Tiruveḷḷaṟai’s well, gnomic verse author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPallava00525.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Gnomic verse.

The puḷḷi is consistently used, although not for most of duplicated consonants and sometimes unduly.

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śrī kaṇ·ṭār kāṇā-v ulakattiṟ· kātal-a cey·tu nillātēy paṇ·ṭēy paramaṉ paṭait·ta nāḷ pārttu niṉ·ṟu naiyyātēy· taṇ·ṭ’ ār· mūp·pu van·t’ uṉ·ṉai-t· taḷara-c· cey·tu nillā muṉ·ṉ uṇ·ṭ’ ēll uṇ·ṭu mik·katu Ulakam·m aṟiya vaim·miṉ·ēy
kātal-a kātal There is not puḷḷi on the final l. One could concur with and emend kātala to kātal, or, alternatively, analyse, without emending the original text, this word as kātal-a, an adjectival form of kātal, “things related to love.”

Prosperity!

Without being passionately attached to this world where men seen today are not seen tomorrow; without giving yourself up to despair looking for the final day appointed by the Creator; and before your limbs become weak at the appearance of old age with its appendage of a stick; if you have wealth maintain yourself and devote what remains to charity so that all the world may know it.

Fortune !

Dans ce monde que ne voient plus ceux qui ont vu, sans t’affairer à l’amour Littéralement: sans t’arrêter à faire les choses de l’amour., Sans dépérir à penserLittéralement: à regarder. sans cesse au jour qu’a jadis fixé le Seigneur suprême, Avant de succomberLittéralement: ne plus pouvoir tenir debout. à la venue du vieil âge qui ressemble à un bâtonAlternativement: un châtiment. et te fera décrépirLittéralement: le vieil âge étant venu … et t’ayant fait décrépir., Si tu as quelque chose en abondanceLittéralement: ce qui est abondant et existe, s’il en est., afin que le monde sache, donne-le !

See also inscription Pallava 98.

In two instances, consonants are unduly duplicated at word sandhi (uṇṭ’ ēll, ulakamm).

The particle -ē is consistently appended with a y (nillātēy, paṇṭēy, naiyyātēy, vaimmiṉēy). 1577 notes: In these four instances the final y seems to have been inserted to represent the full sound produced in pronouncing the words.

Reported in (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/541).

Edited in (EI 11.15). Text and summary in (IP 98).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy, photos, and visual documentation published in .

335-336 98 33 B/1905 541 16 40 Summary only.