svasti śrī
dan=ti-vikrama-parmmarkku yāṇṭu Irupatt' oṉṟ-āvatu nāḷ nūṟṟu Iru-pattu Iraṇṭu
Uttaramēru-catu‡rvveti-maṅgalattu sabhaiyōm ceyta vyavasthai
Emmūr bhūmi-Uṭaiya kuṭikaḷ bhūmi-sāmantu ceyka Eṉṟu van=taṉa Epperppaṭṭaṉa
vum sāman=tu ceyya vaṉnta bhūmi-y-uṭaiyāṉ muṉ ṉiṉṟu poṉṉṉ iṭātār bhūmikku sāmantu m poṉṉṉ iṭa-mā‡ṭṭāta kuṭi palavum niṟkka-māṭṭātu pōṉamaiyil Ūrōmēy poṉṉṉ iṭṭu Avaṉ bhūmiyil poṉṉukku vēṇṭum aḷavu Emmūr vaiyiramē
ka-taṭākattukkē bhūmi-y-āka sāman=tu ceytu viṟṟu-k kuṭuttu maṇṭakattu kallilē Eḻuttu veṭṭu‡vat' ākavum
Ipparicēy vayiramēka-taṭākattukku viṟṟa bhūmi mu-yāṇṭiṉ Akam-paṭi Uṭaiyaṉ mīḷka varil niyāyattāl
koḷḷa Uṭaiya poṉ ellām koṇṭu viṭṭu-k kuṭuppat’ ākavum
mūṉṟu sāmvatsaramum ‡ kaḻintāl Ip-pūmime y-iiv-vayairamēkattukkē Aṟa viṟṟu Aṭṭuvat' ākavum
Ipparic’ aṉṟi Ār ākilum mīḷa-p paṇippār-uḷar ākil Avaṉ bhūmiyu
m vayyyiramēka-taṭākattukē mutal-āka viṟṟu Aṭṭuvat’ ākavum
Ivaṉ grāma-kaṇṭakaṉ āvāṉ ākavum
‡ Itu mīḷa-p paṇi kēṭṭa madhyasthaṉ-uḷaṉ āykil Avaṉai veṭṭi-p pōka Iṭuvat’ ākavum
Ipparicu ceytu mīḷa-p paṇitttu-p paṇi-y
Prosperity! Fortune!
Twenty-first year and day one hundred twenty-two of Dantivikramaparmmar.Sanskrit Dantivikramavarman.
Decision vyavasthā that We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramērucaturrvedimaṅgala, did.
Whereas the cultivators kuṭikaḷ who owns land in our village, after saying “Let us make the boundary assessment" sāmantu, made the the boundary assessment, of whatsoever kind that has come vantaṉa, many cultivators kuṭi palavum, coming forward muṉ niṉṟuLiterally: standing in front. as land-owners and not able to provide gold according to the boundary assessment, did not provide gold poṉ iṭātār gold, because of having leftpōṉamaiyil the village without coming forward to pay this due niṟkkamāṭṭātu, let it be engraved in letters on the stone of the maṇḍapa maṇṭakattu that, We, the members of the village committee ūrōm, after having provided gold poṉ iṭṭu and having made the boundary assessment for the Vajramegha tank in our village as per the extent aḷavu which is necessary vēṇtum for the gold due for his i.e. the defaulter land, we gave it for sale.
In this wise ipparicēy, if the owner uṭaiyaṉ of an inner tract akam paṭi comes to recover mīḷka varil, within three years mu-yāṇṭiṉ, land sold for the Vajramegha tank, let us give it back kuṭuppat’ ākavum, after receiving the full gold poṉ ellām koṇṭu viṭṭu due to get it as per the regulation niyāyattāl koḷḷa uṭaiya.
If three years pass away kaḻintāl, let us endow aṭṭuvatu this land for the Vajramegha tank, after selling it viṟṟu permanently aṟaLiterally: so as to be settled..
Contrary to this wise ipparic’ aṉṟi, “not being this wise”, if ākil one among those who give orders paṇippār-uḷar, whoever he is ār ākilum, i.e. yār ākilum, orders to return mīḷa such lands, let us endow land of his own avaṉ bhūmiyum, after selling it, as capital mutal-āka for the Vajramegha tank.
Let him be considered an enemy of the village grāma-kaṇṭakaṉ.
If one among the madhyasthas madhyasthaṉ-uḷaṉ āyil sollicits an order to return mīḷa-p paṇi kēṭṭa this i.e., such a land, let him be discharged of office avaṉai veṭṭippōka iṭuvatu ākavum.
Having done ceytu in this wise, and having ordered to return such lands mīḷa-p paṇittu paṇi-y
EI version: 4 lines. Incorrect for 5 lines.
sāmantu. See EI discussion.
niyāyattāl koḷḷa uṭaiya poṉ ellām. See EI, p. 33. Literally: “the entire gold owned so as to get [the land] as per regulation.”
veṭṭi-p pōka iṭuvat’ ākavum. See EI, p. 34. Literally: “...”.
Reported in (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/61).
Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer (SII 6.334). Edited and translated in Subrahmanya Aiyer (EI 24.7A). Text and summary in (IP 109).
This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, from autopsy and photos (2019).
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