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svasti śrī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmmam etan nṛpāṇām kāle kāle pālianiīyo bhavatdbhis tasmād etān bhāvinaḥ pārtthivendrān· bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ . sukṛtam idam ajasraṃ rakṣyatediṣu diīśān·ti kṣitīśās sakala-nṛpiati-vandyas so ’yam āgamino vaḥ hara-caraṇa-sarojottvaṃsa-cihnena mūrddhnā mukauḷita-kara-pandmo vandyate rājarājaḥ . bahubhir vvasudhā dattaṃā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalam· . pariṇatan adhiśayaṃ madhurāntaka-brahmādhirājan atanva śāsanam eva deśa-madhye sva-pati-kāryya-viniścyārtthaṃ buddhiḥ kṛta śaśi-bhūṣaṇa-paṇḍitena sārddhaṃ .

tiru-vāy-moḻin=t-aruḷa I-śāsana-Eḻuttu veṭṭi⌈ nṉēnṉ kuvaḷāḷa-nāṭṭu-k kuvaḷāḷatt’ irukkun= taccācāriyanṉ caṅkaraṉ kāṭāṭi y-ānṉa karuṇākara-Ācāriyaṉ .

Aṟam maṟavaṟkka Aṟam allatu tuṇai y-illai .

prāṇi pariharikka .

sukṛtam idam As noted by , this verse is corrupted. See suggestions of emendations in (p. 264, fn. 5), with further suggestions by Chhabra, the editor of EI 25. This verse is in fact borrowed from Pallava charters. See e.g. IP 121, st. 29, where the verse is correct.

Prosperity! Fortune!

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I, Karuṇākara Ācārya, alias Saṅkara Kāṭāṭi, master carpenter residing in KuvaḷālamThat is, Kōlār, in Karnataka. in Kuvaḷālanāṭu, I have engraved the letters of this order while the king graciously uttered it with his glorious mouth.

Do not forget virtue/dharma aṟam. Other than virtue/dharma aṟam, there is no refuge/help/support tuṇai.

Sentient beings should protect this donation!

Reported in (ARIE/1937-1938/A/1937-1938/1).

Edited and translated in (EI 25.25).

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

6 A/1937-1938 1