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                    Irā<hi rend="grantha">jā</hi>
                    <lb n="3" break="no"/><unclear>dhi</unclear>rā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>-vaḷanā<supplied reason="lost">ṭṭu tiru</supplied>-k-kaḻumala-nāṭṭu <hi rend="grantha">bra</hi>
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                    <lb n="9" break="no"/>m tiru-muṟaikaḷ <gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
                    <lb n="10" break="no"/>ḷā<!--EF: meaning?--> Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka Iṭṭa nilam
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                    Iv-vūr caṇṭē<hi rend="grantha">śva</hi>ra-vatikku-k kiḻakku niṉṟā
                    <lb n="11" break="no"/>n-vāykkālukku va<unclear>ṭa</unclear>kku mutaṟ-kaṇṇāṟṟu Iraṇṭāñ cati<supplied reason="lost">rat</supplied>tu k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻ Iṟaiyā
                    <lb n="12" break="no"/>ṅ-kuṭṭi pāl pārattūvāci <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-kāḻināṭ-uṭaiyān tiru-vēṇkāṭ-uṭaiyān nila
                    <lb n="13" break="no"/>ttu viḷai <g ref="sym:tam-nilam"/> <g type="numeral">1/10</g> <g type="numeral">1/2</g> <g type="numeral">1/160</g> <g type="numeral">1/320</g><!--Check again! PhD = N 2M½ ½K Q--> I<choice><orig>ṉ-ṉ</orig><reg>n-n</reg></choice>ilam  Iru-mā-v-arai Arai-k-<supplied reason="lost">kā</supplied>ṇi mu<supplied reason="lost">nti</supplied>rikai
                    <lb n="14"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"> </gap> <supplied reason="lost">I<choice><orig>ṉ-ṉ</orig><reg>n-n</reg></choice>ilañ cūln=ta kulaiyum tiṭalum kuḷamum kiḻakk' aṭain=ta cōḻa</supplied>- <gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"> </gap>
                    <lb n="15"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/> meṟk' aṭaiya kuṭi-<supplied reason="lost">y-iru</supplied>ppu-t tiṭar-ṉilamum cutta-mali-vatikku mēṟku ṉiṉṟā
                    <lb n="16" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ṉ-vāykkālu</supplied>kku vaṭakku <supplied reason="lost">muta</supplied>ṟ kaṇṇāṟṟu 3-<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ñ</reg></choice><!--EF: standardised--> catirattu pālā<hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>ya<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> mā-tē
                    <lb n="17"/><supplied reason="lost">vaṉ</supplied> <gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> ṉilattu vaṭa-mē<supplied reason="lost">ṟ</supplied>k' aṭaiya-p puṉ-cey-nilattu Uṭaiya pun-cey-nilam
                    <lb n="18"/><gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">uḷpaṭa-k kai-k-koṇṭu ca<hi rend="grantha">nti</hi>rātitta-varai kācu koḷḷā Iṟai-</supplied>
                    <lb n="19"/>y-ili y-ākavum
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                    cil<!--EF: or "cila"?-->-var<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied> peru-var<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied> veṭṭ<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied> <supplied reason="lost">mu</supplied>ṭṭaiyāḷ koḷḷātōm āka<supplied reason="lost">vum co</supplied>
                    <lb n="20"/>ṉṉōm
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                    I<choice><orig>ṉ-ṉ</orig><reg>n-n</reg></choice>ilaṅ kai-k-koṇṭu A<supplied reason="lost">ṉu</supplied>pavittu tiru-muṟai tiru-k-kāppu <choice><orig>ṉi</orig><reg>nī</reg></choice>kki Ip-paṭiyē
                    <lb n="21"/>tiru-māḷikaiyilē kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷka
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                    paṇiyāl uṟ-kaṇakku-p  pa
                    <lb n="22"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="4" unit="character"/>-<supplied reason="lost">piri</supplied>yaṉ eḻuttu 
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                    <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yāril <supplied reason="lost">eḻu</supplied>tt-iṭṭār
                    
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                            pārattuvāci tēvakaṉ ceṉā<supplied reason="lost">pa</supplied>-nampi
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                            mā
                            <lb n="23" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ṭi</supplied>laṉ civa-tēvaṉ tiru-t-tōṇi-puram-u<supplied reason="lost">ṭai</supplied>yāṉ
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                            pārattuvāci tēvaṉ tillai-nā<supplied reason="lost">ya</supplied>kaṉ 
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                            <lb n="24" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost"><hi rend="grantha">jya</hi>n kali-kaṭintāṉ</supplied> <gap reason="illegible" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><!--EF: restore "saijñātaṉa" as below-->
                            <lb n="25"/>maikku paṭṭa-p-piriyaṉ eḻuttu
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                            vā<hi rend="grantha">jya</hi>n kumāraṉ ku<gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/>ṉ-āṉa
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                            tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-uṭaiyāṉ <hi rend="grantha">sai<supplied reason="lost">jñā</supplied></hi>
                            <lb n="27" break="no"/>taṉmaikku-p paṭṭa-p-piriyaṉ vā<hi rend="grantha">jya</hi><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Arukkaṉ <supplied reason="lost">ā</supplied>ḷ-uṭaiyāṉ
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                        <item>
                            pālā<hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>yaṉ kumaraṉ nīla-ka
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                            pālā<hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>yaṉ piraḷaya-viṭaṅkaṉ tiru-t-<supplied reason="lost">ō</supplied>ṇi-puram-uṭaiyāṉ vājyaṉ tēvaṉ tiru-t<lb n="29" break="no"/>-tōṇi-puram-uṭaiyāṉ
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                            <hi rend="grantha">saijñā</hi>taṉmaikku paṭṭa-<unclear>p</unclear>-piriyaṉ <unclear>cāpānati-cēṉtaṉ</unclear> v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ra-pattaraṉ
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                        <item>
                            <supplied reason="lost"><hi rend="grantha">s</hi></supplied>
                            <lb n="30" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha"><unclear>aijñā</unclear></hi>taṉamaikkum pārattu<supplied reason="lost">vāci mā</supplied>-tēvaṉ tiru-v-a<hi rend="grantha">gniśva</hi>ram-uṭaiyāṉ
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                        <item>
                            <hi rend="grantha"><unclear>saijñā</unclear></hi>taṉmaikku
                            <lb n="31"/>paṭṭa-p-piriyaṉ piraḷaya-viṭaṅkaṉ tēva<supplied reason="lost">ṉ</supplied>
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                        <item>
                            <supplied reason="lost">m</supplied>āṭilaṉ civa-tēvaṉ pālēntira-mavuli
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                        <item>
                            <hi rend="grantha">Āstri</hi>yaṉ<!--EF: meaning?--> <supplied reason="lost">cū</supplied>riya-<supplied reason="lost">t</supplied>
                            <lb n="32" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ē</supplied>vaṉ kolamākiṉiṉṟāṉ<!--EF: meaning?--> tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-uṭaiyāṉ
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                            <hi rend="grantha">saijñā</hi>taṉamaikku <choice><orig>ṉ</orig><reg>n</reg></choice>ā-ṉūṟṟu
                            <lb n="33" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">va</supplied>-p-piriyaṉ
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                            <lb n="34" break="no"/><unclear>ēṅkā</unclear>ṭ-uṭaiyāṉ
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                            pārattuvāci mā-tēvaṉ piraḷaya-viṭaṅkaṉ
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                            māṭalaṉ civa-tēvaṉ tiru-vaṉanti <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/>
                            <lb n="35"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> nampi
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                            <hi rend="grantha">saijñā</hi>taṉamaikku <hi rend="grantha">Aṣṭa</hi>-m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice><reg>r</reg>tti nāṟ-patt-eṇṇāyira-ṉampi
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                            vācciyaṉ nakkaṉ
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                            <hi rend="grantha">sai</hi>
                            <lb n="36" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost"><hi rend="grantha">jñā</hi>taṉamaikku Acukuṭaiyāṉ tiru-v-aiyāṟ-uṭaiyāṉ kāṅ</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>			
                            <lb n="37"/><supplied reason="lost">vūravāpā</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/><supplied reason="lost">i<hi rend="grantha">ṣabha</hi><!--EF: restore "riṣabha/r̥ṣabha"-->-tēvaṉ</supplied>
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                            <supplied reason="lost">kavuṇiyaṉ tēvaṉ tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-uṭaiy
                                <lb n="38"/>āṉ</supplied>
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                        <item>
                            <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <supplied reason="lost">tirucciṟṟampalam-uṭaiyāṉ</supplied></item></list>
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                        <lem><hi rend="grantha">sai<supplied reason="lost">jñā</supplied></hi>°</lem>
                        <note>That is, Sanskrit <foreign>saṁjñā</foreign>. See also following lines.</note>
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                        <lem>°taṉmaikkup</lem>
                        <rdg source="bib:Veluppillai2013_01">°taṉmaikkup</rdg>
                        <note>Same correction in the following lines.</note>
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                    En la 4e année <supplied reason="subaudible">de règne</supplied> de Kulottuṅga-cōla-deva, empereur des trois mondes ; à partir du mois de Karkaṭaka, <supplied reason="subaudible">un acte est adressé</supplied> à tous ceux du <foreign>kūṭṭam</foreign><note>Ce terme désignerait le corps exécutif d’une <foreign>sabhā</foreign>, <bibl><ptr target="bib:NilakantaSastri1955_01"/></bibl> (*2000 : 498-501).</note> qui s’occupe des affaires villageoises à Tirukkaḻumalam, brahmadeya de Tirukkaḻumala-nāṭu dans le Rājādhirāja-vaḷanāṭu. <supplied reason="subaudible">Cet acte</supplied> a été vu par l’expert en tamoul du palais<note><foreign>Tirumāḷikai</foreign> renvoie évidemment au temple de Campantar.</note> d’Aḷuṭaiyapiḷḷai. 
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                    <supplied reason="subaudible">voici</supplied> les terres données comme non imposables pour ouvrir les <title>Tirumuṟai</title> qui étaient installés dans le <foreign>Tirukkaikoṭṭi</foreign> de ce temple, pour réinstaller ceux qui étaient abîmés, puis pour en installer de nouveaux :
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                            <supplied reason="subaudible">La terre qui se trouve</supplied> à l’est de la <foreign>vati</foreign> Caṇṭeśvara de ce village, au nord du canal Niṉṟān, le deuxième carré du premier canalicule, près de Kiliṟaiyāṅkuṭṭi. <supplied reason="subaudible">Elle a été achetée</supplied> à Pāraṭṭūvācī Śrīkāḻiṉāṭuṭaiyān Tiruveṉkāṭuṭaiyān. Cette terre de 2,5 <foreign>mā</foreign>, <foreign>araikkāṇi</foreign> et <foreign>muntirikai</foreign> inclut les rivages, les terres <foreign>tiṭal</foreign> et les étangs, ainsi que la terre résidentielle qui est à l’ouest.
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                            <supplied reason="subaudible">La terre qui se trouve</supplied> à l’ouest de la <foreign>vati</foreign> Cuttamali, au nord du canal Niṉṟān, 3ᵉ carré du premier canalicule. <supplied reason="subaudible">Elle a été acquise auprès</supplied> de Pālāśrīyan Mātevan <gap reason="undefined"/> ainsi que la terre sèche de la terre sèche <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>puṇceynilattu uṭaiya puṇceynilam</foreign></supplied> au nord-ouest.
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                    Ayant pris en main cette terre exemptée et invendable tant que durent lune et soleil, nous avons dit que nous ne prélèverons pas les taxes muṭṭaiyāḷ, veṭṭi, cilvari, et peruvari<note>Sur une interprétation de ces taxes qui portent en partie sur l’irrigation <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>muṭṭaiyāḷ</foreign> et <foreign>veṭṭi</foreign></supplied> cf. <bibl><ptr target="bib:Heitzman1997_01"/></bibl> (*2001 [1997] : 162-163) et en particulier les notes 27 et 28 p. 177, <bibl><ptr target="bib:Veluthat1993_01"/></bibl> (1993 : 147) et Karashima (*2001c [1972]) pour les fréquences et occurrences de ces termes dans les inscriptions.</note>. Cette terre prise en main jouie, et la fermeture de <title>Tirumuṟai</title> retirée, que l’on grave ainsi sur la pierre de palais et sur cuivre.
                    
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                <p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1918-1919"/></bibl> (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/381).</p>
                
                <p>Edited and translated in French in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Veluppillai2013_01"/></bibl> (CEC 26), based on autopsy, photos (G. Ravindran, EFEO, 2005), and ASI transcript (consulted in Mysore).</p>
                
                <p>This digital edition by Uthaya Veluppillai, Emmanuel Francis, and Renato Dávalos.</p>
                
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    Cīrkāḻi, Tōṇipuram temple, Campantar shrine
    
    L’épigraphe a été relevée dans ARE 1918 381 et localisée sur le mur sud du temple de Campantar.
    Elle date de la quatrième année de règne de Tribhuvanacakravartin Kulottuṅgacōladeva que Mahalingam (1992 : 550, Tj. 2414) n’identifie pas. Ce dernier reprend le résumé de l’ARE : « Gift of land for setting up images (?) and restoring those that had been already set up and had suffered damage ». Il n’est pas question d’images. En effet, le texte enregistre un don de terre pour ré-ouvrir le Tirukkaikoṭṭi de la chapelle qui conservait les Tirumuṟai, pour remplacer ceux qui sont endommagés et pour en installer de nouveaux. Malgré son caractère exceptionnel, ce texte n’a connu qu’un rayonnement limité dans la littérature secondaire sans doute à cause du résumé erroné de l’ARE1.
    L’inscription se compose de trente-huit lignes qui s’étendent sur le mur sud, entre deux pilastres, à l’est de la fenêtre à claire-voie, au-dessus de CEC 25. Des restaurations ont eu lieu depuis 1918. Les pierres de la chapelle furent cimentées et les lignes à proximité de ces espaces sont donc illisibles. Ainsi, la majorité des conjectures proposées pour ce texte suivent la lecture de la transcription de l’ASI faite en 1918.
    Veḷḷaivāraṇam (*1994 [1962 et 1969] : 52-53) donne une version du texte et Swamy (1972 : 107) s’en sert dans sa démonstration sans mentionner les références.
    L’emplacement de ce texte sur le mur sud, juste au-dessus de CEC 25, ainsi que la proximité des dates de règne et la concordance d’un des membres de l’assemblée (Māṭilaṉ Civatevaṉ Tiruttōṇipuramuṭaiyāṉ) permettent d’arguer que l’inscription date de la quatrième année de règne de Kulottuṅga II, soit de 1136.-->
