Kūram plates, time of Parameśvaravarman author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00046

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... paramēcu vara-maṅ·kalat·tu nilam-āka Ik·-kāluḷ· kuṟ·ṟ-ētta maiyum· nāṭāḻ·c·ciyuṉ nāṭ·ṭu-p· paṇ·ṇik·keyum ... ... p-puṟam· k· koṇ·ṭu vaḻipāṭu ... m· koṇ·ṭu pu ... ... ... k-kāt·tu koṭuk·ka .

Asyāḥ praśaster avat somaś ca yasyās sahavāsa-bandhus traya hma-dattañ ca dvidhā bhaktiñ ca pātu yaḥ mac-chiram ma brahma-sva-paripuṣṭāni vāhanāni mahīpate yuddha-kāle viśīryante saikatāḥ setavo yathā deva-svam braāhmaṇa-svañ ca lobhenopahin asti yaḥ cchiṣṭena jīvati . bhūmi-dānāt paran dānam na bhūtoaṁ na bhaviṣyati tasyaiva haraṇāt pāpaṁ nabhūtoaṁ na bhaviṣyati . . .

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Plates ppuṟam· k· koṇ·ṭu ppuramkkoṇṭu ppuramak koṇṭu Alternative reading: p-puṟam-āka koṇ·ṭu avat avatā vatā brahma ... yathā Text restored after stanza 33 in Sircar’s list (, p. 181).

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O king, the mounts accrued from the wealth of brahmins crumble in time of war like dams/bridges made of sand.

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A gift superior to the gift of land There has not been and there won’t be. Therefore a sin superior to seizing it There has not been and there won’t be.

Edited in (SII 1.151). Revised edition of plates 3-4 in . Edited in . Text and summary in (IP 46). Text and French translation in (B 33). Visual documentation in SII 2 (plates XI-XII).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2008, by Emmanuel Francis, by courtesy of Chennai Government Museum).

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