svasti śrī

teḷḷāṟṟ’ eṟi nta nanti-p -pōttaraiyaryay yāṇṭu Irupat t' iraṇṭ-āvatu

ti ru-p-pāṟṟuṟai ma hādeva-bhaṭārar kku Iraṇṭu nao ntā viḷakk’ eri ppatarku kuṭut ta poṉ Aṟu patiṉ kaḻañcu

I p-poṉ koṇṭ’ i raṇṭu naontā viḷa kkum muṭṭāmai Erippippō m āṉōm tiru-p-p āṟṟuṟai sabhai yōm Itu pa ṉmāheśvara-rakṣai

paṉmāheśvara-rakṣai notes: The last line which must have contained nmāheśvara rakṣai is obliterated.

Prosperity! Fortune!

Twenty-first year of NantippōttaraiyarSanskrit Nandin + Tamil Pōttaraiyar. That is, the Pallava king Nandin. who destroyed Teḷḷāṟu.

The gold given for burning two lamps for the Lord Mahādeva of Tiruppāṟṟurai is sixty kaḻañcus.

With this gold, We, the members of the assembly of Tiruppāṟṟurai are those who will have two perpetual lamps lit without default.

This is under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

This appears to be a later copy of an original of the 9th century, as indicated by Cōḻa-period placenames (updated to the time of the copy).

Reported in (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/180).

Edited in (SII 12.56). Text and summary in (IP 142).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

23 56 417-418 142 18 B/1907 180