svasti śrī

śrī-vayira-meka-panmaṟku yāṇṭu 2-Āvatu

tāmar-k-kōṭṭattu-p pal-kalattu-t tiru-k-kūḷiccara ttu Āḷvārkku Ivv-ūril muḷḷi-k-kuṭaiyāṉ Ātittaṉāḷi It-tē varkku tiru-p-paṇi muūṉṟu tēca-kālamum cēkaṇṭi kai Uṭpaṭa Ai ñc-āḷ koṇṭu ti ru-p-pali-koṭṭuvataṟ ku vaitta nilam lli Uḻavāṉ eṉṟa ceṟuvum Ūruvati-y eṉṟa ceṟuvum Iv v-ūril uvaiccark’ uriyatu Eppoē rpaṭṭatum koṇṭu Ivv-ūril Ara yaṇicciṅka Uvaiccaṉ koṭṭuvat-āka vaittō m pal-kalatt’ ūrōm

Ivanṉukku Eppēṟppaṭṭa sama paricāram vaittō m

In-nilattukku Ērum a mañciyu Ivaṉ-ē-y cey tu koṇṭu or’ āḷi nīr muṟai -tōṟum aṭaittu-k koḷvatāka vai ttōm

It-tirukkōyil-uṭaiya kū ḷicivaṉum Ivaṉ tampi maticūta civaṉum muūṉṟu tēcakālamum tiru-v-amu tu kāṭṭi Iraṇṭ’ āḷ-k kāḷam u tuvārkaḷ ākavum

vaittōm pal-kalatt’ ūrom

It-dhanmam· rakṣippār tiru-p-pātam eṉ tallai mēlaṉa

It-dhanmam· Aḻittār keṅkā-k-kanyā n=tarattu-c ceytār ceyta pāvattu-p paṭuvār

Ivai kaṟṟaḷi-p perun=taccaṉ makaṉ Iḷaṅkāvaṉ eḻuttu

Prosperity! Fortune!

2nd year of the glorious Vayiramēkapanmaṉ.Sanskrit Vajrameghavarman.

... we, the village delegates of Palkalam.

To him, we have given whatever ...

We have given ...

We have given ...

We have given so, we, the village delegates of Palkalam.

The glorious feet of he who protects this pious act are on my head.

He who destroy this pious act befalls in the sin of he does sin in the space between Ganges and Kanyā.

These are the writing of Iḷaṅkāvaṉ, the son of the great carpenter of this stone temple.The senior stone-mason of the temple acccording to .

On the identity of Vayiramēkavarman (Sanskrit Vajrameghavarman), see DHARMA_INSPallava00264.

See also DHARMA_INSPallava00266, DHARMA_INSPallava00350, DHARMA_INSPallava00351.

Reported in (ARIE/1915-1916/C/1916/150).

Edited in (SII 12.114), with visual documentation. Text and summary in (IP 265).

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

53-54 114 645-646 265 78 C/1916 152