Olakkūr, dedication of an image, no king, no year EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00248

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piritivi-vitapā ṅkurati Arai caṉ ceyvittatu

This has been caused to be made by king Pṛthvīvṛṣabhāṅkura.

According to 30, the inscription is in archaic characters and [r]ecords that the much worn image at the top of the slab was caused to be made by the king, while [t]he image itself, perhaps, represents Piridiviviḍa[ṅga]-kurati. dates the inscription to the 6th century and notes: The inscription is engraved below the stated image of a goddess flanked by a lamp and canopied by an umbrella.

Reported in (ARIE/1909-1910/B/1909/356).

Edited in (IP 248).

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2022).

622 248 30, 70 B/1909 356