western and southern bases of maṇḍapa, and western base of vimāna western base of maṇḍapa svasti śrī

nan=ti-varmmar·k=ku yāṇṭ’ iru patt’ eṭ·ṭ-āvatu

dharmma western base of maṇḍapa -mahādeviīśvara-gr̥hattu māṇik=ka-devar·k=ku devatāṉam-āyiṉa nāyivaṭṭi kuḷat southern base of maṇḍapa tūr·k kaṇ·ṇantai kuṭi-p·-pāṭ·ṭ’ uḷ·pa southern base of maṇḍapa ṭa ṉilam· pattu-p paṭṭiyumāṇik=kua-tēvark=k’ uṇ·ṇāḻikai-p puṟam-ā southern base of maṇḍapa ka paṇittu-k= kuṭuttēṉ· dharma-mahādevi-y-ēṉ·

Itu Arccaṉayiai ceyiyt’ uṇpār-āṉār· In·nilat·taāl western base of vimāna Ūr· varin=tat’ ellām western base of maṇḍapa tattaśivaṉukkum· dharmmakaṇ·ṇaṉuk=kum· Aṉan·taśiva western base of maṇḍapa ṉukkum· Ivarkaḷ makkaḷ mak=kaḷ-ē Arccaṉai ceyiyt’ uṇṇa-p paṇittu southern base of maṇḍapa k kuṭuttēṉ·

It-taḷikkut taṭṭaḻi southern base of maṇḍapa vuy ivaraik· koṇ·ṭu koṭṭuvāṉ· Amutarayaṉ· nāyaṟṟu-k· kaṇi Ivaṉuk southern base of maṇḍapa kum· māṭalar makaṉ· māta-śarmmanuk·kum· Iruvark·kumm utaka-pūrvvakam· ceytu Iraṇṭu koṟṟu kuṭut·tōm·

western base of vimāna

southern and eastern bases of vimāna southern base of vimāna perunaṅ·kai-y i-poṉ·ṉaṭi Atimāṉi mātēvi kumaraṭi māṇikkat·tēvi tikaimaṇi kuṇatuṅ·ki ti southern base of vimāna kaimaṇi vācat·ti cin·taṭi kumaraṭi naṅ·kā southern base of vimāna ṭai Aṇiyātitti mūt·ti Av·vaṭi viñ·caṭi pātaṭi ku southern base of vimāna lakkoṭi Av·vaṭi naṅ·kaṉ· southern base of vimāna muciyak·kaṉ· śrī-tēvi naṅ·kāmi mā-tēvi nīlī maṇavāṭ·ṭi tēvaṭi mānip·poṟṟi eastern base of vimāna Atimāṇi naṅ·kuṇavi eastern base of vimāna bahuvaḷakāmi maḻalai nocci tāḻi-māṇikkam· cittiraniti neṟippāki viṉa eastern base of vimāna yaṭi Avvaṭi ciṟu-naṅkai kāmaṭi māti eastern base of vimāna tikaimaṇi southern base of vimāna mantrācāryyar aivar· viḷak=kun= tavaci-kaṇāvar· paṉṉiruvar tavacikaḷ uṇ·ṇa-k kuṭukka taḷiyāḷ·vār ūṭṭārāka paṉṉiruva southern base of vimāna r kut=tikaḷai pmeyitu kuṭut=tēṉ

mutal mup southern base of vimāna patiruvarum· Ip-paṉṉiruvarum ēṟṟi nāṟpattu nālvar kam·pa southern base of vimāna ṉattu kuṭut=tēṉ· taruma-mā-deviyēṉ

southern base of vimāna It-taḷi-puṟam-āṉa nāyvaṭṭi kuḷattūrum· It=taḷi parivāramum· taḷiyum·

Idharmmam· Aḻiyāmai kāt=tāṉ aṭi Eṉ· muṭi mēl-atu

°varmmar·k=ku The restoration °varmmaṟ·ku is also possible, but see -devar·k=ku in the same line. yāṇṭ’ iru patt’ eṭ·ṭ-āvatu patt’ eṭ·ṭ-āvatu tattaśivaṉukkum· tattaśivanum The final m· looks like ru, but the vertical stroke is too short to be r. vācat·ti sucat·ti Krishna Sastri reads anachronistically a later form of Grantah su. nīlī nili bahuvaḷakāmi bahuvaḷakāmi mantrācāryyar The initial ma looks like pa. kut=tikaḷai pmeyitu kut=tikaḷaimeytu Ip-paṉṉiruvarum ēṟṟi Ip-paṉṉiruvar ēṟṟi

Prosperity! Fortune!

Twenty-eight year of Nantivarmar.Sanskrit Nandivarman.

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Prospérité! Fortune!

Vingt-huitième année de NantivarmarSanskrit Nandivarman..

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The king of the regnal year is identified as Nandivarman II, because of the high regnal year (28th).

Reported in (ARIE/1892-1893/B/1893/14).

Edited in (SII 4.827), with visual documentation. Text and summary in (IP 80).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy, photos (2015), and the visual documentation published in . Some characters now lost are legible on this visual documentation.

285-286 827 IX 259-260 80 4, 13 B/1893 14