svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-Aparāji ta-varmmaṟki yāṇ·ṭu nāl-āvatu

cāmi-A k·kaṉ makaṉ· vayira-mēkaṉ-ākiya vāṇa -kō-v-araiyar bhogi cappakkaṉ-ākiya pātradāni tiru-v-oṟ·ṟiyūr mahādevar·kk’ o ru nandā viḷakk’ erip·pataṟku vaitta poṉ· ṉṉ ūr·-k-kaṟ cemmai mu-p·-patiṉ kaḻañ·cu

I p·-poṉ koṇṭu kaṭavōn· tiru-v-oṟ·ṟiyūr -p·-puṟat·tu Ātampākkat·tu sabhaiyōmu m Amr̥ta-gaṇat·tōmum

Ip·p-poṉ·ṉāl ā ṇ·ṭu-varai kaḻañciṉ vāy muūṉṟu mañ·cāṭi-p po ṉ· palicai-y-āka Iv·v-āṭ·ṭai Aip·pikai mutal ā ṟāṟu tiṅ·kaḷil iru-kaḻañ·cē-y· kāṟ· ceytu po ṉ·ṉun· tiru-viḷak=ku neyār ācandrakālam nilai-p· poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka tiru-v-oṟ·ṟiyūr āṇi k· kiīḻē koṇ·ṭu ceṉ·ṟu Iṭṭu-k kuṭup·pōm ā ṉōm

ip·-poli-y-ūṭṭu-p pop· poṉ· kaṭai-k -kuūṭṭa vantār·k·ku nicati Iraṇ·ṭu cōṟu kuṭup·pō m āṉōm

Itaṟ· ṟiṟam·pil uṇ·ṭikaiyum· paṭṭi kaiyuṅ· kāṭ·ṭātē dharmmāsanat·tu nicati E ṭṭ-arai kāṇan· taṇ·ṭam· paṭuvōm āṉōm

I k-kāṇamuṉ·pu niṉ·ṟum puḷ·ḷi-k kuttuvi

Prosperity! Fortune!

Fourth year of the victorious king Aparājitavarmaṉ.Sanskrit Aparājitavarman.

The gold that ... has given for burning a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr: tirthy kaḻañcus ...

We are bound to take this gold, we, the members of the assembly, and we, the Amr̥tagaṇattārs of Ātampākkam ...

We have become those who will give ...

We have become those who will give daily two rice meals to he who comes ...

If failing ... we have become those who incur a fine of eight and a half kāṇams ...

...

On the donor, see : ...

On the Amr̥tagaṇattār, see : ...

notes: The continuation of the inscription is lost.

Reported in (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/161).

Edited in (SII 12.88), with visual documentation. Text and summary in (IP 239).

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

38 88 VI 602-603 239 24 B/1912 161