Tiruniṟaṅkoṉṟai, cave, no king, no year
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Edition
⟨1⟩ śrī tirunaṟuṅ koṇtai-k kiḻai-p-paḷḷikku
⟨2⟩ k¡i!ḻ maṇṭakamu⟨ñ⟩ caturmuka-t tiru-k-kōyiluñ ceyvittār
⟨3⟩ (kā)viri-t-te(ṉ)-karai mirai-nāṭṭu tala-k-kuṭi vicaiya-nalluḻāṉ-ākiya
⟨4⟩ kumaraṉ tēvaṉ nilamum ñāyaṟum [****]
Translation
⟨1⟩ Prosperity!
⟨1–4⟩ He who had the hall (maṇṭakam3) east of the Kiḷaippaḷḷi1 of the glorious one with a fragrant (naṟum) tuft (koṇṭai4) and the glorious temple of Caturmukaṉ2 built [is] Kumaraṉ Tēvaṉ alias Vicaiyanalluḻaṉ of Talakkuṭi in the Miraināṭu [on] the northern bank of the Kāvēri (kāviri).
⟨4⟩ The earth and the sun […]5
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1939-1940/306).
Edited in Dayalan 2005.
This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Dayalan 2005. The distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.
Primary
[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1317, item 80.
Secondary
[ARIE] ARIE 1939-43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu and N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 66, appendixes B/1939-1940, item 306.
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Prosperity!
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