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90 <lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi>
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· kō-p-parakēcari-paṉmaṟkku yā
95 <lb n="2" break="no"/>ṇṭu <num value="15"><g type="numeral">10</g> 5</num>-Āvatu
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· <p>kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu nāṭ
· <lb n="3" break="no"/>ṭōmukku Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar kaṇṭaṉ ma
· <lb n="4" break="no"/>ṟavaṉār Ināṭṭu <placeName>Uṟattūraip</placeName> paḻam
100 <lb n="5"/>perum paḻaṅ kuṭiyu<supplied reason="lost">m</supplied> n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>kki <placeName>karuppūr</placeName>-u
· <lb n="6" break="no"/>ṭaiya vēṅkaṭavaṉ Araṅkaṉ-āṉa cem
· <lb n="7" break="no"/>piyaṉ <placeName>viṟaināṭṭu</placeName> kōnārkku <hi rend="grantha">janma
· <lb n="8" break="no"/>bh<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>mi</hi>y-ākak <placeName>karuppūr</placeName> eṉṉum pēriṉāl kā
· <lb n="9" break="no"/>ṇi ceytu Itukku Āṭṭai-vaṭṭam tāla
105 <lb n="10" break="no"/>c cemmai poṉ Irupattai<orig>y</orig>ṅ kaḻañ
· <lb n="11" break="no"/>cum <hi rend="grantha">cantrāditya</hi>val nilai <add place="below">I</add>ṟaiy-āvat' ākavum nā
· <lb n="12" break="no"/>ṭu tarañ ceyyum pōtu Irupattai<orig>y</orig>ṅ
· <lb n="13"/>kaḻañcum allatu Ēṟat tarañ ceyyāta
· <lb n="14" break="no"/>t' ākavum Ipparicu <hi rend="grantha">candrādi</hi>ttavat kāṇi
110 <lb n="15" break="no"/>y-ākac ceytu kuṭuttōm nāṭṭār niṅ
· <lb n="16" break="no"/>kaḷum Ipparicu ceytu kuṭuṅkaḷ eṉṟ' aruḷi
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· <lb n="19" break="no"/>r</placeName> eṉṉum pēyar ākki Āṭṭai-vaṭṭam nilai
115 <lb n="20" break="no"/>y iṟai tālac cemmai poṉ Irupattai
· <lb n="21" break="no"/><orig>y</orig>ṅ kaḻañc' ākki nāṭṭōm tarañ ceyum po
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· <lb n="25" break="no"/>ṅkaṭavaṉ Araṅkaṉ-āṉa
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· <lb n="30" break="no"/>ṟai-y-ōlai ceytu kuṭut
130 <lb n="31" break="no"/>tōm kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu nāṭ
· <lb n="32" break="no"/>ṭōm <unclear>ci</unclear>ṟṟiṟaiyum Aṇa
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220 <p>The epigraph is inscribed on 3 wall sections: A and B on the eastern side of the main niche of the southern façade; C on southernmost wall section of the eastern façade. Moreover, it is not inscribed continuously: from lines 1 to 22, inscribed from the middle of wall section A; from lines 23 to 33, inscribed on the bottom of wall section B; lines 34 to 37, inscribed on top of wall section A; lines 38 to 64, inscribed on the upper part of wall section B; lines 65 to 96, inscribed on the wall section C. From the line 34, this is a series of signatures. The editions in SII do not consider the signatures after the line 37. Only the revised edition in <foreign>Āvaṇam</foreign> includes them.</p>
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225 <p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1923-1924"/></bibl> (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/356).</p>
· <p>Edited (36 lines) in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/></bibl> (SII 19.378), in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Swaminathan2012_01"/></bibl> (SII 32.2.166). Edited (93 lines), in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Tiyakaracan1993_01"/></bibl> (Āvaṇam 3.2). Edited and translated in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Gillet2024_01"/></bibl>, based on autopsy and photographs (<ref target="https://...">by Valérie Gillet, <seg rend="check">2016-2018</seg></ref>).</p>
· <p>This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.</p>
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Commentary
The epigraph is inscribed on 3 wall sections: A and B on the eastern side of the main niche of the southern façade; C on southernmost wall section of the eastern façade. Moreover, it is not inscribed continuously: from lines 1 to 22, inscribed from the middle of wall section A; from lines 23 to 33, inscribed on the bottom of wall section B; lines 34 to 37, inscribed on top of wall section A; lines 38 to 64, inscribed on the upper part of wall section B; lines 65 to 96, inscribed on the wall section C. From the line 34, this is a series of signatures. The editions in SII do not consider the signatures after the line 37. Only the revised edition in Āvaṇam includes them.