tiṅkaḷ ēr taru taṉ ṟoṅkal veṇ-kuṭai kiīḻ nila-makaḷ nilava malar-makaḷ puṇarntu ceṅ-kōl ōcci-k karuṅ-kali kaṭintu maṉṉu palll ūḻiyil teṉnṉavar kula-makaṉ mānṉāparaṇaṉ poṉ-muṭi Ānṉā -p= parumaṇi-p= pacun-talai porukaḷa-t tarintu viīra-kēraḷaṉai yāṉai kiṭuvitt' acaivīil cuntara-pāṇṭiyaṉai-t tikai keṭa-t tōllaiyil mullaiyūr-t turatti Olkalil vēṇāṭṭ' araiacai cēōṇāṭṭ' otukki mēvu pukaḻ Irāmakuṭa muūvar keṭa munṉintu vēlai keḻu kāntaḷūr-c-cālai kalam aṟuppitt' āhomallaṉummm añca-k kevatuvum taṉ ṟāṅkarum paṭaiyāl Āṅkavaṉ cēṉaiyuḷ kaṇṭappayaṉum kaṅkātiaraṉum vaṇṭamaṟ-k kaḷiṟṟoṭu maṭiya-t tīiṇ-ṭiṟal vikirtaral vikkiyum vicaiyātittaṉum tarumuraḷ-c cāṅkamaiyyaṉum mutalinṉar samara-ruvott-uṭaiya nimir cuṭar-p poṉnṉōṭ' ayṅkari puraviyoṭum piṭittu taṉṉāṭaiyil jeyaṅ koṇṭoṉṉār koḷḷippākkai Oḷḷeri maṭuppitt' oru-taṉi taṇṭāl-p porru tirai Uṟtt l muṭi Arin=tu muṉṟaṉak=k' uṭain=ta teṉṟamiḻ maṇṭala muḻutu Ēḻ-kaṭalll īḻam pukka Ilaṅkēcanṉ-ākiya vikkirama pāṇṭiyaṉ parumaṇi muṭi taṭi-t tiṇṭiya villavar mīṉavar vēḷkula-c caḷukkiyar vallavar mutal eṉa viḷaṅka viīṟṟ-irutnta jeyaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻaṉ Uyarnta perum-pukaḻ

kō-rājakēcari-panmar-āṉa Uṭaiyār śrī-rājādhirāja-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 8 Āvatu

yā t-āvatu Uyakkoṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu muḻaiyū pbrahmatēyam tiru-naḷḷāṟṟu tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār nila mutalum nel mutalum parikalappikkiṉṟa mutalu tiru-mēnṉi mutalum ḷḷi yārkaḷ peru ṭ=ṭāl nelluṅ kācuṅ koṇṭu celutta kaṭava niman=tam tiru-p-pēṟūr kiḻavar Irun kāṭaṉ vaikuntaṉ pakkal ko

taṉ ṟoṅkal tanṟoṅkal pacun-talai paṭuntalai pāṇṭiyaṉai pāṇṭiya pāṇṭiya keṭa-t kevat keṭat tōllaiyil tollaiyil Olkalil yolkalil muūvar muvar mūvar aṟuppitt' aṟuttaruḷitt' āhomallaṉummm añca-k āhavallaṉummm añcak āhemallaṉum mañcak kevatuvum kevivum ketuvum ākava mallaṉum añcak kēvutaṉ is expected for this aṭi. ṟāṅkarum ṟāṅkarum kaṅkātiaraṉum kaṅkātiraṉum kaṅkātīraṉum vikirtaral vikirtarav vitirtaral tarumuraḷ-c karumuraḷc samara-ruvott-uṭaiya samaraperuvottuṭaiya samaramēru vottuṭaiya camara pīruvot tuṭaiya nimicuṭar is expected for this aṭi. nimir cuṭar-p viricuṭarp ayṅkari ayaṅkari taṇṭāl-p porru tirai Uṟtt taṇṭāl taṇṭāl l muṭi Arin=tu tu muṭi Aḻin=tu l muṭi Arintu uṭain=ta teṉṟamiḻ maṇṭala uṭain=ta ṉṟamiḻ maṇṭala uṭait teṉṟamiḻ maṇṭala muḻutu Ēḻ-kaṭalll īḻam muḻuvatu Eḻukaṭal liḻam muḻutu Eḻkaṭal līḻam muḻuvatum iḻantu ēḻkaṭal īḻam is expected for this aṭi. A "+" sign is added on top of the tu of muḻutu, most probably to mark that a cīr is here missing in this aṭi. tiṇṭiya tiṉṭiṟal tīṇṭiya mīṉavar miṉavar vēḷkula-c veḷkulac vēlkulac villavar mīṉavar vēḷkulac caḷukkiyar is expected for this aṭi. vallavar vallavar viḷaṅka The letter vi appear to have been engraved on the perpendicular side of the pilaster, after mutal eṉa. viīṟṟ-irutnta viṟṟirunta vīṟṟirunta Uyarnta Uyartta śrī-rājādhirāja° śrīIrājādhirāja° śrīrājātirāja° muḻaiyū muḻaiyūr nāṭṭu The final letter is well preserved but enigmatic. muḻaiyūr, that is, muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu is evidently meant. pbrahmatēyam bramateyam brahmatēyam tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār tirunaḷḷāṟuṭaiyār nila mutalum nel mutalum parikalappikkiṉṟa mutalu nila mutalum nila mutalum nel mutalum parikalappikkiṉṟa mutalu tiru-mēnṉi mutalum tirumeni mutalum tirumēni mutalum Both editions by and stop here. celutta In the syllable ce it seems that a daṇḍa is written between the kompu and c.

[meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa]

28th year of the glorious king Rājadhirāja, the lord, alias the king Rājakesarivarman.

th year, the capital in land, the capital in paddy, the capital in parikalam, the capital in tirumēṉi of Tirunaḷḷāṟuṭaiyar at Tirunaḷḷāṟu, a brahmadeya of Muḻaiyūr in the Uyyakkoṇṭār-vaḷanāṭu with koṇṭu the paddy and the coins

For the different versions of the meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa, see (pages 39-45).

First edited in (PI 452). First translated in (PI 452). Re-edited in (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 2), with photo.

This edition revised by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019). Review and updates (based on photos by N. Ramaswamy), encoding, critical apparatus and translation by Emmanuel Francis (2020).

452 393-394 452 188 2 16-17 39-45 86 B/1965-1966 441