Vantavāci, time of Nantippōtaraiyar, year 6 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00120.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Sale-deed of tax incomes for conducting worship.

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svasti śrī

nanti-p-pōttaraiyarkku yāṇṭ’ ā ṟ-āvatu

veṇ-kuṉṟa-k-kōṭṭattu veṇ-kuṉṟattu sabhaiyōm Emm-uūr malai mēṟ-p bhaṭārarai nō kkatt’ ellā-nellum Aiyaciyum poṉṉun neyyum Eppoērppaṭṭatum nelvāyilil iruntu vāḻum tōciyārkku viṟṟu vilai-y-āvaṇam ceytu ku ṭuttōm veṇ-kuṉṟattu sabhaiyōm-mm

it’ aṉṟ’ eṉṟō m Uṇṭikeaiyum paṭṭikaiyum kāṭṭāmēyl nilaikkāt tu muṉpu niṟkavēy meyvoṟ āyiraṅ- kāṇam iṭa-v oṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm

It-tarmma ttai IlakkittāṉIrakṣittāṉ aṭi Eṉ ṟaleai mēlaṉa

°kuṉṟa° °kuṉṟa° A damage appears to have occurred after the edition by .

Prosperity! Fortune!

Sixth year of Nantippōtaraiyar.Sanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin.

We the members of the assembly of Veṇkuṉṟam in the Veṇkuṉṟakkōṭṭam, so as to look for nōkka the god bhaṭār on the hill in our village, having sold to Tōciyār, who resides in Nelvāyil, all the tax income from the paddy, the gold of the Aippaci month, and the oil, of whatsoever kind, having made the sale-document, We the members of the assembly of Veṇkuṉṟam, we have given it.

If we say that this is not so, we solemnly declare oṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm so that we place one thousand kāṇams ...

The feet of he who protects this pious deed are on my head.

Reported in (ARIE/1899-1900/B/1900/73).

Edited in (SII 7.80). Text and summary in (IP 120). Edited in Valérie Gillet (ref).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

34 80 369-371 120 53 B/1900 73