Trichy, cave, time of Māṟañ Caṭaiyaṉ, year 4 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPandya00002

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svasti śrī kalpāpāya-hutāśa-dhūma-paṭala-krūram‧ viṣaṁ līlayā kaṇṭhe yaḥ kalayām‧ babhūva vibudhair bibhyattir abhyartthitaḥ yas tārṇīr iva nirddadāha vitatīś śuṣkāḥ purīr āsurīr yyaś cākṣi-jvalane juhāva madanam‧ pāyād apāyāt sa vaḥ {wavy line}

kō-māṟañ caṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu nāṅ·ku nāḷ Irā yirat·t’ ainnūṟṟ’ oṉṟu

vem·pil· matiḷ a ḻit·tup pōntu niyamat·t’ irunt’ aruḷi so ma-sūryyānvaya-dvaya-tilakāraṁgārar-āyina pā ṇḍyādhirājar varaguṇa-devar tirumalai-bhaṭārark ku-k kuṭutta poṉ pāṭi-k-kallāl 100 2 10 5 nūṟṟ’ i rupatt’ aiṅ-kaḻañcum

Ip-poṉ· mutaṉiṟka poli koṇṭu muppatiṉ kaḻañcu poṉṉiṉ poliyāl Oru nontā-viḷakk’ āka nūṟṟ’ iru patin kaḻañcu poṉṉāl· nālu non tā viḷakk’ eriya-k kāṇa-nāḻiyāl nicati Aṭṭa-k ka ṭava ney Iru-nāḻi

niṉ·ṟa Aiṅ-kaḻañcu po ṉṉālun tiṅkaṭoṟum tiṅkaṭ ṭiruvāti rai nāṉṟ’ avv-irā-p pularum aḷavum Aintu viḷakk’ eriya Aṭṭa-k kaṭava ney Iru-nāḻi U ri

Ivv-oṭṭiṉa paricu ney Aṭṭi It-ti ru-viḷakk’ erippāṉ· Ip-poṉ· nūṟṟ’ irupatt’ ai ṅ-kaḻañcuṅ koṇṭōm· ciṟ·ṟampar nakarat tōm

Ivv-oṭ·ṭiṉa paricu ney Aṭ·ṭuvip·p taṟku Amain·tu puṇai-p· paṭṭōm· ciṟ·ṟam·par· pa tiyum· pātamuūlattōmum

Itu pan·māhe śvararar Iraikṣai

°tilakāraṁgārar° °tilakāraṁgārar° °tilakāraṅgārar° niṉ·ṟa niṉṟu niṉṟu paricu paricu

Prosperity! Fortune!

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Year four, day two thousand five hundred one of the king Mārañ Caṭaiyaṉ

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This is under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

Reported in (ARIE/1904-1905/A/1904/414).

Edited in (SII 14.10); edited and translated in .

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis (2023), based on autopsy and photographs (Emmanuel Francis, 2004).

6 10 11-23 II 15 A/1904 414