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<l n="5">nuḷam<supplied reason="undefined">pa</supplied><lb n="4" break="no"/>-<supplied reason="undefined">p</supplied>āṭiyun= taṭikai-pāṭiyuṅ</l>
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śrī-kō-<hi rend="grantha">rāja-rāja-rāja-</hi>kē<hi rend="grantha">sari-varmmar-ā</hi>ṉa <hi rend="grantha">śrī-rāja-rāja-de</hi>vaṟku yāṇ<supplied reason="undefined">ṭu</supplied>
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<lb n="10"/>mēṟ-pāṭi-y-āṉa <hi rend="grantha">rājāśra</hi>ya-purattu Āṟṟūr-t tuñciṉa <hi rend="grantha">de</hi>vaṟku-p paḷḷi-paṭai
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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-Rājakesarivarman, <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; it reads, however, <foreign>taṭikaipāṭi</foreign> (l. 4), while Nos. 15 and 16 have <foreign>taṭīkapāṭi</foreign>.</note>——I, the cultivator <supplied reason="subaudible">Veḷḷāḷaṉ</supplied> Aruvā-<supplied reason="undefined">Kīḻāḷ</supplied> Muttikaṇṭaṉ of Marut<supplied reason="undefined">a-n</supplied>āṭu in Veṇkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam, gave one perpetual lamp to <supplied reason="subaudible">the god</supplied> Mahādeva of the holy Aṟiñcīśvara <supplied reason="subaudible">temple</supplied>,——which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadeva had been pleased to build as a resting-place for the king who fell asleep at Āṟṟūr, in Mēṟpāṭi, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Rājāśrayapuram, <supplied reason="subaudible">a city</supplied> in Tūñāṭu, <supplied reason="subaudible">a subdivision</supplied> of Perumpāṇa-pāṭi in Jayaṅkoṇṭa-Cōḻa-maṇṭalam,——<supplied reason="subaudible">and</supplied> assigned to <supplied reason="subaudible">this lamp</supplied> ninety-six full-grown ewes, which must neither die nor grow old.<note>Compare Vol. II. p. 375, note 3.</note></p>
<p n="14">Having received <supplied reason="subaudible">these ewes</supplied>, I, the shepherd Ēṇi Gaṅgādharaṉ of Rājāśrayapuram, shall pour out daily, as long as the moon and the sun endure, <supplied reason="subaudible">one</supplied> <foreign>uḻakku</foreign> of ghee, <supplied reason="subaudible">measured</supplied> by the <foreign>Rājakēsari</foreign>.</p>
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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>
<p n="8-9">29th year of the glorious king Rājarāja, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> the glorious king Ṟājarāja Rājarājakesarivarman,</p>
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