Koṭumpāḷūr, Mūvarkōyil, time of Vīra Pāṇḍya, year 17

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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⟨01⟩ svasti śrī
⟨1⟩ kō-c-caṭaiya-[paṉmar-āṉa tiri-puvaṉa]-(cakkara-vattikaḷ) koṅ(k’ ī)[ḻaṅ] (ko)ṇṭu koṭuvaṭuku koṭaḻittu-k ka-
⟨2⟩ (ṅkai vaṭa-karaiyum) kāviri(yuṅ) kai-y-[k] koṇṭu tiṅkaḷar vañceḻumalaṟtāṟ ke-
⟨3⟩ [******] (poṅku) (punaṟ)caṭaiyo[n] (tiru)-puliyūr v¡i!ṟṟ-iruntu v¡(i)!rar Abh(i)ṣekamum vija-
⟨4⟩ (yar A)(bhiṣe)kam(u)m (pa)[ṇ](ṇi)-y-aruḷiya śrī-v¡i![ra-p](ā)ṇṭiya-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7 vatu siṃha-nā⟨yaṟ⟩-
⟨5⟩ ṟu pūrvva-pakṣattu (viyā)ḻa-k-kiḻamaiyum dacam(i)yum peṟṟa mūlattu (nā)ḷ konāṭ-āṉa kaṭa-
⟨6⟩ laṭaiyāt-ilaṅkai-koṇṭa-coḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu Uṟattūṟ-kūṟṟattu-k koṭumpāḷūr u-
⟨7⟩ ṭaiyār tiru-mutu-ku¡n!ṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār kōyil Āti-taṇṭicura-nāyaṉāṟku Ivv-ūr-k ⌈-
⟨8⟩ kaikkōḷar kaikkōḷamutalikaḷōm caṇṭēcura-p-peru-vilai-y-āka-p piramāṇam pa⟨ṇ⟩ṇi-k ku-
⟨9⟩ ṭutta paric’ (ā)va(tu) (munṉā)ḷ eṅkaḷ mutukkaḷ veṭṭai-kālattu (I)[n-nāyanār] c¡(i)!-paṇṭā-
⟨10⟩ rattil-t tīṭṭu-p-paṭiyā(lum) Uḷvāri-p-paṭiyāḷum koṇṭa po¡nn!āy Iraṭṭitta po¡n!
⟨11⟩ ¡ṉ!ūṟṟu Oru-pati¡n! kaḻañcu cōḻiya¡n! kācu Aṟu-nūṟṟu Eḻupatiṉāl v¡i!ra-pāṇṭiya¡n! kācu vāci⌈-
⟨12⟩ (peṟ)ṟi-kk kācu Āy(i)rattu Aimpatum ko(ṇ)ṭa ce 1 ṉāl ce 2 ṉāl kācukkum 10 (7) vatu [Āvaṉi] mātaṅ{k}
⟨13⟩ koṇ(ṭa) paṇam nūṟṟu Aimpatiṉāl kācu 10 1000 5 100 5 m poṉ nūṟṟu Orupati¡n! kaḻañcukkum kācu pa¡n!ṉirāyi-
⟨14⟩ rattu Aiñ-nūṟṟu Aiñcukkum c¡i!-paṇṭārattukku Oṭukka Eṅkaḷukku (Uṟpa)tti Illāta paṭiyāl Eṅkaḷ kāṇi-
⟨15⟩ -y-āṉa kuṭi-k-kāṭukaḷ-p (piḷḷaiyarāya)r kuṭikkāṭum vaiyyakattaraiyaṉ kuṭikkāṭum puliya¡n! vattarāya¡n!
⟨16⟩ kuṭikkāṭu Iraṇṭum (kanta)rāyan kuṭikkāṭum Āka-k (ku)ṭikkāṭu Aiñcum viṟpata⟨r⟩kk’ icaintu Ik-kuṭi-k-kāṭukaḷi-
⟨17⟩ l (kanta)rāya¡n! (kuṭi-k-kāṭ)[ṭukku pe]ru-n(āṅk’ ellai) y-āvatu k¡i!ḻ[pā]ṟ[k’ el]l[ai] kōvūr kuḷattil nīr kōvaikku (m)ē-
⟨18⟩ ṟkum te¡n!-pāṟk’ ellai kiḻakku nōkki-p po-ṉ Āṟṟukku vaṭakkum mēl-pāṟk’ ellai kuḷattil vaṭ=ṭa-kuḻikku ki-
⟨19⟩ ḻakkum [va]ṭa-[p]āṟk’ ellai Umpaḷa-p-pāṭi vayalukku-t teṟkum Āka Icainta peru-nānk’ ellaikk’ uḷpaṭṭa kuḷamuṅ kuḷa-
⟨20⟩ ppa¡r!ippu[m] naṉcaiyum pu¡n!caiyum nattamum natta-p-pāḻum piḷḷaiyarāyaṉ kuṭikkāṭṭukkum vaiyyakattaraiya¡n! kuṭikkā-
⟨21⟩ [ṭṭukkum] (pu)liya¡n! vattarāya¡n! (ku)ṭikkāṭu Iraṇṭukkum Āka-k kuṭikkāṭu nālukkum peru-nānk’ ellai y-āvatu k¡i!ḻ-pā-
⟨22⟩ [ṟk’ ellai] vitaiyarāyan kuḷatti[ṉ] mēṟk’ aṭai(yi)l-p peruvarappukku mēṟkum te¡n!-pāṟk’ ellai kuṉṟukku vaṭakkum mēl-pā-
⟨23⟩ [ṟk’ el](l)[ai] tiru-p-pū[t]¡i!curam (Uṭaiyār) [t]ēvartāṉam vaṭatāḻai vaya(l)[ukku]-k kiḻakkum vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai tiruvālaṅkōyil-uṭai-
⟨24⟩ [yār] tēva(t)ā(ṉam tāḻai)-k-ku(ḷattu-t) teṉ-kaṭaiyil pāṟaikku-t teṟkum Āka Icainta peru-nānk’ ellaikk’ uḷpaṭ=ṭa
⟨25⟩ (ku)ḷamu[m] [*********] (kuḷappa)¡(r)!ippum nañcey(u)m puñceyum nattamum nattappāḻum k¡i!ḻ nōkkiṉa kiṇaṟum mēl nōkki-
⟨26⟩ [ṉa] mara(m)[um] _________________________ āṉa nūṟ(ṟu) Iru-patiṉ kaḻañcukkum Ik-kācu pannīrāyirattu

⟨01⟩ svasti śrī

⟨1⟩ kō-c-caṭaiya-[paṉmar-āṉa tiri-puvaṉa]-(cakkara-vattikaḷ)

koṅ(k’ ī)[ḻaṅ] (ko)ṇṭu koṭuvaṭuku koṭaḻittu-k

ka⟨2⟩(ṅkai vaṭa-karaiyum) kāviri(yuṅ) kai-y-[k] koṇṭu

tiṅkaḷar vañceḻumalaṟtāṟ ke⟨3⟩[6+] (poṅku)

(punaṟ)caṭaiyo[n] (tiru)-puliyūr v⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-iruntu

v⟨ī⟩rar Abh(i)ṣekamum vija⟨4⟩(yar A)(bhiṣe)kam(u)m

(pa)[ṇ](ṇi)-y-aruḷiya śrī-v⟨ī⟩[ra-p](ā)ṇṭiya-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7 vatu siṃha-nā⟨yaṟ⟩⟨5⟩ṟu pūrvva-pakṣattu (viyā)ḻa-k-kiḻamaiyum dacam(i)yum peṟṟa mūlattu (nā)ḷ

konāṭ-āṉa kaṭa⟨6⟩laṭaiyāt-ilaṅkai-koṇṭa-coḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu Uṟattūṟ-kūṟṟattu-k koṭumpāḷūr u⟨7⟩ṭaiyār tiru-mutu-ku⟨ṉ⟩ṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār kōyil Āti-taṇṭicura-nāyaṉāṟku Ivv-ūr-k ⌈⟨8⟩kaikkōḷar kaikkōḷamutalikaḷōm caṇṭēcura-p-peru-vilai-y-āka-p piramāṇam pa⟨ṇ⟩ṇi-k ku⟨9⟩ṭutta paric’ (ā)va(tu)

(munṉā)ḷ eṅkaḷ mutukkaḷ veṭṭai-kālattu (I)[n-nāyanār] c⟨ī⟩-paṇṭā⟨10⟩rattil-t tīṭṭu-p-paṭiyā(lum) Uḷvāri-p-paṭiyāḷum koṇṭa po⟨ṉṉ⟩āy Iraṭṭitta po⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨11⟩ ⟨n⟩ūṟṟu Oru-pati⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañcu cōḻiya⟨ṉ⟩ kācu Aṟu-nūṟṟu Eḻupatiṉāl v⟨ī⟩ra-pāṇṭiya⟨ṉ⟩ kācu vāci⌈⟨12⟩(peṟ)ṟi-kk kācu Āy(i)rattu Aimpatum ko(ṇ)ṭa ce 1 ṉāl ce 2 ṉāl kācukkum 10 (7) vatu [Āvaṉi] mātaṅ{k} ⟨13⟩ koṇ(ṭa) paṇam nūṟṟu Aimpatiṉāl kācu 10 1000 5 100 5 m poṉ nūṟṟu Orupati⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañcukkum kācu pa⟨ṉ⟩ṉirāyi⟨14⟩rattu Aiñ-nūṟṟu Aiñcukkum c⟨ī⟩-paṇṭārattukku Oṭukka Eṅkaḷukku (Uṟpa)tti Illāta paṭiyāl Eṅkaḷ kāṇi⟨15⟩-y-āṉa kuṭi-k-kāṭukaḷ-p (piḷḷaiyarāya)r kuṭikkāṭum vaiyyakattaraiyaṉ kuṭikkāṭum puliya⟨ṉ⟩ vattarāya⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨16⟩ kuṭikkāṭu Iraṇṭum (kanta)rāyan kuṭikkāṭum Āka-k (ku)ṭikkāṭu Aiñcum viṟpata⟨r⟩kk’ icaintu Ik-kuṭi-k-kāṭukaḷi⟨17⟩l (kanta)rāya⟨ṉ⟩ (kuṭi-k-kāṭ)[ṭukku pe]ru-n(āṅk’ ellai) y-āvatu

k⟨ī⟩ḻ[pā]ṟ[k’ el]l[ai] kōvūr kuḷattil nīr kōvaikku (m)ē⟨18⟩ṟkum
te⟨ṉ⟩-pāṟk’ ellai kiḻakku nōkki-p po-ṉ Āṟṟukku vaṭakkum
mēl-pāṟk’ ellai kuḷattil vaṭ=ṭa-kuḻikku ki⟨19⟩ḻakkum
[va]ṭa-[p]āṟk’ ellai Umpaḷa-p-pāṭi vayalukku-t teṟkum

Āka Icainta peru-nānk’ ellaikk’ uḷpaṭṭa kuḷamuṅ kuḷa⟨20⟩ppa⟨r⟩ippu[m] naṉcaiyum pu⟨ṉ⟩caiyum nattamum natta-p-pāḻum piḷḷaiyarāyaṉ kuṭikkāṭṭukkum vaiyyakattaraiya⟨ṉ⟩ kuṭikkā⟨21⟩[ṭṭukkum] (pu)liya⟨ṉ⟩ vattarāya⟨ṉ⟩ (ku)ṭikkāṭu Iraṇṭukkum Āka-k kuṭikkāṭu nālukkum peru-nānk’ ellai y-āvatu

k⟨ī⟩ḻ-pā⟨22⟩[ṟk’ ellai] vitaiyarāyan kuḷatti[ṉ] mēṟk’ aṭai(yi)l-p peruvarappukku mēṟkum
te⟨ṉ⟩-pāṟk’ ellai kuṉṟukku vaṭakkum
mēl-pā⟨23⟩[ṟk’ el](l)[ai] tiru-p-pū[t]⟨ī⟩curam (Uṭaiyār) [t]ēvartāṉam vaṭatāḻai vaya(l)[ukku]-k kiḻakkum
vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai tiruvālaṅkōyil-uṭai⟨24⟩[yār] tēva(t)ā(ṉam tāḻai)-k-ku(ḷattu-t) teṉ-kaṭaiyil pāṟaikku-t teṟkum

Āka Icainta peru-nānk’ ellaikk’ uḷpaṭ=ṭa ⟨25⟩ (ku)ḷamu[m] [9+] (kuḷappa)⟨ṟ⟩ippum nañcey(u)m puñceyum nattamum nattappāḻum k⟨ī⟩ḻ nōkkiṉa kiṇaṟum mēl nōkki⟨26⟩[ṉa] mara(m)[um] _________________________ āṉa nūṟ(ṟu) Iru-patiṉ kaḻañcukkum Ik-kācu pannīrāyirattu

⟨01⟩ svasti śrī

⟨1⟩ kō-c-caṭaiya-[paṉmar-āṉa tiri-puvaṉa]-(cakkara-vattikaḷ)

koṅ(k’ ī)[ḻaṅ] (ko)ṇṭu koṭuvaṭuku koṭaḻittu-k

ka⟨2⟩(ṅkai vaṭa-karaiyum) kāviri(yuṅ) kai-y-[k] koṇṭu

tiṅkaḷar vañceḻumalaṟtāṟ ke⟨3⟩[6+] (poṅku)

(punaṟ)caṭaiyo[n] (tiru)-puliyūr v¡i!⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-iruntu

v¡(i)!⟨ī⟩rar Abh(i)ṣekamum vija⟨4⟩(yar A)(bhiṣe)kam(u)m

(pa)[ṇ](ṇi)-y-aruḷiya śrī-v¡i!⟨ī⟩[ra-p](ā)ṇṭiya-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7 vatu siṃha-nā⟨yaṟ⟩⟨5⟩ṟu pūrvva-pakṣattu (viyā)ḻa-k-kiḻamaiyum dacam(i)yum peṟṟa mūlattu (nā)ḷ

konāṭ-āṉa kaṭa⟨6⟩laṭaiyāt-ilaṅkai-koṇṭa-coḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu Uṟattūṟ-kūṟṟattu-k koṭumpāḷūr u⟨7⟩ṭaiyār tiru-mutu-ku¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār kōyil Āti-taṇṭicura-nāyaṉāṟku Ivv-ūr-k ⌈⟨8⟩kaikkōḷar kaikkōḷamutalikaḷōm caṇṭēcura-p-peru-vilai-y-āka-p piramāṇam pa⟨ṇ⟩ṇi-k ku⟨9⟩ṭutta paric’ (ā)va(tu)

(munṉā)ḷ eṅkaḷ mutukkaḷ veṭṭai-kālattu (I)[n-nāyanār] c¡(i)!⟨ī⟩-paṇṭā⟨10⟩rattil-t tīṭṭu-p-paṭiyā(lum) Uḷvāri-p-paṭiyāḷum koṇṭa po¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩āy Iraṭṭitta po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨11⟩ ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ūṟṟu Oru-pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañcu cōḻiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kācu Aṟu-nūṟṟu Eḻupatiṉāl v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-pāṇṭiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kācu vāci⌈⟨12⟩(peṟ)ṟi-kk kācu Āy(i)rattu Aimpatum ko(ṇ)ṭa ce 1 ṉāl ce 2 ṉāl kācukkum 10 (7) vatu [Āvaṉi] mātaṅ{k} ⟨13⟩ koṇ(ṭa) paṇam nūṟṟu Aimpatiṉāl kācu 10 1000 5 100 5 m poṉ nūṟṟu Orupati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañcukkum kācu pa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉirāyi⟨14⟩rattu Aiñ-nūṟṟu Aiñcukkum c¡i!⟨ī⟩-paṇṭārattukku Oṭukka Eṅkaḷukku (Uṟpa)tti Illāta paṭiyāl Eṅkaḷ kāṇi⟨15⟩-y-āṉa kuṭi-k-kāṭukaḷ-p (piḷḷaiyarāya)r kuṭikkāṭum vaiyyakattaraiyaṉ kuṭikkāṭum puliya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vattarāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨16⟩ kuṭikkāṭu Iraṇṭum (kanta)rāyan kuṭikkāṭum Āka-k (ku)ṭikkāṭu Aiñcum viṟpata⟨r⟩kk’ icaintu Ik-kuṭi-k-kāṭukaḷi⟨17⟩l (kanta)rāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ (kuṭi-k-kāṭ)[ṭukku pe]ru-n(āṅk’ ellai) y-āvatu

k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ[pā]ṟ[k’ el]l[ai] kōvūr kuḷattil nīr kōvaikku (m)ē⟨18⟩ṟkum
te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-pāṟk’ ellai kiḻakku nōkki-p po-ṉ Āṟṟukku vaṭakkum
mēl-pāṟk’ ellai kuḷattil vaṭ=ṭa-kuḻikku ki⟨19⟩ḻakkum
[va]ṭa-[p]āṟk’ ellai Umpaḷa-p-pāṭi vayalukku-t teṟkum

Āka Icainta peru-nānk’ ellaikk’ uḷpaṭṭa kuḷamuṅ kuḷa⟨20⟩ppa¡r!⟨r⟩ippu[m] naṉcaiyum pu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩caiyum nattamum natta-p-pāḻum piḷḷaiyarāyaṉ kuṭikkāṭṭukkum vaiyyakattaraiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kuṭikkā⟨21⟩[ṭṭukkum] (pu)liya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vattarāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ (ku)ṭikkāṭu Iraṇṭukkum Āka-k kuṭikkāṭu nālukkum peru-nānk’ ellai y-āvatu

k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pā⟨22⟩[ṟk’ ellai] vitaiyarāyan kuḷatti[ṉ] mēṟk’ aṭai(yi)l-p peruvarappukku mēṟkum
te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-pāṟk’ ellai kuṉṟukku vaṭakkum
mēl-pā⟨23⟩[ṟk’ el](l)[ai] tiru-p-pū[t]¡i!⟨ī⟩curam (Uṭaiyār) [t]ēvartāṉam vaṭatāḻai vaya(l)[ukku]-k kiḻakkum
vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai tiruvālaṅkōyil-uṭai⟨24⟩[yār] tēva(t)ā(ṉam tāḻai)-k-ku(ḷattu-t) teṉ-kaṭaiyil pāṟaikku-t teṟkum

Āka Icainta peru-nānk’ ellaikk’ uḷpaṭ=ṭa ⟨25⟩ (ku)ḷamu[m] [9+] (kuḷappa)¡(r)!⟨ṟ⟩ippum nañcey(u)m puñceyum nattamum nattappāḻum k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ nōkkiṉa kiṇaṟum mēl nōkki⟨26⟩[ṉa] mara(m)[um] _________________________ āṉa nūṟ(ṟu) Iru-patiṉ kaḻañcukkum Ik-kācu pannīrāyirattu

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ dacam(i)yum IPS ⬦ daśam(i)yum SII.

⟨11⟩ kaḻañcu cōḻiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kācu ⬦ kaḻapacoḻiyan kācu IPS; paḻañcoḻiyankācu SII.

⟨12⟩ ce 1 ṉāl ce 2 ṉāl IPS ⬦ ceraṉāl cevaṉāl (?) SII.

⟨14⟩ (Uṟpa)tti ⬦ hatti IPS; (ha)tti SII.

⟨15⟩ kuṭikkāṭukaḷp (piḷḷaiyarāya)r ⬦ kuṭikkāṭu kiḷippiḷḷaiyarāyar IPS; kuṭikkāṭukaḷ pāṇṭiyarāyar SII.

⟨16⟩ viṟpata⟨r⟩kkicaintu ⬦ viṟpata⟨ṟ⟩kkicaintu IPS; viṟpataṟkicaintu SII.

Translation

⟨01⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ The emperor of the three worlds alias the king Caṭaiyavarman.

⟨4–5⟩ 17th year of ..., who graciously did

⟨1–4⟩ ...

⟨5–9⟩ This is the manner in which, for the the Lord Ātitaṇṭicurar¹ of the temple of the Lord of Tirumutukuṉṟam, Lord in Koṭumpāḷūr, in the Uṟattūṟkūṟṟam ... we, the Kaikkōḷamutalikaḷ-s, [among] the Kaikkōḷar-s of this village, after making the document as great price of Caṇṭēcurar,² have given/made a donation.

⟨9–17⟩ ... the villages which are our properties, [that is], the village of Piḷḷaiyarāyar, the village of Vaiyyakattaraiyaṉ, the village of Puliyaṉ Vattarāyaṉ, the two villages of Kantarāyaṉ, ... among these villages, for the village of Kantarāyaṉ the four great boundaries are [as follows].

⟨17–21⟩ Whereas

the eastern boundary is ...,
the southern boundary is ...,
the western boundary is ...,
the northern boundary is ...,

the ponds, […], the hollows in ponds, the wet lands, the dry lands, the lands for house-sites, and the deserted villages comprised within these four great boundaries ... for the village of Piḷḷaiyarāyar, for the village of Vaiyyakattaraiyaṉ, for the two village of Puliyaṉ Vattarāyaṉ, ... for [these] four villages the four great boundaries are [as follows].

⟨21–26⟩ Whereas

the eastern boundary is ...,
the southern boundary is ...,
the western boundary is ...,
the northern boundary is ...,

the ponds, the hollows in ponds, the wet lands, the dry lands, the lands for house-sites, and the deserted villages comprised within these four great boundaries ... for one hundred and twenty kaḻañcus, these gold coins³

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907-08 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/131).

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar and Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 (IPS 379); in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.131).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photographs (Emmanuel Francis).

Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. and N. Swaminatha Aiyar. 1929. Inscriptions (texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 379, pages 255–257.

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII: inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Item 131, pages 104–105.

Secondary

ARIE 1907-08. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1908. Page 15, appendix B/1907, item 131.

Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Chronological list of inscriptions of the Pudukkóttai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 379, page 57.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Ādicaṇḍeśvara.
2. Sanskrit Caṇḍeśvara.
3. The inscriptions stops short here, unfinished.

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<p n="01"> Prosperity! Fortune!</p>

<p n="1">The emperor of the three worlds <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> the king Caṭaiyavarman.</p>

17th year of ..., who graciously did

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This is the manner in which,

for the the Lord Ātitaṇṭicurar<note>Sanskrit Ādicaṇḍeśvara.</note> of the temple of the Lord of Tirumutukuṉṟam, Lord in Koṭumpāḷūr, in the Uṟattūṟkūṟṟam ...

we, the Kaikkōḷamutalikaḷ-s, <supplied reason="subaudible">among</supplied> the Kaikkōḷar-s of this village,

after making the document as great price of Caṇṭēcurar,<note>Sanskrit Caṇḍeśvara.</note>

have given/made a donation.

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...

the villages which are our properties,

<supplied reason="subaudible">that is</supplied>, the village of Piḷḷaiyarāyar,

the village of Vaiyyakattaraiyaṉ,

the village of Puliyaṉ Vattarāyaṉ,

the two villages of Kantarāyaṉ,

...

among these villages, for the village of Kantarāyaṉ the four great boundaries are <supplied reason="subaudible">as follows</supplied>.

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<item>the southern boundary is ...,</item>

<item>the western boundary is ...,</item>

<item>the northern boundary is ...,</item>

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the ponds, <gap reason="lost"/>, the hollows in ponds, the wet lands, the dry lands, the lands for house-sites, and the deserted villages

comprised within these four great boundaries

...

for the village of Piḷḷaiyarāyar,

for the village of Vaiyyakattaraiyaṉ,

for the two village of Puliyaṉ Vattarāyaṉ,

...

for <supplied reason="subaudible">these</supplied> four villages the four great boundaries are <supplied reason="subaudible">as follows</supplied>.

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<item>the southern boundary is ...,</item>

<item>the western boundary is ...,</item>

<item>the northern boundary is ...,</item>

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the ponds, the hollows in ponds, the wet lands, the dry lands, the lands for house-sites, and the deserted villages

comprised within these four great boundaries

...

for one hundred and twenty <foreign>kaḻañcu</foreign>s, these gold coins<note>The inscriptions stops short here, unfinished.</note>

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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1907-1908"/></bibl> (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/131).</p>

<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:VaidyanathaAiyar+SwaminathaAiyar1929_02"/></bibl> (IPS 379); in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"/></bibl> (<ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv23p0i0131">SII 23.131</ref>).</p>

<p>This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photographs (Emmanuel Francis).</p>

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