eṭṭ-āvatu

ḻaṉi nallūr-t taḷi Eṭuppittāḷ Ali-ñā ṭṭu Ālañcēri-c Iruntu vā ḻum cēnti makaḷ nanṅ kāḷi Akkaṉ Ivaḷ tiru-v-amu tukku vaitta pōkam taḷi -paṭṭa-c-caṉṉa-carumaṉ kūṟum cōmāci-perumāṉ kūṟum nantavāṉam cittirai-t tiru-v-ātirai-viḻā c ceyya vaittāḷ

kō-vicaiya° y °vikkirama° ma yāṇṭu patiṉ-eṭṭ-āvatu yā tiṇettāvatu Ali-ñāṭṭu reads Āli-nāṭu.

Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nirupavikkiramaparumaṉ.Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.

She who had the temple taḷi of ḻaṉinallūr built, Naṅkāḷi Akkaṉ, daughter of Cēnti, who lives residing in Ālañcēri in Alināṭu, she gave vaittāḷ an enjoyment bhoga, that she ivaḷ gave vaitta for sacred food-offerings, a flower garden, in the form of a share kūṟu of land for/under the supervision of Caṉṉacarumaṉ, a priest paṭṭaṉ of this temple, and of a share kūṟu of land for/under the supervision of Cōmāci Perumaṉ,Also, presumably, a priest of the same temple. in order to celebrate ceyyaLiterally: to do. the TiruvātiraiThat is, the glorious ātirai. See MTL, s.v.: 1. The 6th nakṣatra, part of Orion; 2. A festival in the month of Mārkaḻi. 3. A special ceremony observed on the day of āruttirā-taricaṉam before a girl’s marriage when she is given a bath and decorated.. festival in the month of Cittirai.

Reported in (ARIE/1967-1968/B/1967-1968/251).

Edited in .

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on , not sufficiently reliable. The distinction between vowel akṣaras and markers, and between Grantha and Tamil letters, cannot be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

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