Kōyil-Tēvarāyaṉ-Pēṭṭai, Matsyapurīśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 9

Authors of digital edition: Nicolas Cane (nica), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Uttama Cōḻa, 979-80 CE. Sur la bāhyabhitti de la face ouest du garbhagr̥ha (de part et d’autre de la niche de la niche de Viṣṇu).

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-10-08 14:28 (9427595), last modified 2025-10-08 13:30 (52f4905).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-p-pa‡ra-kēsari-panmaṟk=ku yā-
⟨2⟩ ṇṭu (9) Āva/tu rāja-gesari-c-ca‡/-
⟨3⟩ turvedimaṅka-
⟨4⟩ lattu tiru-c-celū-
⟨5⟩ r Āḻvārk=ku ka-
⟨6⟩ ṇṭar-ātitta-
⟨7⟩ ṉ maturān-
⟨8⟩ takaṉ śrī-U-
⟨9⟩ ttama-cōḻar-
⟨10⟩ kk-āka Ivarai-t tiru-
⟨11⟩ -vayiṟu vāytt-aru-
⟨12⟩ ḷiṉa Uṭaiya-pirāṭṭi-
⟨13⟩ yār saṃkirā-
⟨14⟩ n=ti toṟumut=ta-
⟨15⟩ (ṭi) nūṟṟ’ eṭṭu-k
⟨16⟩ kalaicam snama-
⟨17⟩ nam āṭiyāruḷa-
⟨18⟩ vum Aṟṟai-
⟨19⟩ nāḷāl peru-
⟨20⟩ n tiru-v-amutu
⟨21⟩ ceyt-aruḷavum Ō-
⟨22⟩ raṇai tiru-p-paricaṭṭa-
⟨23⟩ m cātti-y-aruḷavum A-
⟨24⟩ bhiṣekañ ceyta nam-
⟨25⟩ pik=ku pūjaik=kum’ āka-k
⟨26⟩ koṇṭu kuṭutta nila-
⟨27⟩ m āvaṉa Ivv-ūr na-
⟨28⟩ ra-toṅka-c-cēri pu-
⟨29⟩ ḷḷa-maṅkalattu
⟨30⟩ pālāciriyaṉ bhaṭṭa-
⟨31⟩ ṉ caṅkaraṉ pūvatta-
⟨32⟩ ṉum ivaṉ tampi caṅkara-
⟨33⟩ ṉ cāttaṉum ivv-iruva-
⟨34⟩ rum viṟṟu-t tanta nilam ā-
⟨35⟩ vaṉa Ivv-ūr nara-toṅka-va-
⟨36⟩ tik=ku meṟk=ku 4-Āṅ kaṇṇā-
⟨37⟩ ṟṟu śrī-kaṇṭa-vāy-k-kāluk=ku
⟨38⟩ teṟk=ku 3-Āñ catirattu{k} I-
⟨39⟩ ḻakkaṭaiya nāṅkaḷ eṅ(ka)-
⟨40⟩ ṇampi pak=kal kūṟu-peṟṟ-u-
⟨41⟩ ṭaiya nila⟨m⟩ * *-m Iv-vati-
⟨42⟩ kkē meṟk=ku 3-Āṅ kaṇṇā‡-
⟨43⟩ ṟṟu cō-
⟨44⟩ ḻa-cūḷā-ma-
⟨45⟩ ṇi-vāy-k=-kā-
⟨46⟩ luk=ku te-
⟨47⟩ ṟk=ku 1 catirattu
⟨48⟩ kiḻak=k’ aṭain=ta 3 1/20
⟨49⟩ māvil meṟk’ aṭai-
⟨50⟩ ya kūṟu-peṟṟ-uṭai-
⟨51⟩ ya nilam * *-yum-
⟨52⟩ maṉōrama-c-cēri k¡i!ḻ-
⟨53⟩ maṇalūr pāratāyaṉ
⟨54⟩ paṟpaṉāpaṉ jāta-
⟨55⟩ vētaṉ brāhmaṇi
⟨56⟩ vāsu-devaṉ kaṇ-
⟨57⟩ ṇai viṟṟu tan=ta nila-
⟨58⟩ m āvatu I-vatik=kē me-
⟨59⟩ ṟk=ku 2-ṭāṅ kaṇṇāṟ-
⟨60⟩ ṟu Iv-vāy-k-kāluk=kē
⟨61⟩ teṟk=ku 2-ṭāñ catirat-
⟨62⟩ tu vaṭak=k’ aṭaiñca 3 1/20-
⟨63⟩ -vil kiḻak=k’ aṭaiya 2 1/20-
⟨64⟩ -vum maṉōrama-
⟨65⟩ -c-cēri nāraṇa-
⟨66⟩ -maṅkalat-
⟨67⟩ tu vārak=ki-
⟨68⟩ yaṉ jā-
⟨69⟩ davētaṉ
⟨70⟩ koṟṟaṉ vi-
⟨71⟩ ṟṟu tan=ta ni-
⟨72⟩ lam āvatu I-
⟨73⟩ -vati(k)kē ‡
⟨74⟩ mēṟ-
⟨75⟩ k=ku 7-Ā-
⟨76⟩ ṅ kaṇ-
⟨77⟩ ṇāṟṟu
⟨78⟩ rāja-kēsari-vā-
⟨79⟩ y-k-kāluk=ku te-
⟨80⟩ ṟk=ku 4-Āñ cati-
⟨81⟩ rattu teṟk’ aṭai-
⟨82⟩ n=ta * * māvil mē-
⟨83⟩ ṟk=k’ aṭaiya 3 māvum
⟨84⟩ cōḻa-cūḷā-maṇi-c-cē-
⟨85⟩ ri poṉṉār Aiyya-
⟨86⟩ ṉaṭi kaṉnara-tēva-
⟨87⟩ -paṭṭaṉ viṟṟu tan=ta
⟨88⟩ nilam āvatu Ivati-
⟨89⟩ k=ke mēṟk=ku 8 Āṅ
⟨90⟩ kaṇṇāṟṟu śrī-kaṇṭa-
⟨91⟩ -vāy-k=-kāluk=ku teṟk(ku)
⟨92⟩ 2-Āñ catirattu vaṭa-
⟨93⟩ k=k’ aṭaiya nāṉ-mā n¡i!-
⟨94⟩ kki Itiṉoṭum aṭai-
⟨95⟩ ya 2 māvum Iv⟨v⟩-¿u?r ma-
⟨96⟩ dhyas¿t?aṉ 3 100 vaṉ
⟨97⟩ tiru-vēṅkaṭam
⟨98⟩ viṟṟu tan=ta ni-
⟨99⟩ lam āvatu
⟨100⟩ Ātit=ta-va-
⟨101⟩ tik=ku mēṟ-
⟨102⟩ k=ku Eḻāṅ ka-
⟨103⟩ ṇṇāṟṟu cō-
⟨104⟩ ḻa-cūḷā-maṇi-
⟨105⟩ vāy-⟨k⟩-kāluk=ku
⟨106⟩ teṟk=ku 2‡-
⟨107⟩ -Āñ catirat=tu vaṭak=k’ aṭai‡ya 4-vum para-‡kēsari-c-cēri korovi tiru-vēṇkāṭa-kramavit=taṉumm ivaṉ ṟampimārum viṟṟu tan=ta nilam āvatu (kāma)-tēvavatik=ku-k kiḻak=ku 5-Āṅ kaṇ-
⟨108⟩ ṇāṟṟu rāja-kēsari-vā‡y-k=-kāluk=ku ‡ teṟk=ku 3-Āñ catirat=tu mēṟk=k’ aṭaiñca * * māvil teṟk=k’ aṭaiya 3 mā māvu(m) maṉō-rama-c-cē(ri kō)ṭṭaiyūr cāvān=ti-rāma-tēva-
⟨109⟩ ṉ śrī-vāsu-deva‡num ivaṉ ‡ tampimārum viṟṟu tan=ta nilam (mā)-tēvatik=ku kiḻak=ku Eḻāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu rāja-kēsari-vāy-k=-kālu(k=ku) teṟk=ku 2-ñ catirat=tu teṟk=k’ aṭai‡-
⟨110⟩ ya 3 1/20 māvum nara-toṅka-c-cēri puḷḷa-maṅkalattu vārakkiyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ mācēntaṉ viṟṟu tan=ta nilam mā-tēvatik=ku kiḻak=ku 1
⟨111⟩ kaṇṇāṟṟu śrīkaṇṭa-vāyk=kāluk=ku teṟk=ku mutaṟ catirat=tu mēṟk=k’ aṭaiñca * * * māvil vaṭak=k’ aṭaiñca 3 1/20 māvil teṟk=k’ aṭaiya
⟨112⟩ * * * yāṇṭu 9-Āvatu cantirātitta-vaṟ Iṭṭa ceppu-k=-kalaiyam 100 8-ṉāl niṟai […]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-p-pa‡ra-kēsari-panmaṟk=ku yā⟨2⟩ṇṭu (9) Āva/tu

rāja-gesari-c-ca‡/⟨3⟩turvedimaṅka⟨4⟩lattu tiru-c-celū⟨5⟩r Āḻvārk=ku ka⟨6⟩ṇṭar-ātitta⟨7⟩ṉ maturān⟨8⟩takaṉ śrī-U⟨9⟩ttama-cōḻar⟨10⟩kk-āka Ivarai-t tiru⟨11⟩-vayiṟu vāytt-aru⟨12⟩ḷiṉa Uṭaiya-pirāṭṭi⟨13⟩yār saṃkirā⟨14⟩n=ti toṟumut=ta⟨15⟩(ṭi) nūṟṟ’ eṭṭu-k ⟨16⟩ kalaicam snama⟨17⟩nam āṭiyāruḷa⟨18⟩vum Aṟṟai⟨19⟩nāḷāl peru⟨20⟩n tiru-v-amutu ⟨21⟩ ceyt-aruḷavum Ō⟨22⟩raṇai tiru-p-paricaṭṭa⟨23⟩m cātti-y-aruḷavum A⟨24⟩bhiṣekañ ceyta nam⟨25⟩pik=ku pūjaik=kum’ āka-k ⟨26⟩ koṇṭu kuṭutta nila⟨27⟩m āvaṉa

Ivv-ūr na⟨28⟩ra-toṅka-c-cēri pu⟨29⟩ḷḷa-maṅkalattu ⟨30⟩ pālāciriyaṉ bhaṭṭa⟨31⟩ṉ caṅkaraṉ pūvatta⟨32⟩ṉum ivaṉ tampi caṅkara⟨33⟩ṉ cāttaṉum ivv-iruva⟨34⟩rum viṟṟu-t tanta nilam ā⟨35⟩vaṉa

Ivv-ūr nara-toṅka-va⟨36⟩tik=ku meṟk=ku 4-Āṅ kaṇṇā⟨37⟩ṟṟu śrī-kaṇṭa-vāy-k-kāluk=ku ⟨38⟩ teṟk=ku 3-Āñ catirattu{k} I⟨39⟩ḻakkaṭaiya nāṅkaḷ eṅ(ka)⟨40⟩ṇampi pak=kal kūṟu-peṟṟ-u⟨41⟩ṭaiya nila⟨m⟩ * *-m Iv-vati⟨42⟩kkē meṟk=ku 3-Āṅ kaṇṇā‡⟨43⟩ṟṟu cō⟨44⟩ḻa-cūḷā-ma⟨45⟩ṇi-vāy-k=-kā⟨46⟩luk=ku te⟨47⟩ṟk=ku 1 catirattu ⟨48⟩ kiḻak=k’ aṭain=ta 3 1/20 ⟨49⟩ māvil meṟk’ aṭai⟨50⟩ya kūṟu-peṟṟ-uṭai⟨51⟩ya nilam * *-yum⟨52⟩maṉōrama-c-cēri k⟨ī⟩ḻ⟨53⟩maṇalūr pāratāyaṉ ⟨54⟩ paṟpaṉāpaṉ jāta⟨55⟩vētaṉ brāhmaṇi ⟨56⟩ vāsu-devaṉ kaṇ⟨57⟩ṇai viṟṟu tan=ta nila⟨58⟩m āvatu

I-vatik=kē me⟨59⟩ṟk=ku 2-ṭāṅ kaṇṇāṟ⟨60⟩ṟu Iv-vāy-k-kāluk=kē ⟨61⟩ teṟk=ku 2-ṭāñ catirat⟨62⟩tu vaṭak=k’ aṭaiñca 3 1/20⟨63⟩-vil kiḻak=k’ aṭaiya 2 1/20⟨64⟩-vum maṉōrama⟨65⟩-c-cēri nāraṇa⟨66⟩-maṅkalat⟨67⟩tu vārak=ki⟨68⟩yaṉ jā⟨69⟩davētaṉ ⟨70⟩ koṟṟaṉ vi⟨71⟩ṟṟu tan=ta ni⟨72⟩lam āvatu

I⟨73⟩-vati(k)kē ‡ ⟨74⟩ mēṟ⟨75⟩k=ku 7-Ā⟨76⟩ṅ kaṇ⟨77⟩ṇāṟṟu ⟨78⟩ rāja-kēsari-vā⟨79⟩y-k-kāluk=ku te⟨80⟩ṟk=ku 4-Āñ cati⟨81⟩rattu teṟk’ aṭai⟨82⟩n=ta * * māvil mē⟨83⟩ṟk=k’ aṭaiya 3 māvum ⟨84⟩ cōḻa-cūḷā-maṇi-c-cē⟨85⟩ri poṉṉār Aiyya⟨86⟩ṉaṭi kaṉnara-tēva⟨87⟩-paṭṭaṉ viṟṟu tan=ta ⟨88⟩ nilam āvatu

Ivati⟨89⟩k=ke mēṟk=ku 8 Āṅ ⟨90⟩ kaṇṇāṟṟu śrī-kaṇṭa⟨91⟩-vāy-k=-kāluk=ku teṟk(ku) ⟨92⟩ 2-Āñ catirattu vaṭa⟨93⟩k=k’ aṭaiya nāṉ-mā n⟨ī⟩⟨94⟩kki Itiṉoṭum aṭai⟨95⟩ya 2 māvum Iv⟨v⟩-⟨ū⟩r ma⟨96⟩dhyas⟨th⟩aṉ 3 100 vaṉ ⟨97⟩ tiru-vēṅkaṭam ⟨98⟩ viṟṟu tan=ta ni⟨99⟩lam āvatu

⟨100⟩ Ātit=ta-va⟨101⟩tik=ku mēṟ⟨102⟩k=ku Eḻāṅ ka⟨103⟩ṇṇāṟṟu cō⟨104⟩ḻa-cūḷā-maṇi⟨105⟩vāy-⟨k⟩-kāluk=ku ⟨106⟩ teṟk=ku 2‡⟨107⟩-Āñ catirat=tu vaṭak=k’ aṭai‡ya 4-vum para-‡kēsari-c-cēri korovi tiru-vēṇkāṭa-kramavit=taṉumm ivaṉ ṟampimārum viṟṟu tan=ta nilam āvatu

(kāma)-tēvavatik=ku-k kiḻak=ku 5-Āṅ kaṇ⟨108⟩ṇāṟṟu rāja-kēsari-vā‡y-k=-kāluk=ku ‡ teṟk=ku 3-Āñ catirat=tu mēṟk=k’ aṭaiñca * * māvil teṟk=k’ aṭaiya 3 mā māvu(m) maṉō-rama-c-cē(ri kō)ṭṭaiyūr cāvān=ti-rāma-tēva⟨109⟩ṉ śrī-vāsu-deva‡num ivaṉ ‡ tampimārum viṟṟu tan=ta nilam (mā)-tēvatik=ku kiḻak=ku Eḻāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu rāja-kēsari-vāy-k=-kālu(k=ku) teṟk=ku 2-ñ catirat=tu teṟk=k’ aṭai‡⟨110⟩ya 3 1/20 māvum nara-toṅka-c-cēri puḷḷa-maṅkalattu vārakkiyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ mācēntaṉ viṟṟu tan=ta nilam mā-tēvatik=ku kiḻak=ku 1 ⟨111⟩ kaṇṇāṟṟu śrīkaṇṭa-vāyk=kāluk=ku teṟk=ku mutaṟ catirat=tu mēṟk=k’ aṭaiñca * * * māvil vaṭak=k’ aṭaiñca 3 1/20 māvil teṟk=k’ aṭaiya ⟨112⟩ * * *

yāṇṭu 9-Āvatu cantirātitta-vaṟ Iṭṭa ceppu-k=-kalaiyam 100 8-ṉāl niṟai […]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-p-pa‡ra-kēsari-panmaṟk=ku yā⟨2⟩ṇṭu (9) Āva/tu

Ivv-ūr nara-toṅka-va⟨36⟩tik=ku meṟk=ku 4-Āṅ kaṇṇā⟨37⟩ṟṟu śrī-kaṇṭa-vāy-k-kāluk=ku ⟨38⟩ teṟk=ku 3-Āñ catirattu{k} I⟨39⟩ḻakkaṭaiya nāṅkaḷ eṅ(ka)⟨40⟩ṇampi pak=kal kūṟu-peṟṟ-u⟨41⟩ṭaiya nila⟨m⟩ * *-m Iv-vati⟨42⟩kkē meṟk=ku 3-Āṅ kaṇṇā‡⟨43⟩ṟṟu cō⟨44⟩ḻa-cūḷā-ma⟨45⟩ṇi-vāy-k=-kā⟨46⟩luk=ku te⟨47⟩ṟk=ku 1 catirattu ⟨48⟩ kiḻak=k’ aṭain=ta 3 1/20 ⟨49⟩ māvil meṟk’ aṭai⟨50⟩ya kūṟu-peṟṟ-uṭai⟨51⟩ya nilam * *-yum⟨52⟩maṉōrama-c-cēri k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ⟨53⟩maṇalūr pāratāyaṉ ⟨54⟩ paṟpaṉāpaṉ jāta⟨55⟩vētaṉ brāhmaṇi ⟨56⟩ vāsu-devaṉ kaṇ⟨57⟩ṇai viṟṟu tan=ta nila⟨58⟩m āvatu

Ivati⟨89⟩k=ke mēṟk=ku 8 Āṅ ⟨90⟩ kaṇṇāṟṟu śrī-kaṇṭa⟨91⟩-vāy-k=-kāluk=ku teṟk(ku) ⟨92⟩ 2-Āñ catirattu vaṭa⟨93⟩k=k’ aṭaiya nāṉ-mā n¡i!⟨ī⟩⟨94⟩kki Itiṉoṭum aṭai⟨95⟩ya 2 māvum Iv⟨v⟩-¿u?⟨ū⟩r ma⟨96⟩dhyas¿t?⟨th⟩aṉ 3 100 vaṉ ⟨97⟩ tiru-vēṅkaṭam ⟨98⟩ viṟṟu tan=ta ni⟨99⟩lam āvatu

yāṇṭu 9-Āvatu cantirātitta-vaṟ Iṭṭa ceppu-k=-kalaiyam 100 8-ṉāl niṟai […]

Apparatus

⟨41⟩ nilam ⬦ nīlam C. — ⟨41⟩ * *-m • C: “symboles mathématiques dont nous ignorons la valeur”. That is, fractions.

⟨58⟩ I-vatik=kē • C: “Ce -kke et les suivants sont notés au moyen d’une ligature (கெக) qui constitue théoriquement une entorse à la graphie commune, c.-à-d. le -e- placé entre la paire de kk (ககெ).”

⟨109⟩ terk=ku ⬦ teṟku SII S.

⟨111⟩ terk=ku ⬦ teṟku SII S.

Translation into French by Cane 2017

⟨1–27⟩ Succès ! Prospérité ! [En] la 9e année (de règne) du Roi Parakesarivarman, pour le mérite de Maturāntakaṉ (fils) de Kaṇṭarātittaṉ [alias] le glorieux Uttama-Cōḻa (kaṇṭarātittaṉ maturāntakaṉ śrī-uttamacōḻarkkāka), la vénérable Reine qui eut la fortune de le porter gracieusement en son sein béni (ivarai-t tiru-vayiṟu vāyttaruḷiṉa uṭaiya-pirāṭṭiyār), a acquis puis offert les terres suivantes (koṇṭu kuṭutta nilamāvaṉa) au profit du Seigneur du glorieux (site de) Celūr (tiru-c-celūr āḻvārkku) du vertueux village de détenteurs des quatre Veda de Rājakesarin (rājagesari-ccaturvedimaṅkalattu), afin que, chaque [jour de] saṅkrānti (saṃkirānti tōṟum), on accomplisse gracieusement la cérémonie du bain [avec l’eau] de cent-huit pots (nūṟṟeṭṭu-k kalaicam snapanam āṭi-y-āruḷavum), et qu’en ce jour on serve gracieusement le grand festin divin (aṟṟai-nāḷāl perun-tiru-vamutu ceytaruḷavum), que l’on vêtisse gracieusement [le Dieu] d’une paire d’étoffes divines (ōraṇai tiru-p-paricaṭṭam cātti-y-aruḷavum), ainsi que pour [la rétribution du] prêtre ayant accompli la consécration / le bain rituel (abhiṣekañ ceyta nampikku) et pour la tenue du culte (pūjaikkum) …

Commentary

Les 42 premières lignes de l’épigraphe sont gravées sur la portion de bāhyabhitti coincée entre le pañjarakoṣṭha et le premier kāl de la niche de Viṣṇu. Les lignes 43 à 73 sont gravées entre les deux kāl qui encadrent la petite figure se tenant à la droite de Viṣṇu. Les lignes 74 à 106 sont gravées entre les deux kāl encadrant la petite figure à la gauche de Viṣṇu. Les lignes 107 à 109 sont gravées sur la paṭṭikā. Les lignes 110 à 112 sont gravées sur la face supérieure du kumuda.

⟨112⟩ niṟai […]. Le texte, dont les deux dernières lignes ne sont quasiment plus lisibles à l’oeil nu, semble s’arrêter ici bien que de l’espace vierge soit encore disponible sur la pierre. Il s’agit par conséquent très vraisemblablement d’une épigraphe inachevée.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923-24 (ARIE/1923-1924/B/1923/250).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 (SII 19.235); in Swaminathan 2012 (SII 32.2.64); in Cane 2017 (no. 6), based on autopsy (2015-08).

Commented and translated into French in Cane 2017, p. 480ff.

This digital edition after Cane 2017, curated by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar and G.S. Gai. 1967. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XIX: Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman. South Indian Inscriptions 19. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Item 235, page TBC.

[S] Swaminathan, S. 2012. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXII: inscriptions of the early Chola kings upto Uttama Chola. South Indian Inscriptions 32. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Part II, page TBC, item 64.

[C] Cane, Nicolas. 2017. “Cempiyaṉ-Mahādevī, reine et dévote : un « personnage épigraphique » du Xe siècle.” These de doctorat, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE). No place. [URL]. Pages 791–796, item 6, figure TBC.

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ARIE 1923-24. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1924. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government Press, 1925. Page 16, appendix B/1923, item 250.

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<lb n="23" break="no"/>m cātti-y-aruḷavum A

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Ivv-ūr na

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Ivv-ūr nara-toṅka-va

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<lb n="37" break="no"/>ṟṟu <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-kaṇṭa-vāy-k-kāluk=ku

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<lb n="44" break="no"/>ḻa-cūḷā-ma

<lb n="45" break="no"/>ṇi-vāy-k=-kā

<lb n="46" break="no"/>luk=ku te

<lb n="47" break="no"/>ṟk=ku 1 catirattu

<lb n="48"/>kiḻak=k' aṭain=ta 3 1/20

<lb n="49"/>māvil meṟk' aṭai

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<lb n="66" break="no"/>-maṅkalat

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<lb n="72" break="no"/>lam āvatu

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<lb n="75" break="no"/>k=ku 7-Ā

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<lb n="77" break="no"/>ṇāṟṟu

<lb n="78"/><hi rend="grantha">rāja</hi>-kē<hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>ri-vā

<lb n="79" break="no"/>y-k-kāluk=ku te

<lb n="80" break="no"/>ṟk=ku 4-Āñ cati

<lb n="81" break="no"/>rattu teṟk' aṭai

<lb n="82" break="no"/>n=ta * * māvil mē

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<lb n="84"/>cōḻa-cūḷā-maṇi-c-cē

<lb n="85" break="no"/>ri poṉṉār Aiyya

<lb n="86" break="no"/>ṉaṭi kaṉnara-tēva

<lb n="87" break="no"/>-paṭṭaṉ viṟṟu tan=ta

<lb n="88"/>nilam āvatu

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Ivati

<lb n="89" break="no"/>k=ke mēṟk=ku 8 Āṅ

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<lb n="99" break="no"/>lam āvatu

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<lb n="101" break="no"/>tik=ku mēṟ

<lb n="102" break="no"/>k=ku Eḻāṅ ka

<lb n="103" break="no"/>ṇṇāṟṟu cō

<lb n="104" break="no"/>ḻa-cūḷā-maṇi

<lb n="105" break="no"/>vāy-<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>-kāluk=ku

<lb n="106"/>teṟk=ku 2‡

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<unclear>kāma</unclear>-tēvavatik=ku-k kiḻak=ku 5-Āṅ kaṇ

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<lb n="110" break="no"/>ya 3 1/20 māvum nara-toṅka-c-cēri puḷḷa-maṅkalattu vārakkiyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ mācēntaṉ viṟṟu tan=ta nilam mā-tēvatik=ku kiḻak=ku 1

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<lb n="112"/>* * *

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yāṇṭu 9-Āvatu cantirātitta-vaṟ Iṭṭa ceppu-k=-kalaiyam <num value="108"><g type="numeral">100</g> 8</num>-ṉāl niṟai <gap extent="unknown" reason="lost" unit="character"/>

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<lem>nilam</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Cane2017_01">nīlam</rdg>

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<note><ptr target="bib:Cane2017_01"/>: <quote>symboles mathématiques dont nous ignorons la valeur</quote>. That is, fractions.</note>

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<lem>I-vatik=kē</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:Cane2017_01"/>: <quote>Ce <foreign>-kke</foreign> et les suivants sont notés au moyen d'une ligature (கெக) qui constitue théoriquement

une entorse à la graphie commune, c.-à-d. le <foreign>-e-</foreign> placé entre la paire de kk (ககெ).</quote></note>

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<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01 bib:Swaminathan2012_01">teṟku</rdg>

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<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01 bib:Swaminathan2012_01">teṟku</rdg>

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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Succès ! Prospérité ! [En] la 9e année (de règne) du Roi Parakesarivarman,

pour le mérite de Maturāntakaṉ (fils) de Kaṇṭarātittaṉ [alias] le glorieux

Uttama-Cōḻa <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kaṇṭarātittaṉ maturāntakaṉ śrī-uttamacōḻarkkāka</foreign></supplied>, la

vénérable Reine qui eut la fortune de le porter gracieusement en son sein

béni <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ivarai-t tiru-vayiṟu vāyttaruḷiṉa uṭaiya-pirāṭṭiyār</foreign></supplied>, a acquis puis

offert les terres suivantes <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>koṇṭu kuṭutta nilamāvaṉa</foreign></supplied>

au profit du

Seigneur du glorieux (site de) Celūr <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiru-c-celūr āḻvārkku</foreign></supplied> du vertueux

village de détenteurs des quatre Veda de Rājakesarin <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>rājagesari-ccaturvedimaṅkalattu</foreign></supplied>,

afin que, chaque [jour de] <foreign>saṅkrānti</foreign> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>saṃkirānti

tōṟum</foreign></supplied>, on accomplisse gracieusement la cérémonie du bain [avec l'eau] de

cent-huit pots <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nūṟṟeṭṭu-k kalaicam snapanam āṭi-y-āruḷavum</foreign></supplied>, et qu'en ce

jour on serve gracieusement le grand festin divin <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aṟṟai-nāḷāl perun-tiru-vamutu

ceytaruḷavum</foreign></supplied>, que l'on vêtisse gracieusement [le Dieu] d'une paire

d'étoffes divines <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ōraṇai tiru-p-paricaṭṭam cātti-y-aruḷavum</foreign></supplied>, ainsi que pour

[la rétribution du] prêtre ayant accompli la consécration / le bain rituel

<supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>abhiṣekañ ceyta nampikku</foreign></supplied> et pour la tenue du culte <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pūjaikkum</foreign></supplied> <gap reason="ellipsis"/>

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Les 42 premières lignes de l'épigraphe sont gravées sur la portion de <foreign>bāhyabhitti</foreign> coincée entre

le <foreign>pañjarakoṣṭha</foreign> et le premier <foreign>kāl</foreign> de la niche de Viṣṇu.

Les lignes 43 à 73 sont gravées entre les deux <foreign>kāl</foreign> qui encadrent la petite figure se tenant à la

droite de Viṣṇu.

Les lignes 74 à 106 sont gravées entre les deux <foreign>kāl</foreign> encadrant la petite figure à la gauche de Viṣṇu.

Les lignes 107 à 109 sont gravées sur la <foreign>paṭṭikā</foreign>.

Les lignes 110 à 112 sont gravées sur la face supérieure du <foreign>kumuda</foreign>.

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<p n="112" xml:lang="fra"><foreign>niṟai <gap extent="unknown" reason="lost" unit="character"/></foreign>. Le texte, dont les deux dernières lignes ne sont quasiment plus lisibles à l'oeil nu, semble s'arrêter ici bien que de l'espace vierge soit encore disponible sur la pierre. Il s'agit par

conséquent très vraisemblablement d'une épigraphe inachevée.</p>

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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1923-1924"/></bibl> (ARIE/1923-1924/B/1923/250).</p>

<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/></bibl> (SII 19.235); in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Swaminathan2012_01"/></bibl> (SII 32.2.64); in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Cane2017_01"/></bibl> (no. 6), based on autopsy (2015-08).</p>

<p>Commented and translated into French in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Cane2017_01"/><citedRange unit="page">480ff</citedRange></bibl>.</p>

<p>This digital edition after <bibl><ptr target="bib:Cane2017_01"/></bibl>, curated by Emmanuel Francis.</p>

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