Kūram, Śiva temple, time of Nandivarman author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00140.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Pillar inscription recording a regulation by the king Nandivarman pertaining to a land-grant.

Note the form of bhai (line 6).

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svasti śrī

nanti -varmma-mahārāja nnṉ eḻuttu

Ūṟ ṟukkāṭṭu-k kōṭ ṭattu-k kūrat tu sabhaiyār kāṇka

tamm uū r akkaḷanimmaṭi -p-poṟṟi-paṭi Āyiṉa Āṟu pa ṭṭi nilamum mu ṉ peṟṟārai māṟṟi yāṇṭu Irupa ttu

mahādeva Arccanābhoga -k kāḷaṉ Arcci tt’ uṇpāṉ-āka-k kā ku-p paṇit taluṭṭāṅ kaṇ ṭ-aruḷa tirukkōyi liṟ bhaṭārar tiruvaṭi -k kiḻai ślāśīlā-lekhai ceytu kuṭukka Iṟ niīkki

-varmma- -varmma- uū r ur ūr akkaḷanimmaṭi The m look like v. niīkki nikki nīkki

Prosperity! Fortune!

Writ of the mahārāja Nantivarman.Sanskrit Nandivarman.

Let the honourable members of the assembly of Kūram know!Literally: see.

Having removed the previous holders of the six paṭṭis of land named āyiṉaLiterally: which is. Akkaḷanimmaṭippoṟṟi in their village, in the twentieth year

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Reported in (ARIE/1899-1900/B/1900/38).

Edited in (SII 7.38). Text and summary in (IP 140). Edited in , with visual documentation (p. 230).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s). Lines 1-11 revised by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos.

16 40 413-414 140 65 535/2013 50 B/1900 38