Mēlpoṉpētti, private house, year Āṅgirasa author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSPondicherry00535.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata On the steps of a private house. Probably a hero stone in reuse. Ca 18th century CE.

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Āṅkīraca vaiyyāci 10 l c

śrī-maturāyaca ruvar Ayyaṉ k āriyattukē tavataraiyar kōṭṭu-c-cēri paṭ=taṇavar ceṅ kaṇaccet=ti Ēṟaiyacceṭ=ti Ā latt-uṭaiya nampi Aṟamvaḷatta nampi Uḷpaṭ=ṭāṟku kuṭutta ca ṟuva-māṉiyappaṭṭaiyam

Inta Ūr-p paṭ=ṭaṇaccēri varu ṣam Oṉṟuk=ku Ayyaṉ kaṭṭaḷai poṉ Aṟupatu

Inta-k kaṭ=ṭaḷai Iṭ=ṭatil tarum poṉ Aṟupatukku ḷḷē Inta Ūril paravai mīṉu m paṭ=ṭaṇaccēri ttuṭanṉē ce rntapaṭiyālē nāḷatu mutal canti rātittavaraiyum kōṭṭu-c-cēri paravai mīṉ Uḷpaṭa paṭ=ṭaṇavarē Āṉu pavittu-k koḷḷavum

y-inta mānṉi yattai Iyātoruva Aḻittavaṉ

In the year Āṅkīraca,Sanskrit Āṅgīrasa = Āṅgirasa. on the 10th day of Vaiyyāci.

The all free document given by tavataraiyar, the manager of śrī-Maturāyaca ruvar Ayyaṉ to Ceṅkaṇa-c-ceṭṭi, Ēṟaiya-c-ceṭṭi, Ālattuṭṭaiya Nampi and Aṟamvaḷatta Nampi, the paṭṭaṇavar of Kōṭṭuccēri is as follows.

The amount of tax fixed by Ayyaṉ for the Paṭṭaṇa-c-cēri of this village is sixty gold coins.

Since the sea fish and are inclusive in this sixty gold coins which is accrued in this order from this day onwards, let the paṭṭaṇavar fishermen themselves enjoy the benefits including the sea fish in Kōṭṭu-c-cēri.

Anyone who harmed this gift

Incomplete or unfinished inscription.

Not reported in ARIE.

Edited in (PI 535) and translated in (PI 535).

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

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