svasti śrī

kō-vicaieya-kampa-vikkirama-parumarkku yāṇṭu Eṭṭ-āvatu

Uttaramēru-caturvveti-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Eḻuttu

Emm-ūr śrī-kōvarddhaṉattu mahāviṣṇu kkaḷukku Arccanā-bhogam-āka kuṭutta bhūmi

Emm-ūr malliyaṉ kārāṇai madhyamam āy-k kiṭanta bhūmiyil Araiyar taḷikku kuṭutta bhūmiyiṉ teṟku malliya ṉ kārāṇai Ēri-karai-y-iṉ· kiḻakku kuḻi vanta-v āṟṟāl Āyiratt’ iru-nūṟu kuḻi-y-um śrī-govarkkuddhaṉattu mahāviṣṇukkaḷukku Arccanā-bhogam-āka kuṭuttōm

Ivv-arccanā-bhogam arccittu-k koṇṭ’ uṇpānn āka Emm-ūr vaikhānasan‧ śrī-dhara-bhaṭṭan‧ makaṉ tāmōtiara-bhaṭṭanṉukku putra-poautrikam‧ Upāsitt’ u ṇ·ṇa Uṭaiyanṉ-āka kuṭuttōm

Ivv-āyiratt’ iru-nūṟu kuḻi-y-um Iṟaiyiliy-āka-p paṇittu kuṭuttōm

śrī-govarddhaṉattu natānanta-vaṉam-um tāmōtiara-paṭ·ṭanṉ-ē pū-maram uḷ·ḷiṭ·ṭa payaṉ-maram-um Iṭṭu-k koṇṭu Arccitt’ uṇ·pānṉ āka kuṭuttōm· Ut=tarameru-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm·

sabhaiyār· paṇip·pa Eḻutinēn· śrī-puruṣa-Ācāriryyan-ēnṉ· .

°vicaieya° °vicaiya° malliyaṉ malliyaṉ The letter ya is nowadays partially lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when edited the inscription. kuṭuttōm kuṭuttōm The letter m is nowadays entirely lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when edited the inscription. vaikhānasan‧ vaikhānasan‧ uṇpānn āka uṇpan āka The letter ka is nowadays entirely lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when edited the inscription. Upāsitt’ u Upāsitt’ u The letter t is nowadays partially lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when edited the inscription. natānanta-vaṉam-um nantāvaṉamum The MTL records nantā-vaṉam as a colloquial form of nanta-vaṉam, "flower garden especially attached to a temple". °caturvvedi° °caturvveti° The letter t in tu is nowadays partially lost, due, presumably, to a damage later than when edited the inscription.

Prosperity! Fortune!

Eighth year of the victorious king Kampavikkiramaparumar.Sanskrit Kampavikramavarman.

Writ of We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala.

For the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana of our village, there is a land given as arcanā-bhoga.

We have given as arcanā-bhoga for the honourable Mahāviṣṇu of the glorious Govardhana one thousand two hundred kuḻis entirely -um, through what comes, in our village, as kuḻi kuḻi vanta-v āṟṟ-ālLiterally: by the way kuḻis have come., south of the land given for the temple of Araiyar in the land that lies uncultivated kiṭanta in the middle of the land named Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai and east of the tank of the land named Malliyāṉ Kārāṇai.

This arcanā-bhoga for the Lord to feed when worshipping him upāsitt’, i.e. upācitt’, uṇṇa uṭaiyaṉ-āka, We have given it to i.e. in the care of) Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa, son of the glorious Vaikhānasa Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa of our village, and to his sons and grandsons putra-pautrikam, i.e. hereditarily so as to feed the Lord when worshipping him.

We have given these one thousand two hundred kuḻis entirely -um, declaring paṇittu them as tax-free.

We, the members of the assembly of Uttaramerucaturvedimaṅgala, have given a garden of delight nanta-vaṉam, i.e. Sanskrit nanda-vana with iṭṭu-k koṇṭu the fruit-bearing trees payaṉ-maram, including the flower-bearing trees, so that Dāmodara-bhaṭṭa feed the Lord when worshipping him.

I, the glorious Puruṣa Ācārya, have written this, at the order of the members of the assembly sabhaiyār paṇippaLiterally: as the members of the assembly ordered me."

Reported in (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/6).

Edited in (SII 6.288). Text and summary in (IP 205).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photos (2019).

148 288 543-544 205 16 B/1898 6