Kanyākumāri, Kanyākumāri temple, time of Jaṭāvarman Parāntaka, year 9

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappā

tiru vaḷara-c ceyam ⟨va⟩ḷara-t teṉṉavar tam kulam ⟨va⟩ḷara

v-aru-maṟai nāṉk’ avai vaḷara v-aṉaitt’ ulakum tuyar nīkka-t

teṉ-maturā-puri-t tōṉṟi {ttē} ⟨2⟩ devēndraṉōṭ’ iṉit’ irunta

maṉṉar pirāṉ va(ḻu)tiyar-kōṉ (vaṭim)p’ alampa niṉṟ-aruḷi

māl-kaṭalai Eṟint-aruḷi malaiyattu-k kayal po¡r!⟨ṟ⟩ittu-c

cēralaṉai⟨3⟩-c ceruvil veṉṟu (ti)ṟai koṇṭu vākai cūṭi-k

kūpakar-kōṉ makaṭ k¡u!⟨o⟩ṭuppa-k kula-viḻiñam kai-k-koṇṭu

kaṉṉi-(p)-pōr ceyt-aruḷi-k kāntaḷur-c-cālai kalam aṟut⟨4⟩(tu)

maṉṉupukaḻ maṟaiyavar ta¿mm?⟨m⟩ aṇi-y-ampalatt’ iṉit’ iruntu

Āyiratteṇmar Avirōtam paṇi-p-paṇiyāl

ma(ṟai pēr)ttu-k kal nāṭṭi-p paṇṭ-uḷḷa pēr tavi⟨5⟩⟨rt⟩tu

niṟuppaṉavum aḷappa⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩vum kayal eḻuti Aṉanta-purattemmāṟku

nilaviya poṉ maṇi-viḷakku niṉṟ’ eriya-p patt’ amai(ttu)

Āṅk’ amaitta tāyanallūr Aṭatteṉ⟨6⟩ṉāṭ ṭaraiyaṉeṉa

Aṟiv¿ā?⟨a⟩kaiyāl y-a¡r!⟨ṟ⟩inturaittu teṉṉavar taṅ kula-teyvam

teṉ-kumari-kaṉ[ṉiyar tam] tiru-nāḷ viḻāvataṉiṟ ⌈⟨7⟩tai-p-pūca-p piṟṟai ¡n!⟨ñ⟩āṉṟu

vant-iruntār ellārkkum māṟṟātē tiyākam Iṭa

A(ṟattāl viḷaṅkiya Āynta kēḷvi-p puṟatt)⟨8⟩āyanāṭu pū-makaṭ kaḷi⟨ttu⟩-t

teliṅka-vī{y}maṉ kuḷaṅ koṇṭu teṉ-kaliṅkam aṭippaṭuttu-t

ticai Aṉaittum uṭaṉ āṇṭa

śrī⟨9⟩-parāntaka-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 9-tāvatu

rājarāja-p-pāṇṭi-nātu Uttama-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-p puṟattāyanāṭṭu-k kumari-k-kaṉṉiy⟨10⟩ā-pakavatiyār tēvatāṉattukku-p perunāṉk’ ellai

vaṭa-v-ellai ...
Iv-ellaiyi⟨16⟩l kiḻakkuc ...
teṉ-ellai ... Āṉaimalai

y-āka Ivv-icainta perunaṉk’ ellai y-uṭpaṭṭa [7+] taṅkaḷum Amirtapaṭi cāntu⟨25⟩ppaṭi cantaṉaṅkaṟpūrattu(k)kum nām piṟanta taip(pū)⟨26⟩ca-t-tiru-nāḷukkum celvitāka Iṟaiyili tēvatāṉam-āka namakku(ṭaipaṭi) [3+] nīrvārttuk kuṭuttōm kumari-kaṉṉi-p⟨27⟩-pakavatiyārku

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī   tiru vaḷara-c ceyam ⟨va⟩ḷara-t teṉṉavar tam kulam ⟨va⟩ḷara v-aru-maṟai nāṉk’ avai vaḷara v-aṉaitt’ ulakum tuyar nīkka-t teṉ-maturā-puri-t tōṉṟi {ttē}
⟨2⟩ devēndraṉōṭ’ iṉit’ irunta maṉṉar pirāṉ va(ḻu)tiyar-kōṉ (vaṭim)p’ alampa niṉṟ-aruḷi māl-kaṭalai Eṟint-aruḷi malaiyattu-k kayal po¡r!⟨ṟ⟩ittu-c cēralaṉai-
⟨3⟩ -c ceruvil veṉṟu (ti)ṟai koṇṭu vākai cūṭi-k kūpakar-kōṉ makaṭ k¡u!⟨o⟩ṭuppa-k kula-viḻiñam kai-k-koṇṭu kaṉṉi-(p)-pōr ceyt-aruḷi-k kāntaḷur-c-cālai kalam aṟut-
⟨4⟩ (tu) maṉṉupukaḻ maṟaiyavar ta¿mm?⟨m⟩ aṇi-y-ampalatt’ iṉit’ iruntu Āyiratteṇmar Avirōtam paṇi-p-paṇiyāl ma(ṟai pēr)ttu-k kal nāṭṭi-p paṇṭ-uḷḷa pēr tavi-
⟨5⟩ ⟨rt⟩tu niṟuppaṉavum aḷappa⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩vum kayal eḻuti Aṉanta-purattemmāṟku nilaviya poṉ maṇi-viḷakku niṉṟ’ eriya-p patt’ amai(ttu) Āṅk’ amaitta tāyanallūr Aṭatteṉ-
⟨6⟩ ṉāṭ ṭaraiyaṉeṉa Aṟiv¿ā?⟨a⟩kaiyāl y-a¡r!⟨ṟ⟩inturaittu teṉṉavar taṅ kula-teyvam teṉ-kumari-kaṉ[ṉiyar tam] tiru-nāḷ viḻāvataṉiṟ ⌈-
⟨7⟩ tai-p-pūca-p piṟṟai ¡n!⟨ñ⟩āṉṟu vant-iruntār ellārkkum māṟṟātē tiyākam Iṭa A(ṟattāl viḷaṅkiya Āynta kēḷvi-p puṟatt)-
⟨8⟩ āyanāṭu pū-makaṭ kaḷi⟨ttu⟩-t teliṅka-vī{y}maṉ kuḷaṅ koṇṭu teṉ-kaliṅkam aṭippaṭuttu-t ticai Aṉaittum uṭaṉ āṇṭa   śrī-
⟨9⟩ -parāntaka-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 9-tāvatu   rājarāja-p-pāṇṭi-nātu Uttama-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-p puṟattāyanāṭṭu-k kumari-k-kaṉṉiy-
⟨10⟩ ā-pakavatiyār tēvatāṉattukku-p perunāṉk’ ellai  vaṭa-v-ellai ... Iv-ellaiyi-
⟨16⟩ l kiḻakkuc ... teṉ-ellai ... Āṉaimalai y-āka Ivv-icainta perunaṉk’ ellai y-uṭpaṭṭa [*******] taṅkaḷum Amirtapaṭi cāntu-
⟨25⟩ ppaṭi cantaṉaṅkaṟpūrattu(k)kum nām piṟanta taip(pū)-
⟨26⟩ ca-t-tiru-nāḷukkum celvitāka Iṟaiyili tēvatāṉam-āka namakku(ṭaipaṭi) [***] nīrvārttuk kuṭuttōm kumari-kaṉṉi-p-
⟨27⟩ -pakavatiyārku  

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappā

tiru vaḷara-c ceyam ⟨va⟩ḷara-t teṉṉavar tam kulam ⟨va⟩ḷara

v-aru-maṟai nāṉk’ avai vaḷara v-aṉaitt’ ulakum tuyar nīkka-t

teṉ-maturā-puri-t tōṉṟi {ttē} ⟨2⟩ devēndraṉōṭ’ iṉit’ irunta

maṉṉar pirāṉ va(ḻu)tiyar-kōṉ (vaṭim)p’ alampa niṉṟ-aruḷi

māl-kaṭalai Eṟint-aruḷi malaiyattu-k kayal po¡r!⟨ṟ⟩ittu-c

cēralaṉai⟨3⟩-c ceruvil veṉṟu (ti)ṟai koṇṭu vākai cūṭi-k

kūpakar-kōṉ makaṭ k¡u!⟨o⟩ṭuppa-k kula-viḻiñam kai-k-koṇṭu

kaṉṉi-(p)-pōr ceyt-aruḷi-k kāntaḷur-c-cālai kalam aṟut⟨4⟩(tu)

maṉṉupukaḻ maṟaiyavar ta¿mm?⟨m⟩ aṇi-y-ampalatt’ iṉit’ iruntu

Āyiratteṇmar Avirōtam paṇi-p-paṇiyāl

ma(ṟai pēr)ttu-k kal nāṭṭi-p paṇṭ-uḷḷa pēr tavi⟨5⟩⟨rt⟩tu

niṟuppaṉavum aḷappa⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩vum kayal eḻuti Aṉanta-purattemmāṟku

nilaviya poṉ maṇi-viḷakku niṉṟ’ eriya-p patt’ amai(ttu)

Āṅk’ amaitta tāyanallūr Aṭatteṉ⟨6⟩ṉāṭ ṭaraiyaṉeṉa

Aṟiv¿ā?⟨a⟩kaiyāl y-a¡r!⟨ṟ⟩inturaittu teṉṉavar taṅ kula-teyvam

teṉ-kumari-kaṉ[ṉiyar tam] tiru-nāḷ viḻāvataṉiṟ ⌈⟨7⟩tai-p-pūca-p piṟṟai ¡n!⟨ñ⟩āṉṟu

vant-iruntār ellārkkum māṟṟātē tiyākam Iṭa

A(ṟattāl viḷaṅkiya Āynta kēḷvi-p puṟatt)⟨8⟩āyanāṭu pū-makaṭ kaḷi⟨ttu⟩-t

teliṅka-vī{y}maṉ kuḷaṅ koṇṭu teṉ-kaliṅkam aṭippaṭuttu-t

ticai Aṉaittum uṭaṉ āṇṭa

śrī⟨9⟩-parāntaka-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 9-tāvatu

rājarāja-p-pāṇṭi-nātu Uttama-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-p puṟattāyanāṭṭu-k kumari-k-kaṉṉiy⟨10⟩ā-pakavatiyār tēvatāṉattukku-p perunāṉk’ ellai

vaṭa-v-ellai ...
Iv-ellaiyi⟨16⟩l kiḻakkuc ...
teṉ-ellai ... Āṉaimalai

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ nīkkat TAS • TAS notes: “nīṅka would be better.” — ⟨2⟩ iṉit’ irunta TAS • TAS notes: “The other inscription reads iṉit’ iruntu.” — ⟨2⟩ mālkaṭalai TAS • TAS notes: “vārkaṭalai would suit the rhyme better.”

⟨4⟩ … Āyiratteṇmar Avirōtam paṇippaṇiyāl TAS • TAS notes: “The other inscription has . . . . m va(ḷarp)pa Amaitta pērāyiratteṇmar aviṟōtap paṇippaṇiyāl.”

⟨5⟩ niṟuppaṉavum aḷappa⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩vum TAS • TAS notes: “The letter ṉa is engraved below the line. The other inscription reads Aḷappaṉavum mukappaṉavum niṟuppaṉavum. For metre and rhyme it would be better if the reading is mukappaṉavu niṟuppaṉavu maḷappaṉavum.” — ⟨5⟩ eḻuti ⬦ ēḻuti TAS. — ⟨5⟩ Āṅkamaitta TAS • TAS notes: “The second inscription reads Āṅkamainta.”

⟨6⟩ Aṟiv¿ā?⟨a⟩kaiyāl ya¡r!⟨ṟ⟩inturaittu TAS • TAS notes: “Read vakaiyāl Aṟintu. The other inscription reads Aṟintuṇartta.” — ⟨6⟩ teṉkumarikaṉ[ṉiyar tam] TAS

⟨7⟩ vantiruntār ellārkkum TAS • TAS notes: “The second inscription reads vantirantōrellāṟkum which appears more correct. It means "to all these that came and asked for alms.” — ⟨7⟩ A(ṟattāl viḷaṅkiya Āynta kēḷvip puṟatt)⟨8⟩āyanāṭu TAS • TAS notes: “The second inscription reads here Aṟattāl viḷaṅkiya Āynta kēḷvip puṟattāyanāṭu .” — ⟨7⟩ śrī⟨9⟩parāntakatēvarkku TAS • TAS notes: “The second inscription has here śrīkōrcaṭaiya paṉmārāṉa tiripuvaṉa cakkaravattikaḷ śrīparāntakatēvaṟku.”

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(9) Ninth year of the the glorious king Parāntaka,

(1–8) who, so that fortune thrives, so that victory thrives, so that the lineage of the Southerner(s)¹ thrives, so that the four great secrets² thrives, so as to remove the affliction in the whole world, appeared in the southern Maturā city,³, [who is] the lord of kings, the Vaḻuti king,⁴, who pleasingly sat along with the king of gods,⁵ who, graciously stood so as to wash his feet and graciously hurled [a javelin] at the great sea, who engraved the carp on the mountain, who vanquished the Cēra king in battle, obtained tribute [from him] and wore the vākai flower, who, whereas/so that the Kūpakar king gave him his daughter, seized Vīḻiñam of noble lineage and graciously made his debut fight, who apportioned pots in the feeding-hall (cālai) at Kāntaḷur and pleasingly sat in the beautiful hall of the Brahmins of enduring fame, who ..., who inscribed the fish ..., who established to permanently burn ten beautiful lamps ... for our lord at Aṉantapuṟam, who ..., who, so as to give presents to all those who came at the time of and after taippūcam⁶ during the festival of the southern Kumarikaṉṉi, the family deity of the Pāṇḍyas, who ..., who ..., ruled in all directions.

(9–10) Whereas the four great boundaries of the devadāna of the Lady Kumarikkaṉṉi in the Purattāyanāṭu, [itself] in the Uttamacōḻavaḷanātu, [itself] in the Rājarājavaḷanāṭu, are

the northern boundary ...
east to this boundary ...
the southern boundary ...

[the land] comprised within these four great boundaries ... we have given [it], with water libation, as tax-free devadāna to the Lady Kumarikkaṉṉi.

Commentary

Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988 notes that there “is one more record of the 9th year of the king Parântaka in the same temple, but unfortunately it is built in.” He occasionally refers to readings from this other inscription.

Bibliography

Edited from impressions in Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988, with English translation and visual documentation (TAS 1.3).

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988 and visual documentation therein.

Primary

[TAS] Gopinatha Rao, T. A. [1908] 1988. Travancore archaeological series: Volume I. Reprint. Trivandrum: Government of Kerala. Pages 49–57.

Secondary

Cuppiramaṇiyam, Pu. 1983. Meykkīrttikaḷ. Ceṉṉai: ulakat tamilārāycci niruvaṉam. Pages 223–226.

Notes

1. That is, the Pāṇḍya(s).
2. That is, the vedas.
3. That is, the southern Mathurā, that is, Maturai.
4. That is, the Pāṇḍya king.
5. That is, Indra.
6. See MTL: “The full moon in the month of Tai, a day of festival.”

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taṅkaḷum Amirtapaṭi cāntu

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<lb n="26" break="no"/>ca-t-tiru-nāḷukkum celvitāka Iṟaiyili tēvatāṉam-āka namakku<unclear>ṭaipaṭi</unclear>

nīrvārttuk kuṭuttōm kumari-kaṉṉi-p

<lb n="27" break="no"/>-pakavatiyārku

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">nīkkat</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote><foreign>nīṅka</foreign> would be better.</quote></note>

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">iṉit' irunta</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote>The other inscription reads <foreign>iṉit' iruntu</foreign>.</quote></note>

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">mālkaṭalai</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote><foreign>vārkaṭalai</foreign> would suit the rhyme better.</quote></note>

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"><gap reason="ellipsis"/> Āyiratteṇmar Avirōtam paṇippaṇiyāl</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote>The other inscription has <foreign>. . . . m va(ḷarp)pa Amaitta pērāyiratteṇmar aviṟōtap paṇippaṇiyāl</foreign>.</quote></note>

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">niṟuppaṉavum aḷappa<add place="below">ṉa</add>vum</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote>The letter <foreign>ṉa</foreign> is engraved below the line. The other inscription reads <foreign>Aḷappaṉavum mukappaṉavum niṟuppaṉavum</foreign>. For metre and rhyme it would be better if the reading is <foreign>mukappaṉavu niṟuppaṉavu maḷappaṉavum</foreign>.</quote></note>

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<lem>eḻuti</lem>

<rdg source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">ēḻuti</rdg>

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">Āṅkamaitta</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote>The second inscription reads <foreign>Āṅkamainta</foreign>.</quote></note>

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">Aṟiv<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>kaiyāl ya<choice><orig>r</orig><reg>ṟ</reg></choice>inturaittu</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote>Read <foreign>vakaiyāl Aṟintu</foreign>. The other inscription reads <foreign>Aṟintuṇartta</foreign>.</quote></note>

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">teṉkumarikaṉ<supplied reason="lost">ṉiyar tam</supplied></lem>

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">vantiruntār ellārkkum</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote>The second inscription reads <foreign>vantirantōrellāṟkum</foreign> which appears more correct. It means "to all these that came and asked for alms.</quote></note>

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<lem source="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01">A<unclear>ṟattāl viḷaṅkiya Āynta kēḷvip puṟatt</unclear><lb n="8" break="no"/>āyanāṭu</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote>The second inscription reads here <foreign>Aṟattāl viḷaṅkiya Āynta kēḷvip puṟattāyanāṭu</foreign> .</quote></note>

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<lb n="9" break="no"/>parāntakatēvarkku</lem>

<note><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes: <quote>The second inscription has here <foreign><hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>kōrcaṭaiya paṉmārāṉa tiripuvaṉa cakkaravattikaḷ <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>parāntakatēvaṟku</foreign>.</quote></note>

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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>

<p n="9">Ninth year of the the glorious king Parāntaka,</p>

who,

so that fortune thrives,

so that victory thrives,

so that the lineage of the Southerner(s)<note>That is, the Pāṇḍya(s).</note> thrives,

so that the four great secrets<note>That is, the <foreign>veda</foreign>s.</note> thrives,

so as to remove the affliction in the whole world,

appeared in the southern Maturā city,<note>That is, the southern Mathurā, that is, Maturai.</note>,

<supplied reason="subaudible">who is</supplied> the lord of kings, the Vaḻuti king,<note>That is, the Pāṇḍya king.</note>,

who pleasingly sat along with the king of gods,<note>That is, Indra.</note>

who,

graciously stood so as to wash his feet and graciously hurled <supplied reason="subaudible">a javelin</supplied> at the great sea,

who engraved the carp on the mountain,

who vanquished the Cēra king in battle, obtained tribute <supplied reason="subaudible">from him</supplied> and wore the <foreign>vākai</foreign> flower,

who, whereas/so that the Kūpakar king gave him his daughter, seized Vīḻiñam of noble lineage and

graciously made his debut fight,

who apportioned pots in the feeding-hall <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>cālai</foreign></supplied> at Kāntaḷur and

pleasingly sat in the beautiful hall of the Brahmins of enduring fame,

who ...,

who inscribed the fish ...,

who established to permanently burn ten beautiful lamps ... for our lord at Aṉantapuṟam,

who ...,

who, so as to give presents to all those who came at the time of and after <foreign>taippūcam</foreign><note>See MTL: <quote>The full moon in the month of Tai, a day of festival.</quote></note> during the festival of the southern Kumarikaṉṉi, the family deity of the Pāṇḍyas,

who ...,

ruled in all directions.

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Whereas the four great boundaries of the <foreign>devadāna</foreign> of the Lady Kumarikkaṉṉi in the Purattāyanāṭu, <supplied reason="subaudible">itself</supplied> in the Uttamacōḻavaḷanātu, <supplied reason="subaudible">itself</supplied> in the Rājarājavaḷanāṭu, are

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<item>the northern boundary ...</item>

<item>east to this boundary ...</item>

<item>the southern boundary ...</item>

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<supplied reason="lost">the land</supplied> comprised within these four great boundaries

...

we have given <supplied reason="subaudible">it</supplied>, with water libation, as tax-free <foreign>devadāna</foreign> to the Lady Kumarikkaṉṉi.

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<p><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/> notes that there <quote>is one more record of the 9th year of the king Parântaka in the same temple, but unfortunately it is built in.</quote> He occasionally refers to readings from this other inscription.</p>

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<p>Edited from impressions in <bibl><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/></bibl>, with English translation and visual documentation (TAS 1.3).</p>

<p>Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on <bibl><ptr target="bib:GopinathaRao1988_01"/></bibl> and visual documentation therein.</p>

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