Nākappaṭṭiṉam, Kāyārōkaṇam temple, time of Rājendra Cōḻa, year 3 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00166

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase Donation of gold by an officer (kaṉmi) of the king of Śrīvijaya (Śrīvijaiyam) to offer jewels―rubies (māṇikkam) and emeralds (marakatam)―for a silver statue (veḷḷittirumēṉi) of Nākaiyaḻakaṉ in the Tirukkārōṇam temple in Nākapaṭṭiṉam.

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kō-p-para-kēcari-paṉmar-āṉa śrī-rājentdra-cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 3 Āvatu

kṣatriya-cikāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭṭu paṭṭiṉak rōṇa veḷḷi-t-ti ru-mēṉi nākai-y-aḻakaṟku śrī-vijaiyatt' araiyar kaṉmi rājarāja-maṇṭalattu kīṭcempiṉāṭṭu mēṉṟōṉṟi-paṭṭiṉat yvitta kṣe ca niṟai po ṉ patiṉ nāl kaḻanc' arai

Itil vīra-paṭṭattu-k kaṭṭiṉa cāti māṇikkam patiṉ oṉru naṭuvil makarattu naṭuvu kaṭṭiṉa marakata ṉa māṇik upāya ṭiṉa māṇikkam muūṉṟu Itiṉ mēl vāy kaṭṭiṉa paccai makarattiṉ kiīḻvāy kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam Añcu Itiṉ kiīḻvāy kaṭṭiṉa caṟpamotti valapakkattu vaṭṭappūvil kaṭṭiṉa mara Ēḻu Iṭa-p-pakkattu vaṭṭappūvil kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam Ēḻu piṉpil paruttakkuṟaḷil kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam nālu makāmaṇi-y-āka-k kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam cāti mākkallu nāṟpa veṟṟi m-āka niṟai Āṟu mañcāṭi kalluṭpaṭa kācu niṟai patināṟ-k kaḻañcē mukkālē mañcāṭi

Ip-paricu kalveṭṭuka v-eṉṟu Ivv-āṇṭu śrī-kāriyañ ceykiṉṟa Arumo nāṭṭu -ka rattu kaṇṭiyūr-uṭayār cēntaṉ ca It-tēva-kaṉmikaḷum colla-k kalveṭṭiṉēṉ nākapaṭṭiṉattu Ēṟaṉ caṭaiyāṉ-āṉa tēvar kaṇṭācāriyaṉēṉ

°paṉmarāṉa °panmarāna °rājentiracōḻatēvarkku °rājentracōḻatēvaṟku kṣatriyacikāmaṇi° kṣatracikhāmaṇi° paṭṭiṉak rōṇa veḷḷitti veḷḷitti kaṉmi kanmi kīṭcempiṉāṭṭu kīṭccempiṉāṭṭu mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉat yvitta kṣe ca niṟai poṉ mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉattu niṟai ṉ kaṭṭiṉa marakata ṉa māṇik upāya ṭiṉa kaṭṭiṉa māṇik ṉa paccai paccai 1 kīḻvāyk ṉa māṇikkam kiḻvāy kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam caṟpamotti ca potti valapakkattu vaṭṭappūvil kaṭṭiṉa mara Ēḻu valapakkattu vaṭṭappū m Ēḻu piṉpil piṉṉāl paruttakkuṟaḷil parutti kuṟaḷil makāmaṇiyākak cikhāmaṇiyāka māṇikkam cāti mākkallu nāṟpa veṟṟi m-āka māṇikka catti 1 mākkallu nāṟpa m-āka mañcāṭi m cāṭi Arumo nāṭṭu Arumo ka rattu kaṇṭiyūruṭayār cēntaṉ ca Ittēvakaṉmikaḷum kkūṟṟattu kaṇṭiyūr-uṭaiyāṉ cēn=taṉ cātta tēva-kaṉmikaḷum Ēṟaṉ caṭaiyāṉāṉa tēvar kaṇṭācāriyaṉēṉ ēṟañcaṭaiyāṉāṉa kaṇṭācāriyaṉēṉ

Prosperity! Fortune!

3rd year of the glorious king Rajendra Cōḻa alias the king Parakesarivarman.

For NākaiyaḻakaṉThat is, the beautiful one (aḻakaṉ) from Nākai., a glorious body in silverThat is, a silver statue., in the Kṣatriyaśikhāmaṇivaḷanāṭu, there are fourteen kaḻañcus and a half of gold that from Mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉam in the Kīṭcempināṭu, the officer of the king of Śrivijaya, gave.

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While the temple officers said ... that This should be written in this manner, I have engraved it, I, Tēvar Kaṇṭācāriyaṉ alias Ēṟaṉ Caṭaiyāṉ, from Nākappaṭṭiṉam.

Reported in (ARIE/1956-1957/B/1956-1957/164).

Edited in , with facsimile. Edited (with many variants different line-split) and translated in (pp. 276-277).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on and . The extent of lacunae in is very approximate. The distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

ASI estampage and transcript yet to be consulted.

224-225 30/1998 58 B/1956-1957 164