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<lb n="1"/>svasti śrī
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<l n="1">tiru-makaḷ pōla-p peru-nila-c-celviyun</l>
<l n="2">taṉakkē y-urimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-k-koḷa-k</l>
<l n="3">kāntaḷ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ū</corr></choice><supplied reason="lost">r-c cālai</supplied> <choice><sic>kkem</sic><corr>kalam</corr></choice> aṟutt-aruḷi</l>
<l n="4">vēṅkai-nāṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyun</l>
<l n="5"><supplied reason="omitted">nuḷampa-pāṭiyum</supplied> taṭ<choice><sic>ī</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>k<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>-pā<supplied reason="undefined">ṭi</supplied>yuṅ</l>
<l n="6">kuṭa-malai-nāṭuṅ kollamuṅ kaliṅkamum</l>
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<l n="8">iraṭṭa-pāṭi y-ēḻ' arai y-ilakkamun</l>
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<l n="12">ceḻiyarai-t tē<supplied reason="undefined">cu</supplied> koḷ</l>
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śrī-kō-<supplied reason="undefined">v-i</supplied><hi rend="grantha">rāja-rāja</hi>kē<hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>ripa<hi rend="grantha"><supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>mma</hi>r-āṉa <hi rend="grantha">śrī-rāja-rāja-de</hi>vaṟku yāṇṭu <num value="29">2 <g type="numeral">10</g> 9</num>-<supplied reason="undefined">Ā</supplied>vatu
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jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu-p perum-pāṇa-p-pāṭi-t-t<choice><sic>ura</sic><corr>ū</corr></choice>-ñāṭṭu mēṟ-pāṭi-y-āṉa <hi rend="grantha">rājāśra</hi>ya-purattu nakarattōm <supplied reason="undefined">Ā</supplied>ṟṟ<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>rar-t tu<supplied reason="undefined">ñ</supplied>ciṉa tevarkku-p paḷḷi-paṭai-y-āka Uṭ<supplied reason="undefined">ai</supplied>yār <hi rend="grantha">śrī-rāja-rāja-de</hi>var Eṅkaḷ nakarattil Eṭuppitt-aruḷiṉa Aṟiñcikai-Ī<hi rend="grantha">śva</hi>rattu <hi rend="grantha">ma</hi>hā<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>varkku vēṇṭu nivantaṅkaḷukku-t tēvatāṉam-āka nāṅkaḷ kuṭutta nilam āva<supplied reason="undefined">tu</supplied>
Eṅkaḷ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ū</corr></choice>rkku-p piṭākai-y-āka-p pe<supplied reason="undefined">ṟ</supplied>ṟ-uṭaiya <supplied reason="undefined">v-ūru</supplied>kaḷil maṉai-vaḻi kūṟ-iṭātu nakara-p-potu-vāy-k kiṭanta <supplied reason="undefined">pu</supplied>li-<supplied reason="undefined">k</supplied>-kuṉṟattu<surplus>kku</surplus>kku-k
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<p n="1">Hail! Prosperity! In the 29th year <supplied reason="subaudible">of the reign</supplied> of the glorious king Rājarāja-Kesarivarman, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Śrī-Rājarājadeva, who, <hi rend="italic">etc.,</hi>,<note>The historical introduction of this inscription is identical with that of No. 15.</note>——we, the citizens of Mēṟpāṭi, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Rājāśrayapuram, in Tūñāṭu, <supplied reason="subaudible">a subdivision</supplied> of Perumpaṇa-pāṭi in Jayaṅkoṇṭa-Cōḻa-maṇḍalam, gave the following land as temple land for the expenses<supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nibandha</foreign></supplied> required by <supplied reason="subaudible">the god</supplied> Mahādeva of the Aṟiñcikai-Īśvara <supplied reason="subaudible">temple</supplied>, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadeva had been pleased to build in our city as a resting-place for the king who fell asleep at Āṟṟūr. The eastern boundary of Pulikkuṉṟam,——<supplied reason="subaudible">which is one</supplied> among the villages that were acquired and belong to our village as hamlets <supplied reason="explanation">piṭākai</supplied>, which is not divided into house-sites <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>maṉai</foreign></supplied>,<note>See Vol. I. p. 66, note 3.</note> and which is the common property of the city,——<supplied reason="subaudible">is</supplied> to the west of the river called Nukā; the southern boundary <supplied reason="subaudible">is</supplied> to the north of the boundary of Kukkaṉūr; the western boundary <supplied reason="subaudible">is</supplied> to the east of the boundary of Te<supplied reason="undefined">ṉ</supplied>koḷḷi; andthe northern boundary <supplied reason="subaudible">is</supplied> to the south of the boundary of Pālainellūr.</p>
<p n="2"><supplied reason="subaudible">The village of</supplied> Pulikkuṉṟam, enclosed within these four great boundaries,——the whole land of this Pulikkuṉṟam, including wet land, dry land and jungle, <supplied reason="subaudible">and</supplied> not excluding the cultivated land,<note>The same expression <foreign>uṇṇilamoḻiviṉṟi</foreign> occurs in line 99 of the Udayēntiram plates of Pr̥thivīpati II.; above, Vol. II. p. 386.</note>——we, the citizens of Mēṟpāṭi, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Rājāśrayapuram, gave for the expenses required by this god, as tax-free temple land, having engraved <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied> on stone. At the bidding of the citizens, I, the accountant of this city, Nārāyaṇaṉ Aṭaikkalavaṉ, wrote <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied>. This is my writing. This <supplied reason="subaudible">gift is placed under</supplied> the protection of all Māheśvaras.</p>
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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>
<p n="1">29th year of the glorious king Rājarāja, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> the glorious king Rājarājakesarivarman,</p>
<p n="1">who ... [<foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> of Rājarāja I Cōḷa]</p>
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...
has given
...
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<supplied reason="subaudible">as</supplied> for Pullikkuṉṟam
...,
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...
We have given,
We, the members of <foreign>nakaram</foreign> of
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