svasti śrī . matiraikoṇṭa kovirājakesaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 7 Āvatu puliyūrkoṭṭattu veḷicceri mahāsabhaiyo ⌉memmur brahmasthānatte kūṭṭa kuṟaivaṟa kūṭi Iruntu viṟkiṉṟa nilam . Ivūr kiḻpiṭākaik kāṟakattu Atampuḻāṉaḻi Eri Aka ppaṭṭa nilam Ivvaḻi yā meṟku ten pāṟkellai māṉayiṭṭukālukku vaṭakku melpāṟkellai taṭṭāneriyo ṭe Aṭain=ta vaḻik=ku kiḻak=ku vaṭapāṟkellai koṭṭurkāluk=ku teṟk=kumināṉkel laiyakattuṭpaṭṭa nilattu naṭuvu pi yūr ṉila nikki Uṇṇilamoḻiviṉṟi viṟṟukuṭu ttomitu Ivvāṟu vilaikkāṇaṅ kiḻirait tantu viṟpittukoṇṭān coṇāṭṭu Ār kāṭṭukūṟṟattu veḷḷāḷaṉoṉpatiṟṟuveliUṭaiyānintraṉ paḻianattaṭikaḷumivaṉ tampi Aṇṇāmalaiyumivviruvarpakkalumibhūmiyāl van=ta vilaipporuḷ ḷaṟakkoṇṭu viṟṟuk=kuṭuttomibhūmiyāl van=ta Iṟaiyumeccoṟum Amañ ci veṭṭi vetiṉai An=tarāyatiyumeppeṟpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum kāṭṭa peṟātomā nom kāṭṭinārai panmāheśvarare dharmmāsanamutalāka tāṉ veṇṭina viṭa ttile meyveṟṟuvakai Ivvirunūṟu kāṇam taṇṭamiṭa Oṭṭikkuṭutto m mahāsabhaiyom . Ippūmi Uḻak=kum Iraṇṭu kuṭik=ku sarvvaparihāramāka Oṭṭi k=kuṭuttom mahāsabhaiyomivarkaḷ paṇikka veḻutineṉ vaikāsananasaṉ perumānapa ṭṭaneṉ . Ipparicu Intran paḻanṉattaṭikaḷumivaṉṟampi Aṇṇāmalaiyenume ṅkaḷ veḷicceri mahāsabhaiyārpakkal koṇṭa parice Ivvūr tirutaṇṭiśvarattu mahā devark=ku candrātittavaṟ Oru naṉtāviḷakkerippataṟkum Ikkoyilil yāṅkaḷ śrīkoyi l leṭuppittu pratiṣṭhai ceyvitta kaṇavatiyārkku Ucciyampotu Irunāḻiyariciyā l tiruvamutu kāṭṭuvatākavum kuṭuttomivarkaḷ kuṭutta Ibhūmi koṇṭu Inandāviḷak kerippatākavum kaṇavatiyārkku tiruvamutu kāṭṭikoḷvatākavumibhūmi koṇṭom tirutaṇṭi śvarattu tiruvuṇṇāḻikai Uṭaiya śivabrāhmaṇan geṁgādharaśivanenum Amirtarañca ṉacivanenum ponmalaicivanenum Ivvaṉaivom Ippaṇi candrātittavaṟ muṭṭāmai caieyvomānom muṭṭiṉ paṭi Iraṭṭi caieyvomānom Idharmmamirakṣippāreṇpatuin gaṇapperumak=kaḷumanṟāḻ kovum panmāheśvararum ..

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 7th year of (the reign of) king Rājakēsarivarman who took Madirai (Madura), we (the members) of the great assembly of Veḷichchēri in Puliyūr-kōṭṭam, having gathered in assembly without deficiency, in the Brahmasthāna of our village, sold the (following) land:—

(L. 4.) the . . . . . the land included in the tank of Adambuḻānaḻi of . . . . . . the eastern hamlet of this village . . . . . west . . . this path; the southern boundary (is) to the north of the (channel called) Māṉayīṭṭu-kāl; the western boundary (is) to the east of the path which passes by the tank (called) Taṭṭāṉēri; and the northern boundary (is) to the south of the channel of Kōṭṭūr. We sold the land situated within the enclosure of these four boundaries excluding the land . . . . . within (it) (but) without excluding the uṇṇilam.

(L. 9.) Having given the sale money and kīḻ-iṟai thus, Indraṉ Paḻanattaḍigaḷ the cultivator (veḷḷāḷaṉ) of Oṉpadiṟṟuvēli in Ārkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Śōṇāḍu, and his younger brother Aṇṇāmalai, got (this land) sold (to them), and we sold (the land) having received in full the sale-money of this land from these two persons. We (the members of the assembly) shall not show (in our account books) any kind of tax as accruing on this land such as iṟai, echchōṟu, amañji, free labour (veṭṭi), vēdiṉai and antarāya. We (the members) of the big assembly gave a written agreement that (the assembly of) all Māhēśvaras (alone) shall (have the right to) levy, in case they choose (to do so), to be credited to the council of justice (dharmāsana), a fine of theseThe word “these” has not been here used with reference to any mentioned above. Perhaps it has to be cancelled. two-hundred kāṇam on each of the persons that show (any such tax) (in the books). We (the members) of the big assembly (also) gave a written agreement that the two tenants who cultivate this land (shall have) all exemptions. At the command of these (members), I, Vaikānasaṉ Perumāṉ-Bhaṭṭaṉ, wrote (this).

(L. 18.) (We) Indraṉ Paḻaṉattaḍigaḷ and his younger brother Aṇṇāmalai granted on the same terms, (the land) obtained in this wise from the members of the big assembly of our (village) Veḷichchēri to Mahādēva (Śiva) of (the temple of) Tiruttaṇḍīśvaram in this village for burning one perpetual lamp as long as the moon and the sun (endure) and for the presentation of sacred offerings (prepared) with two nāḻi of rice, at midday, to (the god) Gaṇapati set up in the sacred shrine which we had built in this temple. We, the following Śiva-Brāhmaṇas (viz.,) Gaṅgādhara-Śiva, Amirta-rañjana-Śiva and Poṉmalai-Śiva of (i.e., attached to) the sacred central shrine in (the temple of) Tiruttaṇḍīśvaram received this land (on the understanding) that obtaining this land given by these persons, we shall burn this perpetual lamp and (also) present sacred offerings to Gaṇapati. We (agree) to conduct this service without default as long as the moon and the sun (endure). If (any) default (happens) we shall double the scale (of service). The eighty great men of the administrative assembly (gaṉa), the king reigning at the time, and (the assembly of) all Māhēśvaras shall protect this charity.

An=tarāyati Antanāyati apparently stands for Antarāyāti.

Digital edition of SII 3.116 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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