Pākūr / Vākūr / Bahur, Tirumūlanātar temple, time of Kaṉṉaradeva, year 27 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSPondicherry00008.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Ardhamaṇḍapa, north wall. Kaṉṉaradeva = Kṛṣṇa III Rāṣṭrakūṭa, RY 27 = 966 CE.

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svasti śrī

śrī-kaṉṉara-devarṟkku yāṇṭu 2 10 7-Āvatu

māahā-sa bhai tiruvaṭi pēr-āambalattē-y kuṟi kūṭi Irun=tu viṉāp pōkki Oṭṭ’ eḻutt’ i ṭṭu kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

nammūr śrī-muūlastāṉam-uṭaiya parama-svāmikku vētam valla brāhmaṇarai-k koṇṭa tiruvārātaṉai ceyvattukkum nelli Ēttāttu-t taṇṇir tiru-mañcaṉa niīr Aṭṭuvāṉukkum āka nam brahmadeyam neriñci kuṟumpa ṟ kaḻaṉiyil kaliyūṉṟiyilē cempiyaṉ muṉaippāṭi muvēn=tavēḷāṉ Āvaṇa ttu Irupatu ceṟuvu koṇṭu Id-dharmattkku-k kuṭuttēṉ

Id-dhanmam ścantdrātittaval niṟutti-k kuṭuttōm mahāsabhaiyōm Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-c ceeytu kuṭuttōm

Itu kku virōtañ ceeytarai dhanmāsana-mutal-āka tām vēṇtu kōvukku vevveṟṟu vakai Iru-pattu Aiṅ-kaḻañcu poṉ maṉṟa-p peṟuvār ākavum

Ipparicu Ott’ e ḻuttu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm māhāasabhaiyōm

Hail! Prosperity!

27th year of the reign of śrī-Kaṉṉara-tēvar.

The manner in which the great assembly, having met in the big hall of the Lord, have given in writing, after discussions and upon mutual agreement, is as follows.

After purchase, I have given to this donation twenty units ceṟu from the property of Cempiyaṉ Muṉaippāṭi Mūvēntavēḷāṉ in Kaliyūṉṟi at Neriñci Kuṟumpaṟ Kaḻaṉi, our Brahmin settlement, for performing worship to the great Lord of śrī-Mūlastāṉam of our village through the Brahmins who are well versed in Vedas and to the person who supplies water from the Nelli ĒttamThat is, Ēṟṟam. for the sacred bath.

We, the members of the great assembly have ratified this donation as long as the moon and the sun will last; we have made it tax-free.

Twenty-five kaḻañcus of gold are to be collected in different ways from those who trespass this agreement, on behalf of the ruler of the day aṉṟāḷ kōThe word aṉṟāḷ is not in the original text., as capital for the court of justice.

In this manner, we have given in writing, after discussions and upon mutual agreement, we the members of the great assembly.

Reported in (ARIE/1901-1902/B/1902/184).

Edited in (SII 7.811).

Edited in (PI 8) and translated in (PI 8).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on . This translation adapted from .

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