śrī-mahārāja-parameśvara-varummaṟkku yāṇṭu talaitt-ā vatu

tūṇāṅ-kiḻavar-uḷ ālavāyil cōmāciyā ru maru-maḵaṉ kumāraṉ e ṭuppitta kōyil

Aḻivum ce ytār taṭumāv ēṟkka

talaitt-āvatu talaittāvatu Aḻivum Aḻivum The reading in makes sense, but is not warranted on the visual documentation, where one would read at once yuḻime or yuḻimē.

First year of the glorious Mahārāja Parameśvaravarman.

The temple that Kumāraṉ, nephew (sister’s son) of Cōmāciyār in that is, from Ālavāy, one among the tūṇaṅ-kiḷavars has built.

He who does ceytār harm aḻivu will be considered like ēṟkka taṭumāv.

talaitt-āvatu. See (p. 199, n. 3): The expression talaittu from talai is used adjectively in the sense of 'first'. The same usage may also be noted in the familiar phrase talaittu kuḷaṇḍai meaning 'first child'. For epigraphic usage of the word talai meaning 'first,' we may note the expression Āṉi-ttalai-ppiṟaiyāl in the Takkōlam inscription (above, Vol. XIX, p. 87).

ālavāyil. connects this word with eṭuppitta (lines 3-4), suggesting that Ālavāy is the ancient name of Ciṟṟampākkam/Teṉkāraṇai. We follow Sircar's opinion (editor's note to ) that Ālavāy is the residence of Cōmāciyār. So does (p. 147, n. 1).

cōmāciyāru. See (p. 200, n. 1): Sōmāśiyār may be contracted either from Sōmayājiyār or Sōmājiyār.

maru-maḵaṉ. This term means more precisely "sister's son" in the present case.

Reported in (ARIE/1947-1948/B/1947-1948/83).

Edited in (EI 32.23), with visual documentation. Text and summary in (IP 44).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on the visual documentation published in .

146-147 44 12 B/1947-1948 83