‡ dan=tivarmma-mahārājarkku yāṇṭu patinṉ eḻ-āvatu

parameśvara-viṣṇugr̥hattu ‡ bhaṭārkku dan=ti ‡ varmma-mahārājar kuṭutta poṉ-bhājanam ōṉṟiṉāl pati ‡ nṉ āyira-k-kaḻañ ‡ cu

Avanicandrar koṉṇ·ṭu vaṉntu kuṭut·ta muū-v-āyira-k-kaḻañcu

poṉṉāl nicati taṅkaḷ kkā ‡ ‡ piṭṭaṭiyum covaṟṟampaiy·yar· nāraṇakuṭṭiyum Avanicandra ‡ rkku karaṇam-ākiya ‡ koṟṟampaṭaittaṉār· ceṭṭutāḻiyum Iṉ·-ṉn·-nālvarum ‡ mahā-nagarattā ‡ r-a-y-umiñiyi-nallūr-kiḻavar-a-y-um keśava-k-kōṭṭ ‡

bhaṭārkku There is a space left blank before this word at the beginning of this facet of the stone. -cu Avani- This gap, possibly a punctuation sign, might also be a space left blank. piṭṭaṭiyum yum covaṟṟampaiy·yar· covaṟṟam paiyyar covaṟṟam payyar Avanicandra ‡ rkku There is possibly one more character lost before rkku at the beginning of this facet of the stone. koṟṟampaṭaittaṉār· koṟṟampaṭaittadira nagarattā ‡ r-a-y-umiñiyi-nallūr nagarattār-a-y-umi Āyi-nalūr nagarattār-a-y-umi Āyi-nalūr notes that there is an -i engraved above the character Ā, whereas understood that this note applies to the preceding character mi. The character read Ā could also be read ñi. The name of the village would then be Miñilinallūr, its m having been absorbed in sandhi with the preceding word.

Seventeenth year of the great king Dantivarman.

One golden plate of ten thousand kaḻañcus, that the great king Dantivarman gave to the god bhaṭār of the Parameśvaraviṣṇugr̥ha.

Three thousand kaḻañcus, that Avanicandra brought.

With this gold, themselves kkāpiṭṭaṭi, Covaṟṟampaiyyar, Nāraṇakuṭṭi, Koṟṟampaṭaittaṉār, the accountant karaṇam of Avanicandra, these four personsAs suggested by , these four persons seem to be in charge of the donation, to provide daily offerings to the god.; the Mahānagarattārs, the lord of Miñiyi-nallūr, Keśava-k-kōAs suggested by , these persons seem to be in charge of the supervision of the donation.

notes about lines 1 and 2 that: The continuation of this line and of the next, covering more than half of the inscription, has been chiselled off.

On Avanicandra, see 349 4 .

Reported in (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/34).

Edited in (SII 4.132). Text and summary in (IP 107).

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

8 132 I 349-350 107 5 I/1887-1888 34