Aracampaṭṭu, time of Nandīśvaravarman, year 4 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00452.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Foundation of a pāḻi, that is, a stone-bed or a hermitage.

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kō-vicaiya-nantīccuvara-parumaṟku yāṇṭu nāl-ā vatu

śrī-kalikkuṟi Aracar ceyvitta pāḻi

śrī-mallaṉ tukkili

Fortune!

Fourth year of the victorious king Nantīccuvaraparumaṉ.Sanskrit Nandīśvaravarman.

The pāḻiThe term pāḻi has several meanings according to the Madras Tamil Lexicon, such as: temple, hermitage, cave, mountain cavern, sleeping place for human beings, small tank, pond, flight of steps leading into a tank. This is a stone-bed according to . In it is suggested that it is a toṭṭi. There are three different entries for this word in the Madras Tamil Lexicon, with the following meanings, among others: water-trough, tub, cistern, reservoir; climbing nettle; fence, yard, pound. As the inscription was found according to on the surface of a sloping rock, it is difficult to assess which is the more appropriate referent of pāḻi in the present insription. that the Glorious Kalikkuṟi Aracar had made.

The glorious Mallaṉ Tukkili.This is the name of the stone-bed according to .

Edited in (Āvaṇam 7.4). Text in .

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

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