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                        <lb n="3" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/>-sūn<unclear>u</unclear>-jagad-uru-tilaka-śrī-na<add place="above">ro</add> pra
                        <lb n="4" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">tha</supplied>m<unclear>a</unclear>-jātaḥ śrī-sthalyā<unclear>ṁ</unclear> liṁga-mū<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>tt<unclear>y</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ā</supplied>
                        <lb n="5"/><supplied reason="lost">tri</supplied><unclear>bhu</unclear>vana-pataye śam·bhave <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
                        <lb n="6" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> <unclear>dh</unclear>āttre kācānām pañca-paṁkti-<gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
                        <lb n="7" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> tarad urutaran dhāma śaṁbho<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> yyi <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
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                        <lb n="9" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">janma</supplied>-divase tathā pratimāsam iti p<choice><unclear>ṛ</unclear><unclear>ra</unclear></choice>
                        <lb n="10" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> kam· punar api svayam· <g type="gomutra">.</g></l>
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                    svasti
                    <lb n="11"/><supplied reason="lost">śrī</supplied>
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                    <supplied reason="lost">kō-m</supplied>āṟañ·-caṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu 5 Ai-
                    <lb n="12"/><supplied reason="lost">nt</supplied>-āvatu
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                    koḻuvūr-k-kūṟ·ṟattu-p pira
                    <lb n="13" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ma</supplied>tēyan tirupputtūr maṇal<unclear>ū</unclear>
                    <lb n="14" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">r</supplied>kiḻār· makaṉ· Oloccaṉ·ṟuvvē
                    <lb n="15"/>ti-c·-caṭaṅkavi Iṭaiyāṟuṭaiyāṉ·
                    <lb n="16"/>tattaṉ· māṟaṉ Iv·vūr-t tirut
                    <lb n="17" break="no"/>taḷip perumāṉaṭikaḷukku no
                    <lb n="18" break="no"/>ntā viḷak·k’ oṉṟ’ erippataṟku
                    <lb n="19"/>vaitta niṟai kuṟaiyā paḻaṅ·       		
                    <lb n="20" break="no"/>kācu poṉ· vaiy·yātaṉa <num value="15"><g type="numeral">10</g> <g type="numeral">5</g></num>
                    <lb n="21" break="no"/>patiṉ ain·tum·
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                    Ivaṉ ṟiṅkaṭ· pi<unclear>ṟa</unclear>
                    <lb n="22"/>nta nāḷ· vicākattu nāṉ·ṟ’ uḷḷā
                    <lb n="23" break="no"/><unclear>l</unclear> <hi rend="grantha">d<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice></hi>pa-mālai Iraṇ·ṭum eripp·ataṟ<unclear>·</unclear>        	
                    <lb n="24" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ku</supplied> mēṟpaṭi kāc’ oṉ·ṟum āka-p· patiṉā
                    <lb n="25" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">lu</supplied> kāciṉālun· tiṅkaṭ poli
                    <lb n="26"/>koṇṭu tiruviḷak·k’ erip·pat' āka
                    <lb n="27" break="no"/>t tirupput·tūr· <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yār· kaiyyi
                    <lb n="28" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">l kuṭu</supplied><unclear>t</unclear>tēṉ tattaṉ māṟaṉē
                    <lb n="29" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ṉ</supplied> <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character" precision="low"/>		
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                    <supplied reason="lost">I</supplied><hi rend="grantha"><unclear>ddha</unclear></hi><choice><sic>m·</sic><corr>ma</corr></choice>ttiṉai <hi rend="grantha">rakṣi</hi>ppār
                    <lb n="30"/><hi rend="grantha">śrī-pāda</hi><unclear>m</unclear> Eṉ· ṟalai mēlaṉa <g type="gomutra">.</g>      			
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                        <lem><hi rend="grantha"><gap reason="lost" quantity="15" unit="character" precision="low"/></hi></lem>
                        <note>Some more lines are possibly missing at the beginning of the inscription.</note>
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                        <lem>vaiy·yātaṉa</lem>
                        <note>This is probably to be understood as <foreign>vaittaṉa</foreign> ("that which were given") or <foreign>vaittēṉ</foreign> ("I gave").</note>
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                <p n="1-10"><gap reason="ellipsis"/> the glorious hero who is the large ornament of the world and the son of <gap reason="ellipsis"/>, the first born, in the glorious Sthāli, to Śambhu, the master of the <supplied reason="lost">three</supplied> worlds in the form of a <foreign>liṅga</foreign> <gap reason="ellipsis"/> the very large abode of Śambhu <gap reason="ellipsis"/> two kindled garlands of lamps <gap reason="ellipsis"/> on the day of his <supplied reason="lost">birth</supplied>, thus, every month, <gap reason="ellipsis"/> agin, himself.</p>
                
                <p n="10-11">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>
                
                <p n="11-12">Year 5, fifth<note>The year number is written twice (as a digit and in letters) to avoid confusion.</note>, of the king Māṟañ Caṭaiyaṉ.</p>
                
                <p n="12-21"><supplied reason="subaudible">In</supplied> Tirupputtūr, a <foreign>brahmadeya</foreign> in the Kōḻuvūrkkūṟṟam, the old gold coins, full and undiminished <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>niṟai kuṟaiyā</foreign></supplied>, that <supplied reason="subaudible">l, </supplied> Tattaṉ Māṟaṉ, lord of Iṭaiyāru, versed in the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vēti-c-caṭaṅkavi</foreign></supplied>, Oloccaṉṟu, son of the lord of Maṇalūr, I have given for lighting one perpetual lamp for the lord <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>perumāṉaṭikaḷ</foreign></supplied> of the glorious Taḷi in this village <supplied reason="subaudible">are</supplied> 15 fifteen<note>The number is written twice (as digits and in letters) to avoid confusion.</note>.</p>
                
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                        <item>So that there be <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āka</foreign><note>Line 24.</note></supplied> one coin <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kācu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">among the</supplied> above<supplied reason="subaudible">-mentioned coins</supplied> for lighting two guarlands / rows of lamps, inside <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>uḷḷāl</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">the temple</supplied>, at the time of <foreign>vicākam</foreign> <supplied reason="explanation">at the time</supplied> his birthday <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ivaṉ tiṅkaḷ</foreign><note>The referent of <foreign>ivaṉ</foreign> appears to be the donor who speaks however in the first person in this sentence.</note></supplied>,</item>
                        
                        <item><supplied reason="subaudible">and</supplied> so that there be <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āka</foreign><note>Line 26.</note></supplied>, with the monthly interest <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiṅkaṭ poli</foreign></supplied> of the <supplied reason="subaudible">remaining</supplied> fourteen coins, the lighting of a glorious lamp</item>
                        
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                    <unclear>I,</unclear> Tattaṉ Māṟaṉ have given <supplied reason="subaudible">these coins</supplied> in the hands of the members of the assembly of Tirrupputtūr.
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                <p n="29-30">The glorious feet of those who protect this pious donation are on my head.</p>
                
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                <p>This edition by Emmanuel Francis and Valérie Gillet, based on autopsy and photographs (2019, by Emmanuel Francis).</p>    
                
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