Parameśvaramaṅgalam, foundation, time of Nṛpatuṅgavarman, year 15 intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSPallava00159

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svasti śrī

yāṇṭu patiṉaint-ā vatu

parameśvara-maṅkalattu śai leśvarattu gaṇavpatīi-bhaṭārarai vaiyvai ttu-k kōyilll eṭuppittār taṇṭiya ṅ-kiḻār pāṇṭaiya-kramavittarr brāhma ṇi tēvaccāṉi tāṉ eṭuppitta taḷik ku Arccanā-bhogammm-āka vaitta nel mutal nāṟpatiṉ kāṭi

Ivaittil va rddhamānaṁ koṇṭu tiṅkaḷ nālḷ avi yum Anti-viḷakkum Arccanaiyu m

Ip-paricu vaḻuvāmai-c cey vōm āka

in-nāṟpatiṉ kaāṭiyum koṇṭōm taḷi-y-uṭaiyyy-ākar civa catti civa-kurava civa-nakka civa-kāma ci

gaṇavpatīi-bhaṭārarai gaṇavati-bhaṭārarai gaṇavpati-bhaṭārarai eṭuppittār eṭuppittaār eṭuppittār pāṇṭaiya-kramavittarr pāṇṭiya-kramavittar nālḷ avi yum nālvi yum nālvl avi yum taḷi-y-uṭaiyyy-ākar taḷi-y-uṭaiyyy-ākar

Prosperity! Fortune!

Fifteenth year.

These fourteen kāṭis, We have taken them, We ... Civa

The inscription is incomplete. notes: Probably a few more letters are wanting. The significance of these names is not clear. They were probably the taḷi uḍaiyār (temple priests), as stated in l. 13.

According to : This gives the earliest reference to the setting up of the image of god Ganapati, during the Pallava period.

Edited in (SII 12, no. 68); text and summary in (IP 159).

Encoded and translated here by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous editions and photos.

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