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<lb n="1"/>svasti śrī
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<lg n="1" met="āciriyappā">
<l n="1">tiṅka<unclear>ḷēr taru taṉ</unclear> toṅkal veṇ-kuṭai-k k<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice><unclear>ḻ</unclear></l>
<l n="2"><supplied reason="lost">nila-makaḷ nilava malar</supplied>-makaṭ-p <unclear>pu</unclear>ṇara</l>
<l n="3"><supplied cert="low" reason="lost">ceṅkol</supplied> ōcci-k karuṅ kali kaṭint<supplied cert="low" reason="lost">uṭaṉ</supplied></l>
<l n="4">maṉ<unclear>ṉupa</unclear>ll ūḻiyuḷ-t teṉ<unclear>ṉavar</unclear> <lb n="2"/>muvaruḷ</l>
<l n="5"><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="6"/> ṟ</l>
<l n="6">parumatiṭ-p pacu<unclear>n</unclear>talai <gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/></l>
<l n="7">ṉa Āṉai k-ki <gap unit="character" quantity="8" reason="undefined"/></l>
<l n="8">cuntara-pāṇṭiyaṉai-<unclear>t</unclear> ticai <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/></l>
<l n="9">t<unclear>ō</unclear>llaiyil <unclear>mu</unclear>llai <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="2"/> <lb n="3" break="no"/>-t turatti Olkalil</l>
<l n="10">vē<supplied reason="lost">ṇāṭṭ' aracarai-c cō</supplied>ṇāṭṭ’ ot<choice><sic>u</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>kki</l>
<l n="11"><gap reason="lost" quantity="10" unit="character"/> muṉi<unclear>ntu</unclear></l>
<l n="12"><surplus>tu</surplus>vēlai <unclear>keḻu kā</unclear>n=taḷū<unclear>r-c</unclear> cālai kala<unclear>m a</unclear>ṟutt’</l>
<l n="13">ā<hi rend="grantha">ha</hi>vamallanum Añca-<unclear>k</unclear> kēvutaṉ</l>
<l n="14">ṟāṅka<lb n="4" break="no"/>rum paṭaiyāl Āṅ<unclear>ka</unclear>vaṉ kē <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="5"/></l>
<l n="15"><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="6" precision="low"/> ṉu <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="7" precision="low"/></l>
<l n="16"><gap quantity="9" unit="character" reason="undefined" precision="low"/> <unclear>ma</unclear>ṭiya-t tiṇ-<unclear>ṭiṟal</unclear></l>
<l n="17">vi<unclear>ri</unclear>taru vikkiyam vicaiyātitta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>um</l>
<l n="18">tarumuraṭ c<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>ṅka ma<orig>i</orig>yyanu<supplied reason="subaudible">m</supplied> mutali<lb n="5" break="no"/>ṉar </l>
<l n="19"><hi rend="grantha">samara-bhī</hi>ruvot<unclear>t' uṭ</unclear>ai<supplied reason="lost">ya nimi cuṭar</supplied></l>
<l n="20"><unclear>ta</unclear>ṉṉāṭai yiṟ<choice><sic><hi rend="grantha">ja</hi></sic><corr>ca</corr></choice>yaṅ koṇṭu tuṉṉār</l>
<l n="21">koḷḷi-p-pākkai Oḷḷeri maṭuttu</l>
<l n="22">villavar miṉa<lb n="6" break="no"/>var veñciṉa c<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>ḷ<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>kkiyar</l>
<l n="23">valla<unclear>va</unclear>r mutal eṉa <unclear>viḷaṅka</unclear> v<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>ṟṟ-irunta</l><!--@emfr: differing verse fr. critical edition-->
<l n="24"><hi rend="grantha">j<choice><sic>e</sic><corr>a</corr></choice></hi>yaṅ-koṇṭa-cō<unclear>ḻa</unclear>ṉ Uyarn=ta perum-pukaḻ-k</l>
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kō-v-irā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>-kēcari-pa<hi rend="grantha">ṉma</hi>r-āṉa Uṭaiyār <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-<surplus>ri</surplus><hi rend="grantha">rāj<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>dhi</hi>rāja
<lb n="7" break="no"/>-<hi rend="grantha">deva</hi>ṟk’ iyāṇṭu <num value="27"><unclear>2 <g type="numeral">10</g> </unclear> 7</num><unclear>-Ā</unclear>vatu
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kō-ṉērimai-koṇtāṉ nan tamar Eppē<surplus>r</surplus>ṟpaṭṭāṟkum
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kēraḷāntaka-vaḷanāṭṭu Uṟaiyūr-k-kūṟṟattu tiru-vaṭa-kuṭi <hi rend="grantha">ma<unclear>h</unclear>ā
<lb n="8" break="no"/>⌉-de</hi>vaṟ <hi rend="grantha">stā</hi>ṉa-<unclear>maṭa</unclear>m tēvārattukku tiru-p-pa<unclear>tiyam vi</unclear>ṇṇappam ce<choice><orig>y</orig><reg>yy</reg></choice>um Ampalattāṭi tiru-nāvukk-araiyaṉukkum Ivaṉ vaṟkkatārkkum tāṉa
<lb n="9" break="no"/>-<unclear>nimi</unclear>t<hi rend="grantha">tya</hi>m-āka kuṭuttōm <unclear>E</unclear>ṉṟum
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<item>
It-tēvar paṇṭarattē maṭa-pōkam-āka nittam tūṇi nel koḷḷa-<supplied reason="omitted">c</supplied> coṉṉōm Eṉṟum
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Aiyyar-iṭaiyil I
<lb n="10" break="no"/>vaṉ muṉpu peṟṟ-uṭaiya tirumuka-p paṭiyē nāmum kuṭuttōm
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pala-paṇi-nivantakkāṟaraiyum nivantaṅkaḷum Iva<unclear>ṉ</unclear> coṉṉa vaṇṇamē-y ceyyavum
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It-tēvar ci
<lb n="11" break="no"/>va-<hi rend="grantha">br<surplus>ra</surplus>āma</hi>ṇar Uḷḷiṭṭa pala-paṇ<surplus><hi rend="grantha">y</hi></surplus>i-nivantakkāṟaraiyum nivantaṅkaḷum Iva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ē I<hi rend="grantha">ṭa</hi>vum māṟ<unclear>ṟa</unclear>vum
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peṟuvāṉ ākavum
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coṉṉōm
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Ivaṉ Aiyya
<lb n="12" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">r-iṭai</supplied> <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="5"/> <supplied reason="lost">tiru-mu</supplied>ka-p paṭiyē <gap quantity="4" unit="character" reason="undefined"/>
<lb n="13"/><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="8"/> ṟuvaṉ āka coṉ <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="7"/>
<lb n="14"/><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="8"/> Eḻuttu
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yāṇṭu <num value="37">3 <g type="numeral">10</g> 7</num>-ḷ <num value="311">3 <unclear><g type="numeral">100</g> 3</unclear> <g type="numeral">10</g> 1</num>
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<hi rend="grantha">pan-ma<supplied reason="lost">heśvara-ra</supplied>kṣai</hi>
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<lem><supplied cert="low" reason="lost">ceṅkol</supplied> ōccik</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01"><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="7"/> loccik</rdg>
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<lem>vē <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="7"/> ṇāṭṭo</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01">ve<supplied reason="lost">ṇāṭṭaracaraic cō</supplied>ṇāṭṭo</rdg>
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<lem>Aiyya<lb n="12" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">riṭai</supplied> <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="5"/></lem>
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<lem><hi rend="grantha">panma<supplied reason="lost">heśvara-ra</supplied>kṣai</hi></lem>
<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01"><hi rend="grantha">panma</hi> <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="8"/> <hi rend="grantha">kṣai</hi></rdg>
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Prosperity! Fortune!
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<p n="6-7">
27th year of the glorious Lord Rājādhirāja, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> king Rājakesarivarman.
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<p n="1-6">
who, ... [<foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> of king Rājādhirāja I]
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<p n="7-10">
To whomever kingsmen of Kōṉēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ,
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<item>having said that <quote>We have given, for the purpose of a donation <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tāṉa-nimit<hi rend="grantha">tya</hi>m</foreign></supplied><!--RD: as ritual (nimittya) provisions (tāṉa), for [the benefit] of all our people-->
to Ampalattāṭi Tirunāvukkaraiyaṉ and his lineage, who make recitation of holy hymns <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiruppatiyam viṇṇappam ce<choice><orig>y</orig><reg>y</reg></choice>um</foreign></supplied> at/for the <foreign>tēvāram</foreign><note>On the meaning of <foreign>tēvāram</foreign> in this inscription, see <bibl><ptr target="bib:Veluppillai2013_01"/></bibl> (p. 18).</note> of the <foreign><hi rend="grantha">stā</hi>ṉa-<unclear>maṭa</unclear></foreign>m<!--RD: monastery of the temple EF: maybe simply monastery--> <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> Mahādevar <supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> Tiruvaṭakuṭi in the Uraiyūr-kūṟṟam <supplied reason="subaudible">itself a subdivision</supplied> in the Kēraḷāntaka-vaḷa-ṇāṭu</quote></item>
<item>and having said that <quote>We commanded <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>coṉṉōm</foreign></supplied> to take <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>koḷḷa</foreign></supplied> perpetually <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nittam</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">one</supplied> <foreign>tūṇi</foreign> of paddy for the enjoyment <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pōkam-āka</foreign></supplied> of the monastery <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>maṭam</foreign></supplied> from the treasury of this god.</quote></item>
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We have given <supplied reason="subaudible">so</supplied>, according to <supplied reason="subaudible">our</supplied> royal command <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tirumukap paṭi</foreign></supplied>,
which he, among respected men/brahmins <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aiyariṭaiyil</foreign></supplied>, previously had <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>peṟṟuṭaiya</foreign></supplied>.
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<p n="10-11">
So that
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<item>he sets up <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ceyyavum</foreign><note>Literally, "makes".</note></supplied> the endowments <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nivantaṅkaḷ</foreign></supplied> and appoints <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ceyyavum</foreign><note>Literally, "makes".</note></supplied> the temple servants <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nivantakkāṟar</foreign></supplied> who perform various services, at the aforementioned way <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>coṉṉa vaṇṇamē</foreign></supplied>,</item>
<item>he rotates <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>māṟṟavum</foreign></supplied> and sets up <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭavum</foreign><note>Literally, "puts".</note></supplied> the endowments <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nivantaṅkaḷ</foreign></supplied> the endowments and appoints <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭavum</foreign><note>Literally, "puts".</note></supplied> the temple servants who perform different services, including the Śivabrāhmaṇas of this god,</item>
<item>he obtains <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>peṟuvāṉ</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied>,
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thus We commanded <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>coṉṉōm</foreign></supplied>.
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We commanded <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>coṉ<supplied reason="lost">ṉōm</supplied></foreign></supplied> that he, among respected men/brahmins <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aiya<unclear>riṭai</unclear><supplied reason="lost">yil</supplied></foreign></supplied>, obtains <gap reason="lost"/> according to <supplied reason="subaudible">our</supplied> royal command <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign><unclear>tirumuka</unclear>p paṭiyē</foreign></supplied> <gap reason="lost"/>.
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<supplied reason="lost">This is the</supplied> signature of <gap reason="lost"/>.
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In the year 37, <supplied reason="subaudible">day</supplied> 311.
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<supplied reason="lost">This is under the protection of</supplied> the Paṉmāheśvaras.
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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1903-1904"/></bibl> (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/365A<note>That is, initially reported as 365 and bifurcated as 365A when edited in SII.</note>).</p>
<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01"/></bibl> (SII 8.675).</p>
<p>This digital edition by Renato Dávalos (2024), based on <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01"/></bibl>. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).</p>
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