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pallava-vaṁsasya nan=ti bodhuvarmmaku rājyāvibhirddhya ñ celllā-niṉṟatu Āṟupattu AAint-āvatu

māmallapu rattu nakarattār Iṭaivalañ cāṉ kaṇṭaṉ kaṉṟu-mēy-kaḻa nṉi-y-āka koṇṭa nilam

Ā mūr-nāṭṭu kuṉṟattūr i[ṭai] vāḻum· kuṉṟat·tūr-kiḻā r Iḷa-naṭuvuṇār makaṉ ṉ kaṇṭanṉ iṭai kaṉṟu-mēy-kaḻanṉi -y-āka viṟṟu-k-koṇṭa nilattu kk’ ellai maḻiṉai nallu ḻār tōṭṭattiṉ mēlṟkum teṉ pāl Ellai kōnṉ-ē ri-Iṉ vaṭak=kum mēl-pāl ellai mān·tai talaiva ṉ ērikkum· peru-vaḻi-Iṉ· kiḻakkum· vaṭa-pāl-ellai pa nappāṭi-ellai-Iṉ te ṟkum

I-ṉIn-nāṉk’ ellai Aka-p-paṭṭa nilamum kaṇṭan Iṭai viṟṟu-k-koṇ·ṭu po ṉ kaṉṟu-mēy-kaḻanṉiy kku peyitāṉ

Itu A ḻiyāmai kāttānṉ aṭi E ṉ ṟalai mēlatu

-vaṁsasya -vaṁsasāya This emendation by is unnecessary. nan=ti nanti ndi naṁdi The reading nandi is also possible. bodhuvarmmaku bodhuvarmmakupōtavarmaṟku bodhupōtavarmmaku rājyāvibhirddhyañ rājyāvibhibhivr̥ddhya ñ rājyāvibhibhivr̥ddya ñ rājyāvibhibhivr̥ddhya ñ· celllā-niṉṟatu celānllāṉiṉṟatu celāniṉṟatu -naṭuvuṇār paṭuvuṇār naṭuvuṇār ṉ ṉ suggests restoring kōṉ. -kaḻanṉi-y-āka kaḻaniyāka kaḻaniyāka viṟṟu-k-koṇṭa viṟṟukkoṇṭa viṟṟukkoṇṭa teṉpāl Ellai teṉpāl-elllai teṉpāl Ellai kōnṉ-ēri-Iṉ kōnēri-iṉ kōnēri-Iṉ From this line onwards add missing characters at the end of the lines, but the aspect of the stone seems to indicate that the gap is at the beginning of the lines. mēl-pālellai mēlpāll-elllai mēlpāl-ellai talaivaṉ ērikkum· talaivanērikkum talaivaṉērikkum· -vaḻi-Iṉ·kiḻakkum· -vaḻi-Iṉ kiḻakkum -vaḻi Iṉ kiḻakkum· panappāṭi- panappāṭi- ellaiAka-p-paṭṭa ellaiAkappaṭṭa ellai Aka-p-paṭṭa kaṇṭanIṭai kaṇṭanIṭai kaṇṭaniṭai -kaḻanṉiykku -kaḻaniykku -kaḻaniyakku kāttānṉ kāttān kāttāṉ ṟalai ṟalllai ṟallai The -ai in lai looks like a duplicted -ai.

Prosperity! Fortune!

Sixty-fifth year of current cellā niṉṟatu prosperous reign of NandibodhuvarmanThat is, Nantipōtavarman, that is the Pallava king Nandivarman. of the Pallava lineage.

This is about the land that Iṭaivalañcāṉ Kaṇṭaṉ among the nakarattārs of Māmallapuram gotThat is, purchased. as pasture-land for calves kaṉṟu-mēy-kaḻaṉi-y-āka.

The boundaries to the land purchased as pasture-land for calves from iṭai Kōṉ Kaṇṭaṉ, son of Iḷa-naṭuvuṇār, the lord of Kuṉṟattūr, who resides in Kuṉṟattūr in the Āmūr-nāṭu are as follows: the boundary on the eastern side is west of the garden of Maḻiṉai Nalluḻār; the boundary on the southern side is north of the royal tank; the boundary on the western side is east of the tank of the chief of Māntai and of the great road; the boundary on the northern side is south of the boundary of Panappāṭi.

The land comprised within these four boundaries, heThat is, Iṭaivalañcāṉ Kaṇṭaṉ. bought it from Kaṇṭaṉ, with gold, and made the libation peytāṉLiterally: poured water. so as to enjoy it for pasture-land for calves.

The feet of he who protects thisThat is, the present transaction. without destroying it are on my head.

According to 10 the inscription records the gift after purchase of a pasture-land. The record however deals only with the purchase transaction and does not explicitly mentions any donee, not the fact that the purchased land was given.

On the akward description of boundaries and missing mention of the boundary on the eastern side. See 11 2 .

Reported in (ARIE/1922-1923/B/1922/666).

Edited and translated in . Text and summary in (IP 92). Edited with substantial corrections by .

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

10-11 IB 323-324 92 290-291 With a delineation. 45 B/1922 666 16 38 Summary only.