Malaiyaṭippaṭṭi, time of Dantivarman, year 16 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00106.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Pillar inscription recording the foundation of a temple (taḷi) and installation of the deity ( bhaṭārar) by Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ alias Viṭēlviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ.

The puḷḷi is used. Medial i and medial ī are not clearly distinguished and are interchangeable.

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svasti śrī

kō-vicaya-tanti-par·maṟk·ku yāṇ·ṭu pa tiṉ-āṟ-āvatu

viṭēlviṭuku muttaraiyaṉ-ākiya kuvāvaṉ· cāt·taṉ-ēṉ· Tiruvālat·tūr· malai taḷi-y-āka kuṭain·tu bhaṭārarai pratiṣṭhai ce ytu It·-taḷiyai -k kīḻ-ceṅkaḷi-nāṭṭu nāṭṭā nāṭṭārkku ceyta sa

svasti śrī svasti śrī It·-taḷiyai Ittāaḷiyai -k kīḻ-ceṅkaḷi-nāṭṭu kīḻ-ceṅkaḷi-nāṭṭuu

Prosperity! Fortune!

Sixteen year of the victorious king Tantiparmaṉ.Sanskrit Dantivarman.

I, Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ, alias Viṭēlviṭuku Muttaraiyaṉ, having scooped the hill at Tiruvāvattūr as a temple and having installed the lord bhaṭārarSanskrit bhaṭṭa., this temple the members of the nāṭu assembly of the Eastern Ceṅkaḷināṭu that has done for/to the members of the nāṭu

Note on the identity of Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ. See IP, fn1.

Note on Ceṅkaḻināṭu. See IP, fn2.

Edited in (IPS 18); translated in (IPS 18). Text and summary in (IP 106).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

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