svasti śrī tiru-makaḷ pōla peru-nila-c-celviyum taṉakkē Urimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-k-koḷa kāntaḷur-c cāralai kalam aṟutt-aruḷi vēṅkai-nāṭum kaṅka-pāṭiyūum nuḷampa-pāṭiyun taṭikai-pāṭiyum kuṭamalai-nāṭumṅ kollamum kaliṅkamum Eṇ-ṭicaiy pukaḻ taru Īḻa-maṇṭaṭalamum Ilraṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ' arai Ilakkamum tiṇ-ṭiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ-k koṇṭa taṉ Eḻil vaḷar uūḻi Ellā yāṇṭum toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭē ceḻinarai tēcūu koḷ

śrī-kōrāja-rājakēsari-vannmar-āna śrī-rāja-rājadevarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 4-Āvatu nāḷ 100 2 10 4-nṉāl

Uṭaiyār śrī-rāja-rāja-rāja-devar tañcāvūr-p periya-ceṇṭu-vā yil-c cittira-kūṭattu teṟkkil kallūriyil Eḻunt-aruḷi Iruntu coṇāṭṭum coṇāṭṭu-p paṭum puṟa(ṇi)-nāṭukaḷilum toṇṭai-nāṭṭilum pāṇṭi-nāṭ-āna rāja-rāja-vaḷanāṭṭilum pāppaṉ Ūrkaḷilum vaikhāṉasar Ūrkaḷi lum savaṇṇara Ūrkaḷilum kāṇi Uṭaiyār yāṇṭu 10 6-Āvatu mutal 2 10 3-Āvatu varaiyil Īr-āṇṭu nirampi mū-v-āṇṭu tantaṅkāṇi-y-āṉa nilaṅkaḷukku Avvava Ūrkaḷilāroṭum Ūri-ṭu-vari-p-pāṭu Iṟai Iṟātu pōnṉār kāṇi Uṭaiyārai-t tavira Ūr-nilam-āy Avvava Ūrarkaḷilārē viṟṟu-k koḷḷap-p-eṟuvārkaḷ ākavum yāṇṭu 2 10 4-Āvatu mutal Īr-āṇṭu nirampi mū-v-āṇṭu Ūr-iṭu-vari-p-pāṭu Iṟai Iṟātu pōṉār kāṇi Uṭai yārai-t tavira Avvava Ūrkaḷilāre viṟṟu-k koḷḷa-p-peṟṟuvārkaḷ ākavum eṉṟu Ip-paricu tiru-vāy-moḻin- t-aruḷiṉa paṭi tiru-mantira-v-ōlai rājakēsari-nallūr kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttiṉālum tiru-mantira-v-ōlai-nāyakaṉ mu-m-muṭi-cōḻa-brahma-mā-rāyaṉum mu-m-muṭi-cōḻa-pōcaṉum Oppiṭṭu-p-pukun=ta kēḻvi-p paṭi 2 10 4-Āvatu na 100 4 10 3 ṉāl variyil aṭuiṭṭatu

pōla pol maṉakkoḷa maṉakkoḷ Ilraṭṭapāṭi Ilaṭṭapāṭi

Hail! Prosperity! On the 124th day of the 24th year of the reign of the glorious king Rājarāja-Kesarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadeva, who, in his life of growing strength, during which,——in the belief that, as well as the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,——he was pleased to destroy the ships at Kāntaḷūr-Cālai, and conquered by his army, which was victorious in great battles, Vēṅkai-nāṭu, Kaṅka-pāṭi, Nuḷampa-pāṭi, Taṭikai-pāṭi, Kuṭamalai-nāṭu, Kollam, Kaliṅkam, Īḻa-maṇṭalam, the conquest of which made him famous in the eight directions, and the seven and a half lakṣas of Ilaṭṭa-pāṭi,——deprived the Ceḻinas of their splendour at the very moment when Utakai, which is worshipped everywhere, was most resplendent;——the lord Śrī-Rājarājadeva, being graciously seated in the college kallūriCompare Vol. II. p. 109. on the south of the painted hall citra-kūṭa at the great hippodrome gate periya-ceṇṭu-vāyil in Tañjāvūr, was pleased to order as follows:——

The land of those landholders in villages of Brāhmaṇas, in villages of Vaikhānasas, and in villages of Śramaṇasi.e. Jainas. in Cōṇāṭu, in the adjacent districts included in Cōṇāṭu, in Toṇṭai-nāṭḍu, and in Pāṇṭi-nāṭu, alias Rājarāja-vaḷanāṭu,See Vol. II. p. 320, note 3. who have not paid, on the land owned by them, the taxes due from villages, along with the other inhabitants of those villages, for three years, of which two are completed, between the 16th and the 23rd years of my reign, shall become the property of the village and shall be liable to be sold by the inhabitants of those villages to the exclusion of the defaulting landholders. Also, the land of those who have not paid the taxes due from villages for three years, of which two are completed, from the 24th year of my reign, shall be liable to be sold by the inhabitants of those villages to the exclusion of the defaulting landholders.

Accordingly, having been written by the royal secretary, Rājakēsarinallūr-Kiḻavaṉ, and having been approved by the chief secretary, Mummuḍi-Cōḻa-Brahmamārāyaṉ, and by Mummuṭi-Cōḻa-Pōcaṉ, this order was engrossed from dictation onthe 143rd day of the 24th year of the reign.

Prosperity! Fortune!

24th year of ...,

who ... [meykkīrtti of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]

Reported in (ARIE/1892-1893/B/1893/29).

Edited in , with English translation (SII 3.9).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on .

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