svasti śrī tirumaṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭantai yumpōr-ceyaṟ-pā vaiyum ciīr-t-taṉi-c-celviyumtaṉ perun-tēviyār āki vēlipaṭar vaṉa-vāciyumcuḷḷi-c cūḻ matiḷ-k ko ḷḷi-p-pākkaiyumnaṇ ṇaṟk' aru-muraṇ maṇṇai-k-kaṭakkamumporu-kaṭal Īḻatt' muṉṉavaṉ pakkal-t teṉṉavar vaittacun=ta ra-muṭiyum In=tiraṉ āramum Īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻutumā-p-perun taṇṭāl koṇṭa

kō-p-pa ra-kēcari

koṭumpāḷūr-t tiru-mutu-kuṉṟattu mahā-deva rku Iv-ūr pāṇan viḻup pēraiyaṉ vikkirama-kēcari-y-āṉa Aru-moḻi-tēva-c-cākkai tta ney Arai-p piṭikkum vaitta Āṭu Eḻu

I v-āṭ' ēḻinālum vanta po ṉ kaḻañcu

Ip-poṉṉil It-taḷi śiva-brāhmaṇan bra hmaṇan vican= tiru-v-ālaṅ-kōyil koṇṭa po ṉ kāl

It-taḷi śiva-brā hmaṇan vikkiramaṉ ma

°cākkai cā ... See (p. 5 and fn. 13): Dr. C. Santhalingam of Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology and I visited the site, Mucukuntēcuvarar temple, in 2007 and were able to read also ‘k’ and the symbol for ‘ai’ in ‘kai’ with the letter ‘k’ in ‘kai’ covered by recent repair work.

Prosperity! Fortune!

year of the king Rājendra Cōḻa alias the king Parakesarivarman,

who took meykkīrtti of Rājendra I Cōḻa.

There are, for the Mahādeva of Tirumutukuṉṟam in Koṭumpāḷūr, six goats that the bard of this village, Arumoḻitēva Cakkai alias Viḻuppēraiyaṉ Vikkiramakēcari gave

The gold accrued from these seven goats is one kaḻañcu.

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Edited in (Āvaṇam 15.10.9). Edited and translated into French in (pp. 51-53).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.

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