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<summary>Slab inscription recording the construction of a temple (<foreign>taḷi</foreign>) and donation of land for sacred food offerings (<foreign>tiruvamutu</foreign>) and a flower garden (<foreign>nantavāṉam</foreign>), at the time of the Tiruvātirai festival.</summary>
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<lb n="1"/><supplied reason="lost">kō-vicai</supplied>ya-nirupa
<lb n="2" break="no"/>-<supplied reason="lost">vikkira</supplied>ma-parumāṟku yā
<lb n="3" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ṇṭu pa</supplied>tiṉ-eṭṭ-āvatu
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<lb n="4" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character" precision="low"/> <unclear>ḻaṉi</unclear> nallūr-t taḷi
<lb n="5"/>Eṭuppittāḷ Ali-ñā
<lb n="6" break="no"/>ṭṭu Ālañcēri-c Iruntu vā
<lb n="7" break="no"/>ḻum cēnti makaḷ na<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṅ</reg></choice>
<lb n="8" break="no"/>kāḷi Akkaṉ Ivaḷ tiru-v-amu
<lb n="9" break="no"/>tukku vaitta pōkam taḷi
<lb n="10" break="no"/>-paṭṭa-c-caṉṉa-carumaṉ kūṟum
<lb n="11"/>cōmāci-perumāṉ kūṟum
<lb n="12"/>nantavāṉam cittirai-t
<lb n="13"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character" precision="low"/> tiru-v-ātirai-viḻā
<lb n="14" break="no"/>c ceyya vaittāḷ
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<lem><supplied reason="lost">kō-vicai</supplied>ya°</lem>
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<lem>°<supplied reason="lost">vikkira</supplied>ma°</lem>
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<lem>yā<lb n="3" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ṇṭu pa</supplied>tiṉ-eṭṭ-āvatu</lem>
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Eighteenth year of the victorious king Nirupa<supplied reason="lost">vikkira</supplied>maparumaṉ.<note>Sanskrit Nṛpatuṅgavikramavarman.</note>
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She who had the temple <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>taḷi</foreign></supplied> of <gap reason="lost"/>ḻaṉinallūr built, Naṅkāḷi Akkaṉ, daughter of Cēnti, who lives residing in Ālañcēri in Alināṭu,
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an enjoyment <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhoga</foreign></supplied>, that she <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ivaḷ</foreign></supplied> gave <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vaitta</foreign></supplied> for sacred food-offerings,
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a flower garden,
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<supplied reason="subaudible">in the form of</supplied>
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<item>a share <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kūṟu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of land for/under the supervision of</supplied> Caṉṉacarumaṉ, a priest <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>paṭṭaṉ</foreign></supplied> of <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied> temple, <supplied reason="subaudible">and of</supplied></item>
<item>a share <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kūṟu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of land for/under the supervision of</supplied> Cōmāci Perumaṉ,<note>Also, presumably, a priest of the same temple.</note>
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in order to celebrate <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ceyya</foreign><note>Literally: to do.</note></supplied> the Tiruvātirai<note>That is, the glorious <foreign>ātirai</foreign>. See MTL, s.v.: <quote>1. The 6th <foreign>nakṣatra</foreign>, part of Orion; 2. A festival in the month of Mārkaḻi. 3. A special ceremony observed on the day of <foreign>āruttirā-taricaṉam</foreign> before a girl’s marriage when she is given a bath and decorated.</quote>.</note> festival <supplied reason="lost">in the month</supplied> of Cittirai.<!--Check parallel: on the day of Cittirai in the month of Cittirai-->
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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1967-1968"/></bibl> (ARIE/1967-1968/B/1967-1968/251).</p>
<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Dayalan2005_01"/></bibl>.</p>
<p>This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on <bibl><ptr target="bib:Dayalan2005_01"/></bibl>, not sufficiently reliable. The distinction between vowel <foreign>akṣara</foreign>s 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.</p>
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