Uttiramērūr, time of Kampavarman, year 21

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⟨1⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ svasti śrī kō-vicaiya-kam(·)pava(r)mma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu Irupatt-oṉ(·)ṟ-āvatu Ut(·)⟨Block b⟩taramēruccatu(r)vvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Eḻuttu Empakkal sa(r)vva-paricāram peṟṟu Irukkum(·) Emmūr teṟkkil aṅkāṭi Iruntuvā⟨Block c⟩ḻum(·) maṇṇipākkiḻāṉ· kōyilukku Ivaṉ ceykiṉ·ṟa dha(r)mmattukku Oṭṭik kuṭut=ta paricāvatu Ikkōyil pak-

⟨2⟩ ⟨Block a⟩kal Ūrkkal cemmai nūṟṟuk kaḻañcu poṉ koṇṭu kaṭavōm· Ippoṉṉāl dha(r)mappalicaiyā⟨l⟩ mūṉṟu mañcāṭi palicai-y ā(ka) ⟨Block b⟩ van=ta poli pati¡ṉ(·)ṉ! aiñ·kaḻañ·cu poṉṉum Ivaṉē muṉ yāṇṭu patiṉ(·) Eṭṭ-āvatu Ērikku ¡dhammattukku! mutal tanta nūṟṟuk kaḻañ·cu poṉṉālum ¡dhamma!-palicaiyā⟨Block c⟩lē-y van=ta patiṉaiñ-kaḻañcu poṉṉum Ēṟṟi muppatiṉ kaḻañcu poṉṉum teṟkkil·l aṅkāṭi maṉai poṉ·-

⟨3⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ṉilē Āṭ·ṭāṇṭu-tōṟum pāḻ· n¡i!kki niṉ·ṟa maṉaiyil· tāṅ·kaḷ vēṇṭu kural Ēri-vāriya-perumakkaḷḷē koḷḷa Oṭṭi ku⟨Block b⟩ṭuttōm(·) Ivirunūṟṟu kaḻañcu poṉ¡n!āl· va¡ṉ!ta palicai muppatiṉ kaḻañcu poṉ koṇ(·)ṭu ca¡ṉ!(·)tirātittar Uḷḷatiṉaiyum Iv-vayiramēka-taṭākattu kuḻi kutti ⟨Block c⟩ Ērikarai mēl maṇ·ṇaṭṭuvār Āka Ikkōyil vaitta ¡dhammattukku! Oṭṭi Eḻutt’ iṭṭu kuṭuttōm· sabhai-

⟨4⟩ ⟨Block a⟩yōm· Ipparicu Ivaṉ ¡dhammam! ceytamaiyil sabhaiyōm san(·)ṣittu Ikkōyillukkum makkaḷḷukkum(·) sa⟨Block b⟩bhaiyōm oṭṭai Iṟaiyē Iṟuppā¡ṉṉ! ākavum Ivaṉai maṟrum Epp¿o?ṟpaṭṭa puṟav-iṟaiyum· maṉaiy poṉṉum Alap-iṟaiyum cōṟumāṭṭum Uḷ⟨Block c⟩ḷiṭṭu va¡ṉ!ta puṟav-iṟai koḷḷātō¡mm! āka Ikkōyillukkum makkaḷḷukkum ¡savva!-paricāra¡mm!-āka paṇit-

⟨5⟩ ⟨Block a⟩tōm sabhaiyōm ikkōyi¡l·l!ukkum

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °kam(·)pava(r)mma⟨r⟩kku ⬦ °kampavarmma⟨r⟩kku SII. — ⟨1⟩ Ut(·)taramēruccatu(r)vvetimaṅkalattu ⬦ Uttaramēruccaturvvetimaṅkalattu SII.

⟨2⟩ pati¡ṉ(·)ṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ aiñ·kaḻañ·cu ⬦ pati{ṉ}ṉaiñkaḻañcu SII. — ⟨2⟩ Ivaṉē ⬦ Iva(ṉ) SII. — ⟨2⟩ ¡dhammattukku!dharmmattukku⟩dharmmattukku SII. — ⟨2⟩ ¡dhamma!dharmma-palicaiyālē-y ⬦ ¡dha⟨r⟩mma!-paliceyālē-y SII.

⟨3⟩ n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki ⬦ nīkki SII. — ⟨3⟩ ¡dhammattukku!dharmmattukku⟩dharmmattukku SII.

⟨4⟩ ¡dhammam!dharmmam⟩dha⟨r⟩mmam SII. — ⟨4⟩ Iṟuppā¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ ākavum ⬦ Iṟuppā{ṉ}ṉ ākavum SII. — ⟨4⟩ koḷḷātō¡mm!⟨m⟩koḷḷātō{m}m SII. — ⟨4⟩ ¡savva!sarvva-paricāra¡mm!⟨m⟩-āka ⬦ sarvva-paricārammāka SII.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1897-1898 (ARIE/1897-1898/B/1898/84).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1928 (SII 6.369). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 227).

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

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1928. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VI: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 6. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Item 369, page 170.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 227, pages 583–584.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1897-1898. G.O. Nos. 1093-1096, 29th August 1898. Epigraphy. Directing that the annual report of the Government Epigraphist for 1897-98 be forwarded to the Government of India, approving provisionally his programme of work for the next fields season. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1898. Page 18, appendix B/1898, item 84.