Tiruppattūr, stela, time of Māṟañ Caṭaiyaṉ, year 5 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis Valérie Gillet intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis Valérie Gillet DHARMA Paris, CEIAS Paris, EFEO DHARMA_INSPandya00001

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mmlodavyatām ity udāro mā -sūnu-jagad-uru-tilaka-śrī-naro pra thama-jātaḥ śrī-sthalyāṁ liṁga-mūrttyā tribhuvana-pataye śam·bhave dhāttre kācānām pañca-paṁkti- tarad urutaran dhāma śaṁbhor yyi . dipye tān diīpa-māle dve sva janma-divase tathā pratimāsam iti pṛra kam· punar api svayam· . svasti śrī

kō-māṟañ·-caṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu 5 Ai- nt-āvatu

koḻuvūr-k-kūṟ·ṟattu-p pira matēyan tirupputtūr maṇalū rkiḻār· makaṉ· Oloccaṉ·ṟuvvē ti-c·-caṭaṅkavi Iṭaiyāṟuṭaiyāṉ· tattaṉ· māṟaṉ Iv·vūr-t tirut taḷip perumāṉaṭikaḷukku no ntā viḷak·k’ oṉṟ’ erippataṟku vaitta niṟai kuṟaiyā paḻaṅ· kācu poṉ· vaiy·yātaṉa 10 5 patiṉ ain·tum·

Ivaṉ ṟiṅkaṭ· piṟa nta nāḷ· vicākattu nāṉ·ṟ’ uḷḷā l diīpa-mālai Iraṇ·ṭum eripp·ataṟ· ku mēṟpaṭi kāc’ oṉ·ṟum āka-p· patiṉā lu kāciṉālun· tiṅkaṭ poli koṇṭu tiruviḷak·k’ erip·pat' āka t tirupput·tūr· sabhaiyār· kaiyyi l kuṭuttēṉ tattaṉ māṟaṉē ṉ

Iddham·mattiṉai rakṣippār śrī-pādam Eṉ· ṟalai mēlaṉa .

Some more lines are possibly missing at the beginning of the inscription. vaiy·yātaṉa This is probably to be understood as vaittaṉa ("that which were given") or vaittēṉ ("I gave").

the glorious hero who is the large ornament of the world and the son of , the first born, in the glorious Sthāli, to Śambhu, the master of the three worlds in the form of a liṅga the very large abode of Śambhu two kindled garlands of lamps on the day of his birth, thus, every month, agin, himself.

Prosperity! Fortune!

Year 5, fifthThe year number is written twice (as a digit and in letters) to avoid confusion., of the king Māṟañ Caṭaiyaṉ.

In Tirupputtūr, a brahmadeya in the Kōḻuvūrkkūṟṟam, the old gold coins, full and undiminished niṟai kuṟaiyā, that l, Tattaṉ Māṟaṉ, lord of Iṭaiyāru, versed in the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas vēti-c-caṭaṅkavi, Oloccaṉṟu, son of the lord of Maṇalūr, I have given for lighting one perpetual lamp for the lord perumāṉaṭikaḷ of the glorious Taḷi in this village are 15 fifteenThe number is written twice (as digits and in letters) to avoid confusion..

So that there be ākaLine 24. one coin kācu among the above-mentioned coins for lighting two guarlands / rows of lamps, inside uḷḷāl the temple, at the time of vicākam at the time his birthday ivaṉ tiṅkaḷThe referent of ivaṉ appears to be the donor who speaks however in the first person in this sentence., and so that there be ākaLine 26., with the monthly interest tiṅkaṭ poli of the remaining fourteen coins, the lighting of a glorious lamp I, Tattaṉ Māṟaṉ have given these coins in the hands of the members of the assembly of Tirrupputtūr.

The glorious feet of those who protect this pious donation are on my head.

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis and Valérie Gillet (2021), based on autopsy and photographs (Emmanuel Francis, 2019).