Uḻalūr, time of Nantippōttaraiyar author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00094.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Land donation.

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svasti śrī

nanti-p pōttaraiyar koṭukka-p-pi ḷḷaikaḷḷḷukku Uḻalūrrr uūrār makaḷmai paṭi perumāṉaṭikaḷḷḷukku viṇṇappañ ceytu sarvva-parihāram koṇṭu koṭu ttōm mēlālum koṭukka-p-pi ḷḷḷaikaḷḷḷ itu kāttār Aṭi muṭi mēliṉa koṭukka-p-piḷḷaikaḷ paṇiyāl mā ṇikka-p-paṇṭāraṅ-kāppāṉ ciṅkaḷameyar-kāppaṉ Arituṭṭa ṉ vantu ceyvittatu

Prosperity! Fortune!

To the koṭukkappiḷḷais koṭukkappiḷḷaikaḷ at the service of NantippōttaraiyarSanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin, that is, Nandivarman II.:

"We, the ūrārs of Uḻalūr, according to paṭi the makaḷmai, after having made a request to the lord perumāṉaṭikaḷukku, we have given with koṇṭu all immunities."

As per the above mēlālum, the koṭukkappiḷḷais:

"The feet of he who protects this donation are on our heads literally: tufts."

At the order paṇi-y-āl of the koṭukkappiḷḷais, this is what Arituṭṭaṉ, the guard kāppāṉ of the gem-treasury māṇikka-p-paṇṭāram and guard of the body of the Siṁhala king [OR: the Siṁhala body-guard from] ciṅkaḷa-mey-kāppaṉ, after coming, had made.

koṭukkappiḷḷaikaḷ: ...

makaḷmai: i.e. makaṇmai or makaṉmai, a tax? I.e. what is given is a tax? According to sonship? Cf. piḷḷai = "son" of NP?

ciṅkaḷameyar-kāppaṉ: ...

Reported in (ARIE/1898-1899/B/1899/17).

Edited in (SII 6.453). Text and summary in (IP 94).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (2008Partial coverage.).

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