svasti śrī . pukaḻmātu viḷaṅkaccayamātu virumpa nilamakaḷ nilava malarmakaḷ puṇara Urimaiyiṟciṟan=ta maṇimuṭi cuṭi mīnavar nilai keṭa villavar kulai tara Eṉai maṉṉavariritariṟcuḻi tarattikkaṉaittun=taṉ cak=karanaṭātti vijayaābhi ṣekam paṇṇi vīrasiṁhāsanattu Ulakuṭaiyāḷoṭu maṉṉi vīṟṟirun=taruḷiya kovirarājakesaripanma rāṉa tribhuvanacakravattikaḷ śrīkulottuṅkacoḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu 4 10 8 vatu kulottuṅka coḻavaḷanāṭṭukkuṉṟattūrnāṭṭu maṇimaṅkalamāṉa pāṇṭiyaṉai Irumaṭiveṉkoṇṭacoḻa caturppetimaṅkalattu māahāsabhaiyom Eḻuttu . nammūr vaṇṭuvarāvati Emperumāṉ koyilil śrīkā riyamñceykiṟa Aḷḷuūrkkecuvapaṭṭaṉum Araṇaipuṟattu tiruvāykkulapittaṉuṅkaṇṭu yāṇṭu 4 10 8 tu kumpanāyaṟṟuppūrvvapakṣattu davidvititīyaiyum veḷḷikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cataiyattu nāḷ . Ivvāṇṭu mutal Amāvāsi can=tirātittavarai Eḻun=taruḷukaikku rājentrindracoḻavaḷanāṭṭu Ampattūrnāṭṭu nuḷappiyāṟṟu nuḷap=piyā ṟukiḻāṉ veḷāṉ perāyiramuṭaiyānāṉa taṇṭakanāṭuṭaiyān kuṇṭuūr toṇayakkiramavittaṉ pakkal Ālaimeṭṭil vilai koṇṭu ṭaiya kuḻi nūṟṟirupattañcum . Iṅke madhyastthanṉ Uṟap=pon=tāṉum tampimārum pak=kal vilai koṇṭuṭaiya kuḻi nūṟṟorupattañcum . Irāyūr tiru pporikkiramavit=tan pakkal pātirik=kaḻani melaikālukkuk=kiḻakku vilai koṇṭuṭaiya kuḻi nūṟṟirupattu mūṉṟum . Iṅkeyirāyūr viṣṇu tiruveṅkaṭakkira mavit=taṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭuṭaiya kuḻi nūṟṟorupatteḻum . Iṅke Aiyakki vaṇṭuvarāpatipiccar pakkal vilai koṇṭuṭaiya kuḻi nū ṟṟorupatum . Iṅke Irāyūr yajñanaārāyaṇakkiramavittaṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭuṭaiya kuḻi nūṟṟirupatteḻum . Ālavatikku vaṭakku Iraṇṭāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu vīravali tiruvaraṅkamuṭaiyāṉ sahaśsraṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭuṭaiya kuḻi nūṟṟirupa tum . Iṅkey mūṉṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟil Irāyūrāṉ ṉantikkiramavit=taṉ pakkal vaṭakkaṭaiyakoṇṭuṭaiya kuḻi nūṟṟeṭṭum . Arivāḷvatikkukkiḻakku mutaṟkaṇṇāṟṟu kkarāmpicceṭṭu nāṇamālaikkiramavit taṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭuṭaiya kuḻi nūṟṟorupattañcum . Āka kuḻi Āyirattaimpatum Amāvāsi ppuṟam cantirātittavaṟ celvatāka Iṟaiviḻuttukaikkukkirayamāka Ivar pakkal sabhaiyomāka veṇṭum poṉ koṇṭu Iṉnilattukku vanta Iṟai sabhaiyome Iṟukkakkaṭavomāka Icaintu Iṟai Iḻiccikkuṭuttom . Ippaṭi kalliluñcempilum veṭṭiccantirātittavaṟ celvatāka Iṟai Iḻiccikkuṭuttomahāsabhaiyom . sabhaiyuḷ niṉṟu Aiyyakki vaṇṭuvarāpatippiccar paṇikka paṇiyāl Eḻutineṉ Ivvūr madhyastan maṇimaṅkalamuṭai yān veḷāṉ perāṉeṟṟiṉaIvai Eṉ Eḻuttu ..

maṉṉavariritariṟcuḻi Two inscriptions at Kāñchī (Vol. II. Nos. 77 and 78) read maṉṉavaririyaluṟṟiḻi. kecuvapaṭṭaṉum The first ṭ of paṭṭaṉ seems to be entered below the line. yāṇṭu 4 10 8 tu The figure 8 looks almost like va, and it is not impossible that the actual date is 4 10 vatu. nuḷappiyā The ppi of nuḷappi and the ppa of Uṟappo in line 11 are expressed by a compound letter. nūṟṟorupattañcum The pa seems to be entered below the line. vaṭakkaṭaiya The two letters ṭaya are entered below the line. Iṟukkakkaṭavomāka The e [[kompu]] of vo is entered above the line. perāṉeṟṟiṉa Read perāṉ (Ivai Eṉ ?).

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 48th year (of the reign) of king Rājakēsarivarman, alias the emperor of the three worlds, Śrī-Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva, who,— while the goddess of fame became renowned (through him), while the goddess of victory was coveting (him), while the goddess of the earth became brilliant (with joy), (and) while the goddess with the (lotus) flower (i.e. Lakshmī) wedded (him),—had put on by right of inheritance the excellent crown of jewels; who had caused the wheel of his (authority) to roll over all regions, so that the Mīṉavar (Pāṇḍyas) lost (their) firmness, the Villavar (Chēras) trembled, (and) the other kings were defeated and suffered disgrace; and who, having anointed himself (in commemoration of his) victories, was graciously seated on the throne of heroes in union with (his queen) Ulaguḍaiyāḷ.I.e. ‘the mistress of the world;’ compare above, Vol. II. p. 391, note 8.

(L. 4.) The writing of us, the great assembly of Maṇimaṅgalam, alias Pāṇḍiyaṉaiirumaḍi-veṉ-koṇḍa-Śōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, in Kuṉṟattūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu.

(L. 6.) With the knowledge of Kēśuvapaṭṭaṉ (i.e. Kēśava-Bhaṭṭa) of Aḷḷūr and Tiruvāykkula-Pittaṉ of Araṇaipuṟam, the managers of the temple of Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Emberumāṉ in our village,—in the [48]th year (of the king's reign), on the day of Śatabhishaj, which corresponded to a Friday and to the second tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Kumbha.

(L. 8.) In order that (the god) might be carried in procession at new-moon from this year forward as long as the moon and the sun exist, Nuḷappiyāṟu-[Kiḻ]āṉ Vēḷāṉ [Pē]rāyiram-uḍaiyāṉ, alias Taṇḍaganāḍ-uḍaiyāṉ, of Nuḷappiyāṟu in Ambattūrnāḍu,This subdivision owes its name to Ambattūr, a village and Railway station west of Madras and 6 miles north of Saidāpēṭ. (a subdivision) of Rājēndra-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu,See below, p. 76 and note 15. purchased from Dōṇaya-Kramavittaṉ of Kuṇḍūr one hundred and twenty-five kuḻi at the Ālaimēḍu (hill).The same hill is referred to in No. 28, l. 9 f. In the same place (he) purchased from the arbitrator (madhyastha) Uṟappōndāṉ and (his) younger brothers one hundred and fifteen kuḻi. From Tiruppori-Kramavittaṉ of Irāyūr (he) purchased one hundred and twenty-three kuḻi to the east of the channel above the ‘Bignonia field.’The same field is mentioned in No. 28, l. 8 f. In the same place (he) purchased from Vishṇu Tiruvēṅgaḍa-Kramavittaṉ of Irāyūr one hundred and seventeen kuḻi. In the same place (he) purchased from Aiyakki Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Pichchar one hundred and ten kuḻi. In the same place (he) purchased from Ya[jña]nārāyaṇa-Kramavittaṉ of Irāyūr one hundred and twenty-seven kuḻi. In the second KaṇṇāṟuThe same term occurs repeatedly in an inscription at Tirumalai (Vol. I. No. 72). It seems to denote a group of fields. to the north of the Ālavadi (road) (he) purchased from Vīravali Tiruvaraṅgam-uḍaiyāṉ Sahasraṉ one hundred and twenty kuḻi. In the third Kaṇṇāṟu at the same place (he) purchased from Nandi-Kramavittaṉ of Irāyūr one hundred and eight kuḻi on the northern side. In the first Kaṇṇāṟu to the east of the Arivāḷvadi (road) (he) purchased from . . . . . KarāmbichcheṭṭuCompare above, No. 29, text line 22. Nāṇamālai-Kramavittaṉ one hundred and fifteen kuḻi.

(L. 18.) In order that these one thousand and fifty kuḻiBy adding up the preceding amounts we arrive at 1,060 kuḻi, i.e. 10 more than stated in the text. might continue as long as the moon and the sun, for providingOn puṟam see above, p. 6, note 9. (the processions) at new-moon,—having received from him as purchaser the gold necessary for making (the land) tax-free, we, the assembly, gave (it) free of taxes, agreeing that we, the assembly, shall have to pay the taxes due on this land.

(L. 21.) Having engraved this on stone and copper, we, the great assembly, gave (it) free of taxes, to continue as long as the moon and the sun.

(L. 22.) Having been present in the assembly, I, the arbitrator of this village, Maṇimaṅgalam-uḍaiyāṉ Vēḷāṉ Pērāṉ, wrote (the above) at the order of Aiyyakki Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Pichchar. This (is) my writing.

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