Tirukkaḷar plate, time of Rājendra I Cōḻa, year 18 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01014

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase A single copper plate found in a group of five copper plates of the Parijātavaneśvara temple of Tirukkaḷar, found altogether strung on a copper ring. Records the extent of a devadāna of the Mahādeva of Tirukkaḷar.

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō, nor between mu and ḻu (see muḻuvatum line 6). cu and ta quite similar. Distinction between ra and kāl (see kaṭāra line 20). Medial i and ī interchangeable. n, ṉ, and ñ interchangeable.

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svasti śrī . tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭantaiyum pōr-c-cāya-p-pāvaiyum cīr-t-taṉi-c celviyun taṉ perun tēviyar āki y-iṉpuṟa neṭit’ iyal ūḻiyuḷ iṭai-tuṟai-nāṭum tuṭar vaṉa vēli-p paṭar vaṉavāciyum cūuḷḷi-c cūḻūḻmati-ṭ koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyu m naṇṇaṟk’ arum araṇ maṇṇai-k-kaṭak=kamum poru taṭar īḻatt’ araiyar tam muṭiyum āṅkavar tēviya r oṅk’ eḻiṉ muṭiyum muṉṉavar pakkaṟ ṟeṉṉavar vaitta cuntara-muṭiyum intiranṉ āramun te ṇ-ṭirai y-īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻuvatum Eṟi paṭai-k keraḷar muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ kula-taṉa m-ākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyum ceṅ-katir mālaiyum caṅ-katir vēlai-t tol-pe ruṅ-kāvaṟ pala-paḻantīvum ceruviṟ ciṉavil irupatt’ oru-kāl araicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurā maṉ mēvaruñ cāntimattīv’ araṇ karuti y-iruttiya cem-poṟ ṟiru-t-taku muṭiyum payaṅ-ko ṭu paḻiī mika muyaṅkiyil mutukiṭṭ’ oḷitta caya-ciṅkaṉ Aḷa-p perum pukaḻ-oṭu piīṭiyial iraṭṭa-pāṭi y-ēḻ a rai y-ilakkamum nava-ṉneti-k-kula-p-peru-malaikaḷum vīikkirama-vīrar cakkara-kōṭṭamum mutir vpaṭa vallai matu ra-maṇṭalamum kāmiṭai vaḷa nāmaṇaiy-k-kōṇaiyum veñ-cilai vīrar pañca-p-paḷḷiyum pācaṭai-p pa ḻaṉa mācuṇi-tēcamum Ayarv-il-vaṇ pūrttiyai y-ātiñnakar-avaiyiṟ cantiraṉ ṟol-kulatt’ intira-rataṉai vi ḷai-y-amar-k-kaḷattu-k kiḷai-y-oṭum piṭittu-p pala-taṉatt-oṭu niṟai-kula-taṉa-k-kuvaiyum kiṭṭ’ aruñ ce ṟimiḷai yoṭṭa-viṣaiyamum pūcurar cēr nal-k kōcalai-ñnāṭum taṉmapālaṉai vemmuṉai y-aḻittu va ṇṭ’ uṟai cōlai-t taṇṭa-puttiyum Iraṇa-cūraṉai muraṇuka-t tākki-t tikkaṇai kīrtti-t takkaṇa-lāṭamum kō vinta-cantaṉ māviḻintōṭat taṅkāta cāral vaṅkāḷa-tēcamum toṭu kaḻaṟ caṅku v-oṭṭal mayipālaṉai ve ñcamar viḷākatt’ añcuvitt-aruḷi y-oṇ-ṭiṟal yāṉaiyum peṇṭir paṇṭāramum nittila-neṭuṅ-kaṭal u ttira-lāṭamum veṟi malar-t tīratt’ eṟi puṉaṟ kaṅkaiyum Alai kaṭaṉaṭuvaṭ pala-kalañ celutti-c caṅkirāma -vijaiyōttuṅka-paṉmaṉ -ākiya kaṭāratt’ araiyaṉai vākaiyam poru kaṭakl kumpa-k-kari -y-oṭum aka-p-paṭutt’ urimaiyiṟ piṟakkiya peru-neti-p-piṟakkamum Ārttavaṉ aka-ṉnakar-p pō r-t-toḻil vācalil viccātara-totōraṇamum moyttoḷir puṉai-maṇi-p-putavamum kaṉa -maṇi-k-katavamum niṟai śrī-vijaiyamum tuṟai nīr-p paṉṉaiyum naṉ-malai y-ūr eyiṟ ṟoṉ-malai yū rum Āḻ kaṭal akaḻ cūḻ māyiruṭiṅkamum kalaṅkā val viṉai y-ilaṅkācōpkamum kāpp’ uṟu niṟai puṉal māppa-p-pāḷamum kāval am puricai mēvilim-paṅkamum viḷaippaintūṟ-uṭai vaḷaippaintū ṟum kalai-t takkōr pukaḻ talai-t-takkōlamum tīyatamā val viṉai mātamaliṅkamuṅ kalām mutir kaṭun tiṟal Ilāmu ri-tēcamum teṉakkalar poḻil māṉakkavāramun toṭu kaḻaṟ kāvaṟ kaṭu muraṭ kaṭāramum mā-p-poru taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa

kō p-para-kēcari-paṉmar-āṉa Uṭaiyār śrī-rājentira-cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu patiṉ Eṭṭāvatu

Arumoḻi-tēva-va ḷanāṭṭu puṟaṅ-karampai-nāṭṭu veṅkūr-k-kaḷa-tiru-k-kaḷar mahā-devar devatānam nilam 1/2 10 9 1/4 1/80 1/320

Inṉn-nilam vaḷaiyiṟ cuṟṟu mikiuti-k-kuṟaivu Uḷḷ-aṭaṅka . .

paḻiī paḻi piīṭiyial piṭiyial intirarataṉai intirātaṉai 10 9 1/4 1/80 1/320 Inṉnnilam 10 9 kha ma pa nṉilam translates the number as 1/2 (vēli) 19 1/4, 1/160 and . . . and notes: Here is a figure resembling pa. We see a figure the left part of which is like a pa and the right part like a t, that is, 1/320.

Edited and translated in (SII 3.207), with visual documentation.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on and therein published visual documentation.

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