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                        <summary>Records a resolution of the 98 sub-castes of Left-hand and Right-hand castes to meet to hear complains about royal officials, Brahmins and Veḷḷāḷars.</summary>
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        <lb n="1"/>svasti śrī
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    <p><hi rend="grantha">ṣa</hi>vumiya varu<hi rend="grantha">ṣam·</hi> cittirai <g type="mācam"/> <num value="16"><g type="numeral">10</g> 6</num> <g type="tēti"/>
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        kāveri vaṭa-karai virutarāca-payaṅkara-vaḷa-nāṭṭu m<choice><orig>e</orig><reg>ē</reg></choice>ṟkā
        
        <lb n="2" break="no"/>nāṭṭu iruṅkoḷappāṭi-p-pāṇṭiya-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p poṉparappi cūḻnta patiṉ-<unclear>eṭ</unclear>ṭu-p paṟṟil viṭṭa-paṟṟu
        
        <lb n="3" break="no"/>Ukaḷḷūṟ-kūṟṟattu Ukaḷḷūṟ-paṟṟu kuraṅkāṭiyatuṟai Uṭaiyār kuṟṟam p<unclear>oṟu</unclear>tt’ aruḷiya nāyiṉār 
        
        <lb n="4"/>k<choice><orig>o</orig><reg>ō</reg></choice>yilil tiru-k-kaṭṭaḷaiyil vaḻutalampaṭṭu-Ucāvaṭiyil valaṅkai toṇṇūṟṟ’ eṭṭum Iṭaṅ
        
        <lb n="5" break="no"/>kai toṇṇūṟṟ’ eṭṭum niṟai-vaṟa niṟaintu kuṟai-vaṟa-k kūṭi iruntu kal-veṭṭiṉa paṭi</p>
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        Inta maṇṭala
        
        <lb n="6" break="no"/>ttil Ucāvaṭi-p piṟatāṉi vaṉṉiyar c<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>vitakāṟar ṉe<unclear>ṭukka</unclear>m paṇṇiṉālum
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        kāṇiyāḷar-āṉa pirāmaṇar
        
        <lb n="7"/>veḷḷāḻar ip-paṭi-k-kotta maṉittar Irāca-karattārai-k koṇṭu namakku Oru t<unclear>ā</unclear>ḻvu niṉaittālum
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        nammil<unclear>o</unclear>
        
        <lb n="8" break="no"/>rkku Iṭaṅ kuṭukkutal koṭcollukutal <unclear>cannācar</unclear> paṭṭaiyattai <unclear>k</unclear>oviṉātaṉ kālāl Iru-pattu-nālu Aṭi<note>A detached piece which seems to be a continuation of line 8 and 9 reads i) <foreign>yum vāla-k</foreign> ii) <foreign>vum Intam</foreign> according to <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sundaram2010_01"/></bibl></note>
        
        <lb n="9" break="no"/><unclear>ku</unclear>ṭiyaiyum Aḻittāl Ivaṉai-y-varum y-iṉṟu-p<choice><sic>o</sic><corr>ō</corr></choice>la kūṭi Iruntu keṭṭu-k-koḷḷa-k kaṭav<choice><orig>o</orig><reg>ō</reg></choice>m ā<unclear>ka</unclear>
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        <lb n="10"/><seg rend="check">ṇṭalattukkuḷḷ</seg><choice><orig>e</orig><reg>ē</reg></choice> <unclear>y</unclear>-ātoruttar nāṭṭu-t tur<choice><orig>o</orig><reg>ō</reg></choice>kam paṇṇukutal kāri<unclear>ya</unclear>m <unclear>c</unclear>eyttal kaṇa<unclear>kku</unclear> Eḻutu<surplus>ku</surplus>tal <gap reason="lost"/>e<note>The rest of the inscription is lost.</note>
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                    <lem>ṇeṭukkam</lem>
                    <rdg source="bib:Sundaram2010_01"/>
                    <note>Probably read <foreign>naṭukkam</foreign>.</note>
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                    <lem>ṇṭalattukkuḷḷē</lem>
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                    <note>Probably read <foreign>maṇṭalattukkuḷḷē</foreign>.</note>                    
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			Prosperity! Fortune!		
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	   <p n="1">On the 16th day of the month of Cittirai, in Saumya year.
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	    <p n="1-5">As stated in the stone inscription, the ninety-eight sub-castes of the Right-hand caste and the ninety-eight sub-castes of the Left-hand caste in Vaḻutalampaṭṭu-ucāvaṭi, having assembled in full without deficiency in the glorious endowed land <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiru-kaṭṭalai</foreign></supplied> of the temple of Kuṟṟampoṟuttaruḷiya Nāyiṉār of Kuraṅkāṭiyatuṟai, in Viṭṭapaṟṟu-ukaḷḷūṟ-kūṟṟam, in the eighteen villages that surround Poṉparappi in Iruṅkoḷappāṭipāṇṭiya-vaḷanāṭu, in Mēṟkā-nāṭu, in Virutarācapayaṅkara-vaḷanāṭu, on the northern banks of the Kāveri,</p>
	    
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	        since the <foreign>ucāvaṭippiṟatāṉi</foreign>s, the <foreign>vaṉṉiyar</foreign>s, and the <foreign>cīvitakāṟar</foreign>s in this region have caused <supplied reason="subaudible">us</supplied> distress,</p>
	    <p n="6-7">and since the Brahmanas who own the lands, the Veḷḷāḷars, and men such as these <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ip-paṭikkotta</foreign></supplied> plan <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>niṉaittālum</foreign></supplied> our degradation, allying with the royal officials <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>irāja-karattārai</foreign></supplied>,</p>
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<supplied reason="subaudible">made an agreement</supplied> <gap reason="ellipsis"/>
 
<unclear>so that</unclear> we should all gather and sit like today and hear <supplied reason="subaudible">the complaints</supplied>. <gap reason="lost"/> anyone <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yātoruttar</foreign></supplied> inside the region behaves and acts as a traitor to the country, writes <supplied reason="subaudible">a report</supplied> to the assembly, <gap reason="lost"/>
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	<p>Date = c.a. 14th-15th century according to <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sundaram2010_01"/></bibl>.</p>
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		<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1912-1913"/></bibl> (ARIE/1912-1913/C/1913/34).</p>
		<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sundaram2010_01"/></bibl> (SII 28.34).</p>
		<p>This digital edition by Dorotea Operato, based on <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sundaram2010_01"/></bibl>.</p>
		
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