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<summary>Land donation, after sale/purchase, by Tāyaṅ Kaṭaṉ, lord of Vīramāṅkuṭi, to the Lord (<foreign>āḷvār</foreign>) of Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, for appointing hymn singers, gardeners, and flower garnishers, for daily food offerings for the god and for feeding Śivayogins and Paṉmāheśvaras (great devotees of Śiva) on seven specified festival days.</summary>
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<ab>
<milestone type="pagelike" n="A" unit="zone"/><label xml:lang="eng">First Wall Portion</label>
<lb n="A01=01"/>na<hi rend="grantha">maś śi</hi>vā
<lb n="A01=02" break="no"/>ya <hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi>
</ab>
<p>
<lb n="A1=1"/>mat<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>u</reg></choice>rai koṇṭa
<lb n="A2=2"/>kō-p-para-kēcari-pa
<lb n="A3=3" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">nma</hi><reg>r</reg>kk<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>u</reg></choice> <unclear>y</unclear>āṇṭu <num value="36">3 <g type="numeral">10</g> 6</num>-Āvatu
</p>
<p>
<lb n="A4=4"/>teṉ-karai-t tiraim<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>r-nāṭṭu
<lb n="A5=5"/><hi rend="grantha">brahma</hi>tēyañ cāttaṉūr <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-tiru
<lb n="A6=6" break="no"/>-v-āvaṭu-tuṟ<unclear>ai</unclear> Āḷvārkku Ivar aṭiyē
<lb n="A7=7" break="no"/>ṉ miṟai-k-<unclear>kū</unclear>ṟṟattu v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ra-māṅku
<lb n="A8=8" break="no"/>ṭaiyāṉ t<unclear>ā</unclear>yaṅ-kāṭaṉ-ēṉ
ciṟu-pu
<lb n="A9=9" break="no"/>liyūr <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yār iṭai Iṟai-Ili koṇ
<lb n="A10=10" break="no"/>ṭa nilamum
ci<unclear>ṟ</unclear>ṟāṉ<unclear>ai</unclear>ccūr-k koṇṭu I
<lb n="A11=11" break="no"/>ṟai-y-i<unclear>li</unclear> ceyta nilamum
</p>
<p>
Ivv-iraṇ
<lb n="A12=12" break="no"/>ṭu <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yār <unclear>i</unclear>ṭaiyum can=tirātitta
<lb n="A13=13" break="no"/>-val Iṟai kāppat’ āka-p poṉ koṇ
<lb n="A14=14" break="no"/>ṭ<unclear>u</unclear> Iṟai-Ili <unclear>cey</unclear>ta nilattukk’ el
<lb n="A15=15" break="no"/>l<unclear>ai</unclear>
<list>
<item>
k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai It-tēvar ma<unclear>ṇa</unclear>
<lb n="A16=16" break="no"/>l-<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ṭṭukkum It-tēvar Ātitta-karat
<lb n="A17=17" break="no"/>tu tēvar nilattukku<reg>m</reg> mē<supplied reason="omitted">ṟ</supplied>kku
</item>
<item>
teṉ
<lb n="A18=18" break="no"/>-pāṟk’ ellai ciṟṟāṉaiccūrār iṭai Ivaṉē
<lb n="A19=19" break="no"/>-y Iṟai-y-ili koṇṭa nilattuḷ kal
<lb n="A20=20" break="no"/>li Ivaṉē-y v-iṭṭa kaṭampaṉ vāykk<supplied reason="omitted">ā</supplied>
<lb n="A21=21" break="no"/>lukku <unclear>va</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ṭak</supplied>kum
</item>
<item>
mē<unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">l</unclear>-pā<choice><orig>l</orig><reg>ṟ</reg></choice>kk’ ellai
<lb n="A22=22"/>tiru-v-āva<unclear>ṭu</unclear>-tuṟai Āḷvārkku veḷḷ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice><unclear>ṟu</unclear>-t <unclear>ta</unclear>ṉi
<lb n="A23=23"/>Utta<unclear>ma</unclear>-c<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>mavētam vallār pir<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>maṇar tēva
<lb n="A24=24" break="no"/>r muṉ Uṇpataṟku vilai koṇṭu kalluvicca
<lb n="A25=25"/>nilattukku kiḻakkum
</item>
<item>
vaṭa-pā<choice><orig>l</orig><reg>ṟ</reg></choice>k’ ellai pē
<lb n="A26=26" break="no"/>rum peru-<unclear>vaḻik</unclear>kum tēvar maṇal-<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ṭṭukkum civa
<lb n="A27=27" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">paṭu</supplied> <unclear>tiru</unclear>-nan=ta-vāṉattukku teṟku<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice>
</item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
<lb n="A28=28" break="no"/>I<choice><orig>ṉ-ṉ</orig><reg>n-n</reg></choice>ā<unclear>ṉ</unclear>k’ <supplied reason="lost">e</supplied>llaiyilum naṭuvu-paṭṭa ko
<lb n="A29=29" break="no"/>llaiyum pu<unclear>ṉ</unclear>-ceyyum teṟk’ aṭai
<lb n="A30=30" break="no"/>ya Ivaṉē kalluvicca n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r-nilamum
<lb n="A31=31"/>kalliṉa paḻaṅ-kaṭampaṉ vāyum I
<lb n="A32=32" break="no"/>v-vāykkāl Iraṇṭu karaiyilum
<lb n="A33=33"/>kalliṉa kollaiyum puṉ-ceyum
</p>
<p>
<lb n="A34=34"/>Iraṇṭu <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> nilattilum kalli mayak
<lb n="A35=35" break="no"/>kiṉa <supplied reason="lost">I</supplied>ñ-ñilattuḷ teṟk’ aṭaiya mayak
<lb n="A36=36" break="no"/>kiṉa n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r-nilam Iraṇṭē kāl
</p>
<p>
Iv-vi
<milestone type="pagelike" n="B" unit="zone" break="no"/>
<label xml:lang="eng">Second Wall Portion</label>
<lb n="B1=37" break="no"/>raṇtē kālilum mē<supplied reason="omitted">ṟ</supplied>kk’ aṭai<unclear>ya-p</unclear>
<lb n="B2=38"/><unclear>p</unclear>atiyam
<list>
<item>
tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Āḷvā<unclear>r</unclear>k
<lb n="B3=39" break="no"/>ku pāṭuvār iruvar Iraṇṭu can=tiyum pāṭa A
<lb n="B4=40" break="no"/>ṟu māvum
</item>
<item>
t<unclear>i</unclear>ru-nan=ta-vāṉam tiru<unclear>t</unclear><supplied reason="lost">tam</supplied> I
<lb n="B5=41" break="no"/>ṟaippār iruvarkku Itaṉ k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice><unclear>ḻ</unclear>ai nā<supplied reason="lost">lu</supplied> māvu
<lb n="B6=42" break="no"/>m
</item>
<item>
tiru-p-paḷḷi-t-tāmam paṟi<choice><orig>cc</orig><reg>tt</reg></choice>u ce<unclear>ṟi</unclear>ppār I
<lb n="B7=43" break="no"/>ru-vā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>avaṉmāṟku Itaṉ k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻai Iraṇṭu māvu
<lb n="B8=44" break="no"/>m
</item>
<item>
nicati-p paṭi nāṭa-p pōṉakattukku patto
<lb n="B9=45" break="no"/>ṭṭu kuttal paḻa-v-arici nā-ṉāḻiyum
kummāya
<lb n="B10=46" break="no"/>-Amitiṉukku parupp’ uriyum
neyy-amitu
<lb n="B11=47"/><unclear>O</unclear>ru piṭiyum
tayir-amitu Uriyum
<unclear>p</unclear>ori-k-kaṟi-A
<lb n="B12=48" break="no"/>mitum
Aṭai-k-kāy-amitu nālum
Amitu ce
<lb n="B13=49" break="no"/>yvippitiṉukku
tiru-k-kōyil Uṭaiyār <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
<lb n="B14=50" break="no"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="4" unit="character"/> koṇṭa nilam Itaṉ k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻai Eṭṭu māvu
<lb n="B15=51" break="no"/>m
</item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
Itaṉ k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻai-c cat<surplus>ti</surplus><hi rend="grantha">tra</hi>-viḷākam vēli-c ceyu
<lb n="B16=52" break="no"/>m koṇṭu v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ra-māṅkuṭaiyāṉ tāyaṅ-kāṭaṉ va
<lb n="B17=53" break="no"/>ḻiyilārum pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśva</hi>rarum Uruttira-p-perumakka
<lb n="B18=54" break="no"/>ḷum Iṭa-p-paṭṭa maṭa-pati Ic-cattira-viḷākam vēliyu
<lb n="B19=55" break="no"/>m
</p>
<p>
Aṭuttu-k koṇṭu Aṭuvitāṉ Arici A<unclear>ṟu</unclear>-patt’ iru-ka
<lb n="B20=56" break="no"/>lamum payaṟu Aiṅ-kalamum
</p>
<p>
tiru-k-koṭi Iḻicca <hi rend="grantha">sna</hi>
<lb n="B21=57" break="no"/><choice><sic>ma</sic><corr>pa</corr></choice>nattukku poṉ kaḻañcum Ivv-ēḻu nāḷu Ip-pa
<lb n="B22=58" break="no"/>ṭi Ūṭṭuvikka māṭṭāta maṭa-patiyai tiruttam āṭiṉa piṟṟai nā
<lb n="B23=59" break="no"/>ṉṟu Urudra-kaṇa-perumakkaḷum pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśva</hi>rarum tāyaṅ
<lb n="B24=60" break="no"/>-kaṭaṉ vaḻiyilārum Āka t<unclear>ā</unclear>ṉ māṟṟi Āvāṉ or maṭa
<lb n="B25=61" break="no"/>-patiyai Iṭuvit’ ākavum
</p>
<p>
<unclear>Iv-ai</unclear>mpatt’ iru-kalamum Aḷa
<lb n="B26=62" break="no"/>ppi<choice><orig>cc</orig><reg>tt</reg></choice>u-k <unclear>koṇ</unclear>ṭu I<supplied reason="lost">ta</supplied>ṉ kaṇkāṇi<unclear>yo</unclear>ṭum
tiru-viḻ<unclear>ā</unclear>
<lb n="B27=63"/>Eṭutta nāḷ
<list>
<item>
m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>la-mutal
Aṭa-k kaṭava Ariya-c-civayō<hi rend="grantha">gi</hi>
<lb n="B28=64" break="no"/>kaḷukku patakkum
pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśva</hi>rarkku Aṭum arici tūṇiyum
</item>
<item>
<lb n="B29=65"/><sic>pūrāṭatti</sic> ṉāṉṟu
civayō<hi rend="grantha">gi</hi>ka<unclear>ḷukku</unclear> Aṭum A
<lb n="B30=66" break="no"/>rici tūṇi-p patakkum
pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśva</hi>rarkku Aṭum a
<lb n="B31=67" break="no"/>rici kalamum
</item>
<item>
Uttirāṭatti ṉāṉṟu
civayō<hi rend="grantha">gi</hi><unclear>kaḷu</unclear>
<lb n="B32=68" break="no"/>kku Aṭum arici kalamum
pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśva</hi>rarkku Aṭum a
<lb n="B33=69" break="no"/>rici mu-k-kalamum
</item>
<item>
tiruvōṇatti ṉāṉṟu
civayō
<lb n="B34=70" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">gi</hi>kaḷukku Aṭum arici Iru-kalamum
pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśva</hi>rar
<lb n="B35=71" break="no"/>kku Aṭum Arici Aṟu kalamum
</item>
<item>
Aviṭṭatti ṉāṉṟu
<milestone type="pagelike" n="C" unit="zone"/><label xml:lang="eng">Third Wall Portion</label>
<lb n="C1=72"/>civayō<hi rend="grantha">gi</hi>kaḷukku Aṭum arici mu-k-kalamum
<lb n="C2=73"/>pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśva</hi>raṟk’ aṭum arici Ēḻu kalamum
</item>
<item>
ca
<lb n="C3=74" break="no"/>taiyatti ṉāṉṟu
civayō<hi rend="grantha">gi</hi>kaḷukku Aṭum a
<lb n="C4=75" break="no"/>rici nār-kalamum
pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśva</hi>raṟk’ aṭum a
<lb n="C5=76" break="no"/>rici Eṇ-kalamum
</item>
<item>
tiruttam āṭum pūraṭṭāti <lb n="C6=77"/>nāṉṟu
civayō<hi rend="grantha">gi</hi>kaḷukku Aṭum arici Aiṅ
<lb n="C7=78"/>-kalamum
pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśva</hi>raṟk’ aṭum arici paṉṉiru
<lb n="C8=79"/>kalamum</item>
</list>
Āka
Ivv-ēḻu nāḷum aṭa-k kaṭava A
<lb n="C9=80" break="no"/>rici Aim-patt’ iru-kalamum
</p>
<p>
Aṉaiccu nāḷaik
<lb n="C10=81" break="no"/>kum
āka
payar’ aiṅ-kalamum Ip-paṭi maṭa-pati
<lb n="C11=82"/>Ūṭṭi tiruttam āṭiṉa piṟṟai nāṉṟu tiru-k-koṭi
<lb n="C12=83"/>Iḻicca <hi rend="grantha">sna</hi><choice><orig>m</orig><reg>p</reg></choice>aṉa-<hi rend="grantha">dravya</hi>ttukkum puṭavaikkum
āka
<list>
<item><lb n="C13=84" break="no"/>p
poṉ Arai-k kaḻañcum
</item>
<item>
<hi rend="grantha">Ācā<reg>r</reg>yya-pūjai</hi> <unclear>kā</unclear>
<lb n="C14=85" break="no"/>lum
</item>
<item>
kalacamu<supplied reason="subaudible">m</supplied> macālu<supplied reason="subaudible">m</supplied> makuṭamu<supplied reason="subaudible">m</supplied> mak<unclear>i</unclear>lamum I
<lb n="C15=86" break="no"/>ṭum kucavaṉukku poṉ kālum
</item>
</list>
</p>
<p>
kalacatti
<lb n="C16=87" break="no"/><unclear>ṉ</unclear> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="8" unit="character" precision="low"/> mum perun t<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>ru-<supplied reason="lost">A</supplied><unclear>mir</unclear>
<lb n="C17=88" break="no"/>t<unclear>u</unclear>kku ceṉṉa-nellu kalamum kari-y-amirtukku
<lb n="C18=89" break="no"/>m neyy-amirtukkum tayir-amirtukkum Aṭai
<lb n="C19=90" break="no"/>-k-kāy-amirtukkum
āka
nellu tūṇi-p patakkum
<lb n="C20=91"/>Āka
ca<hi rend="grantha">tra</hi>-viḷākam vēliyum koṇṭu Ivv-ūṭṭuṭṭi
<lb n="C21=92" break="no"/>Ip-paṭi ceyvvikku maṭa-patikku Itaṉ k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻai-k ka
<lb n="C22=93" break="no"/>ṟṟeyyuṅ koṇṭu v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ra-māṅkuṭaiyāṉ tāya
<lb n="C23=94" break="no"/>ṅ-kāṭaṉ vaḻiyilār Ēḻu nāḷum maṭa-patiyoṭē ni
<lb n="C24=95" break="no"/>ṉṟu Ivv-arici Aḷappiccu-k koṇṭu kaṇkāṇiy<choice><sic><unclear>ā</unclear></sic><corr>um</corr></choice>
<lb n="C25=96"/>Aṭuviccu <unclear>Ū</unclear>ṭṭuvippaṉukku nicati patakk’
āka
Ari
<lb n="C26=97" break="no"/>ci kalaṉē patakkum kuṭuttu ip-paṭi ceyviccu I
<lb n="C27=98" break="no"/>p-paṭi Ūṭṭi Iñ-ñivan=ta-p paṭi ceviccu niṉṟa puṉ
<lb n="C28=99" break="no"/>-ceyyilum kollaiyilum kiḻakk’ aṭaiya A
<lb n="C29=100" break="no"/>ṟu mā nilam tiru-na<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied>tavāṉam ceyviccu teṅkum ā<supplied reason="omitted">ka</supplied>
<lb n="C30=101" break="no"/>vum
</p>
<p>
maṟṟu<reg>m</reg> mēṟpa<choice><sic>c</sic><corr>y</corr></choice>ir<unclear> Ūṉ</unclear>ṉa Ellāṅ koṇṭu maṭa-pati
<lb n="C31=102" break="no"/>yē tiru-nāḷ Ēḻu nāḷaikkum Ivv-ūṭṭukku vēṇṭum
<lb n="C32=103"/>vicattukku koḷvit’ ākavum
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<p>
niṉṟa puṉ-ceyum kol
<lb n="C33=104" break="no"/>laiyum Aṭuttu-k koṇṭu neykkum Aṭṭuvitiṉu
<lb n="C34=105" break="no"/>kkum kaṟikkum pākkiṉukkum veṟṟilaikkum Uppu
<lb n="C35=106" break="no"/>kkum puḷikkum maṟṟum pala-kāyttukkum Eṇṇai
<lb n="C36=107" break="no"/>yum viṟakum maṟṟum vēṇṭum vicattukkum It
<milestone type="pagelike" n="D" unit="zone" break="no"/><label xml:lang="eng">Fourth Wall Portion</label>
<lb n="D1=108" break="no"/>-tiru-nāḷ Ēḻu nāḷaikkum Ūṭṭukku vēṇ
<lb n="D2=109" break="no"/>ṭum kalam iṭum kucavaṉukku poṉ Aṟai-k-ka
<lb n="D3=110" break="no"/>ḻañcum
</p>
<p>
Ivaṉukku Ēḻu nāḷaikku nicati kuṟu
<lb n="D4=111" break="no"/>ṇi Arici
y-āka
Ēḻu kuruṇi Aricikkum
āka
nan=tavā
<lb n="D5=112" break="no"/>ṉam pōkki niṉṟa puñ-ceyum kollaiyum A
<lb n="D6=113" break="no"/>ṭuttu-k koṇṭu It-taṉaiyum kuṟai v-aṟuttu
<lb n="D7=114" break="no"/>-k koṇṭu maṭa-pati Ūṭṭuvit’ ākavum
</p>
<p>
Im-ma
<lb n="D8=115" break="no"/>ṭa-patiyē cāttaṉūr It-tiru-viḻā-vāriyaṟ
<lb n="D9=116" break="no"/>ku Ivv-ēḻu nāḷum Ik-kōyil-k-kāvaṇam
<lb n="D10=117"/>Iṭuvi<choice><orig>cc</orig><reg>tt</reg></choice>u It-tiru-viḻā ceyvikkum vāriya-p
<lb n="D11=118" break="no"/>-perumakkaḷukku nicati Aiṅ-kuṟuṇi Oru nāḻi A
<lb n="D12=119" break="no"/>rici
y-āka
Ēḻu nāḷaikku peṟum arici mu-k-kalamum
<lb n="D13=120"/>maṭa-pati tāṉ peṟum kāṟ ceyilum Aṭṭuvi
<lb n="D14=121"/>t’ ākavum
</p>
<p>
It-taṉaiyum kuṟai v-aṟuttu In
<lb n="D15=122" break="no"/>-n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r-nilam Iraṇṭē kālum kollaiyum puṉ
<lb n="D16=123" break="no"/>c<unclear>e</unclear>yum koṇṭu nan=ta-vāṉattu mēṟ-payiru
<lb n="D17=124" break="no"/>ṅ koṇṭu In-nivan=ta-p paṭi ceyya-k kaṭavāṉ
<lb n="D18=125"/>ceyvittu It-taṉaiyum kuṟai v-aṟuttu ko
<lb n="D19=126" break="no"/>ṇṭu Ivv-ēḻu nāḷum Ivv-ūṭṭu Ip-paṭiyē ma
<lb n="D20=127" break="no"/>ṭa-patiyē v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ra-māṅkuṭaiyaṉ tāyaṉ kāṭaṉ vaḻi
<lb n="D21=128" break="no"/>yilār kaṇkāṇiyōṭum Ūṭṭi In-nivan=ta-p paṭi
<lb n="D22=129"/>ceyvi-p-pat’ ākavum
</p>
<p>
In-nilam ciṟu-puliyūrilum
<lb n="D23=130"/>ciṟṟāṉaiccūrilum Iṟai-Ili vilai koṇṭu kal
<lb n="D24=131" break="no"/>li-t tiruttiṉa n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r-nilamum kollaiyum puṉ
<lb n="D25=132" break="no"/>-ceyum In-nilam It-taṉaiyum tiru-v-āvaṭu-tu
<lb n="D26=133" break="no"/>ṟai <hi rend="grantha">mahā-de</hi>vaṟku In-nilam Ip-paṭi koṇṭu
<lb n="D27=134"/>In-nivan=tam ceytu kuṭuttēṉ vaṭa-karai mi<unclear>ṟai</unclear>
<lb n="D28=135" break="no"/>-k-kūṟṟattu v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ra-māṅkuṭaiyāṉ tāyaṉ kāṭaṉ-ēṉ
</p>
<p>
<lb n="D29=136"/>I<hi rend="grantha">d-dhanma</hi>m pa<hi rend="grantha">nmāheśvarar</hi> Ira<hi rend="grantha">kṣai</hi>
</p>
<p>
I<hi rend="grantha">d-dhanma</hi>m
<lb n="D30=137"/>Ira<hi rend="grantha">kṣi</hi>ppār <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-pā<hi rend="grantha">dayū</hi>ḷi Eṉ talai mēla
<lb n="D31=138" break="no"/><add place="above">ṉa</add>
</p>
<p>
tāyaṅ kāṭaṉ ciṟu-puliyūr ca<hi rend="grantha">bhai</hi>yā
<lb n="D32=139" break="no"/>r iṭai Iṟai-Ili koṇṭa nilam
</p>
<p>
In=-nila
<lb n="D33=140" break="no"/>ttu<unclear>k</unclear>ku Aṭṭa-k kaṭava nellu patiṉ kalam
</p>
<p>
<lb n="D34=141"/>Ip-pati<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied> kalamum Aṭṭa-k kaṭavōm Iru <choice><unclear>y</unclear><unclear><g type="numeral">10</g></unclear></choice> poṉ koṇṭōm tiru-v-ā
<lb n="D35=142" break="no"/>vaṭu-tuṟai tiru-k-kōyil uṭaiyōm
</p>
</div>
<div type="apparatus">
<listApp>
<app loc="11">
<lem>Ivv-iraṇ<lb n="A12=12" break="no"/>ṭu <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/></lem>
<note>The illegible, that is undeciphered, character looks like a <foreign>kāl</foreign> or a <foreign>daṇḍa</foreign>. See also line 34.</note>
</app>
<app loc="22">
<lem>veḷḷa<unclear>ṟu</unclear>-t <unclear>ta</unclear>ṉi</lem>
<note>Alternatively <foreign>veḷḷ Atcuṇi</foreign>.</note>
</app>
<app loc="34">
<lem>Iraṇṭu <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/></lem>
<note>The illegible, that is undeciphered, character looks like a <foreign>kāl</foreign> or a <foreign>daṇḍa</foreign>. See also line 11.</note>
</app>
</listApp>
</div>
<div type="translation" resp="part:emfr">
<p n="01-02">Homage to Śiva. Prosperity! Fortune!</p>
<p n="1-3">36th year of the king Parakesarivarman, who took Maturai.</p>
<p n="4-11">
For the Lord <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āḷvār</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> the glorious Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai <supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> Cāttaṉūr, <supplied reason="subaudible">which is</supplied> a <foreign>brahmadeya</foreign> in the Tiraimūrnāṭu on the southern bank,
<supplied reason="subaudible">there is</supplied>
a land that I, Tāyaṅ Kaṭaṉ, lord of Vīramāṅkuṭi in the Mīraikkūṟṟam, a servant of him<note>That is, the Lord of Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai.</note>,
obtained tax-free from <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭai</foreign></supplied> the members of the assembly <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> Ciṟupuliyūr,
and
a land, made tax-fee, obtained <supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> Ciṟṟāṉaiccūr.
</p>
<p n="12-27">
The boundaries of <supplied reason="subaudible">these</supplied> lands, made tax-free, after obtaining <supplied reason="subaudible">from me</supplied> the gold deposited with <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭaiyum</foreign>?</supplied> the members of the assembly of these two <supplied reason="subaudible">villages</supplied>, so as to take care of the taxes <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṟai kāppat’ āka</foreign><note>That is, to secure the payment of taxes with the capital interest.</note></supplied>, as long as the moon, are <supplied reason="subaudible">as follows</supplied>:
<list>
<item>
the eastern boundary is to the west of the sand dunes <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>maṇal-īṭu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> this god and to the land <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> the god of the Āditya-gṛha <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ātitta-karam</foreign></supplied><note>This possibly refers to be the present-day Cūriyaṉār Kōyil in the village of same name, in the Tanjore district, less than 10 km west of Tiruvavāṭutuṟai.</note> of this god;
</item>
<item>
the southern boundary is to the north of the Kaṭampaṉ channel which he <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ivaṉē</foreign><note>That is, Kaṭampaṉ or the donor, Tāyaṅ Kaṭaṉ.</note></supplied> has given <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭṭa</foreign><note>Literally, put.</note></supplied>
after digging <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kalli</foreign></supplied> within the land,
which he obtained tax-free from <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭai</foreign></supplied> the inhabitants of Ciṟṟāṉaiccūr <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ciṟṟāṉaiccūrār</foreign><note>That is, the <foreign>ūrār</foreign>s of Ciṟṟāṉaiccūr?</note></supplied>;
</item>
<item>
the western boundary is to the east of the land which, after purchase <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vilai koṇṭu</foreign></supplied>, he had dug <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kalluvitta</foreign><note>That is, dug and thus made fit for cultivation?</note></supplied>, for feeding, in front of the god,<note>This phrase appears to mean that the Sāmaveda reciters are fed in front of the god.</note> the Brahmins who are the matchlessly <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>taṉi</foreign></supplied> expert in the <unclear>Uttama</unclear>-Sāmaveda in the Veḷḷāṟu <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>veḷḷ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice><unclear>ṟu</unclear></foreign>?</supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">area</supplied> for the Lord of Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai;
</item>
<item>
the northern boundary is to the south of the departing (?) <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pērum</foreign></supplied> great/main road, of the sand dunes <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>maṇal-īṭu</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> the god and of the glorious flower garden <supplied reason="subaudible">named</supplied> Civapaṭu.
</item>
</list>
</p>
<p n="27-33">
Comprised within these four boundaries,
<supplied reason="subaudible">there are</supplied>
sylvan tracts <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kollai</foreign></supplied>,
dry-land <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>puṉ-cey</foreign></supplied>,
wet-land <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nīr-nilam</foreign></supplied>, bordering on the south, which he had dug <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kalluvitta</foreign></supplied>,
as well as
the <foreign>vāy</foreign> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vāyum</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> Paḻam Kaṭampaṉ, already dug (?) <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kalliṉa</foreign><note>That is, already fit for cultivation.</note></supplied>,
and
dry-land and sylvan tracts, already dug (?) <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kalliṉa</foreign></supplied>, on both banks <supplied reason="subaudible">of</supplied> this channel.
</p>
<p n="34-36">
<supplied reason="subaudible">There are</supplied> two quarters <supplied reason="subaudible">of a <foreign>vēli</foreign></supplied> of wet-land <gap reason="ellipsis"/> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mayakkiṉa</foreign></supplied>, bordering on the south in the land <gap reason="ellipsis"/> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mayakkiṉa</foreign></supplied>, after digging <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kalli</foreign></supplied> in these two lands.
</p>
<p n="36-51">
<supplied reason="subaudible">Comprised</supplied> within these two quarters <supplied reason="subaudible">of a <foreign>vēli</foreign></supplied>, a <foreign>patiyam</foreign>, bordering on the west, <supplied reason="subaudible">is provisioned as follows</supplied>:<note>Two quarters <foreign>vēli</foreign>, that is half a <foreign>vēli</foreign>, make 20 <foreign>mā</foreign>s, which are distributed as follows: 6 + 4 + 2 + 8 <foreign>mā</foreign>s.</note>
<list>
<item>
six <foreign>mā</foreign>s, so that two singers sing <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pāṭa</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">at</supplied> two <foreign>canti</foreign>s for the Lord of Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai;
</item>
<item>
four <foreign>mā</foreign>s, west of this, for two persons who splash <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṟaippār</foreign></supplied> water <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiruttam</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> the glorious flower garden;
</item>
<item>
two <foreign>mā</foreign>, west of this, for two celestial(s), who, after plucking <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>paṟittu</foreign></supplied>, tighten <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ceṟippār</foreign></supplied> glorious flower garlands;
</item>
<item>
and, as for food <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pōṉakam</foreign></supplied> to be measured (?) <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nāṭa</foreign></supplied> on a daily basis <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nicatip paṭi</foreign></supplied>, eight <foreign>mā</foreign>s, east of the land, which the Lord of the glorious temple obtained,
for having food-offerings made,
<gap reason="ellipsis"/> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pattoṭṭu</foreign></supplied>
for daily food <supplied reason="subaudible">consisting in</supplied>
four <foreign>nāḻi</foreign>s of husked and seasoned paddy,
<supplied reason="subaudible">one</supplied> large (?) <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>paruppu</foreign></supplied> <foreign>uri</foreign> of lentil food-offering,
one <foreign>piṭi</foreign> of butter food-offering,
<supplied reason="subaudible">one</supplied> <foreign>uri</foreign> of curd food-offering,
<supplied reason="subaudible">one</supplied> cooked food-offering,
and four areca-nut food-offerings.
</item>
</list>
</p>
<p n="51-55">
East of this, with ... <supplied reason="subaudible">from</supplied> the ...,
so as to ...
<supplied reason="subaudible">there is</supplied> one <foreign>vēli</foreign> <supplied reason="subaudible">from</supplied> this ...,
</p>
<p n="55-56">
...
</p>
<p n="56-61">
So that the attendants of Rudra <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>uruttira-p-perumakkaḷ</foreign></supplied>, the many great devotees of Śiva and the descendants of Tayaṉ Kaṭaṉ ...
they should appoint a pontiff ...
</p>
<p n="61-80">
So that there be <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āka</foreign></supplied>,
after having these fifty-two pots measured <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aḷappittu</foreign></supplied> with the superintendant <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kaṇkāṇi</foreign></supplied>
on days when glorious festivals are undertaken
<list>
<item>
starting with the Mūlam festival,
what is necessary to cook <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aṭak kaṭava</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">are</supplied>
one <foreign>patakku</foreign> for the Śivayogins ...
and one <foreign>tūṇi</foreign> of paddy ...
</item>
<item>
at the time of Pūrāṭatti
...
</item>
<item>
at the time of Uttirāṭatti
...
</item>
<item>
at the time of Tiruvōṇam
...
</item>
<item>
at the time of Aviṭṭam
...
</item>
<item>
at the time of Cataiyam
...
</item>
<item>
at the time of Pūraṭṭāti
...
</item>
<item>
...
</item>
</list>
<supplied reason="explanation">there are</supplied> fifty-two pots of paddy.
</p>
<p n="80-86">
...
</p>
<p n="86-101">
...
</p>
<p n="101-103">
...
</p>
<p n="103-110">...</p>
<p n="110-114">...</p>
<p n="114-121">...</p>
<p n="121-129">...</p>
<p n="129-135">...</p>
<p n="136">
This pious donation <supplied reason="subaudible">is under</supplied> the protection of the the many great devotees of Śiva.
</p>
<p n="136-138">
The dust on the glorious feet of he who protects this pious donation are on my head.
</p>
<p n="138-139">
<supplied reason="subaudible">There is</supplied> a land that Tāyaṅ Kāṭaṉ obtained tax-free from the members of the assembly.
</p>
<p n="139-140">
For this land ten pots of paddy are to be provided.
</p>
<p n="141-142">
We are appointed to provide these ten pots; we have obtained two gold coins, we the lords of the glorious temple of Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai.
</p>
</div>
<div type="commentary">
<p n="1-4">Lines 01-02 and 1-2 are layed-out in two 2-line-columns.</p>
</div>
<div type="bibliography">
<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1924-1925"/></bibl> (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/111).</p>
<p>Edited here by Renato Davalos, Emmanuel Francis, Babu N. Ramaswamy and Margherita Trento (2024), based on photos (EFEO, 2006; E. Francis, 2024) and autopsy (August 2024).</p>
<p>ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.</p>
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