svasti śrī . virapāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa pārttivetrintirātipatiparmarkku yāṇṭu 3 kāliyūrkkoṭṭattu taṉkuūṟṟuttiramelūrcaturvvetimaṅkalattu peru ṅkuṟisabhaiyom Eḻuttu nammur kumaṇpāṭi kiḻai sririśrīkoyil māahaādevarkku Arccarcaṇnābhogattukkuṉ tiruvamirutukkumāka vaitta bhūmi vayira mekavatikkut teṟku Āṟāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu viṭelviṭukuvatikku meṟku Uñcatukkattu talaittaraṅ kuḻi 2 100 4 10 subramaṇṇāyaṇyanārayācattiṉ va ṭakku 10 6 kaṇṇāṟṟu māṟapiṭukuvatiyiṉ kiḻakku 8 ñcatukkattu talaittaraṅ kuḻi 4 100 10 5 subramaṇyanārayācattinvaṭakku 10 6 ṅkaṇṇāṟṟuk kāvaṉūr Erivāye poṉa va tiyiṉ kiḻakku 6 catukkattu 4 taram 4 100 4 10m Āka 1000 9 10 5 caṉtaraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvanākiya ṉuḷampamāyilaṭṭi pakkal pūrvvājcāraṅkoṇṭu Iṟai Iḻi ccikkuṭuttom Iṟaiyum Eccoṟum veṭṭiyum Amañciyum koḷḷātomāka Iṟai Ili Ākap paṇittom Itukku viro tañ cetār keṅkaiyiṭaik kumariyiṭai cetār ceta pāvam koḷvār Ākavum tanmātaṉatte Irupattañaiṅkaḻañcu pon maṉṟuvār Ākavum peruṅkuṟisabhai paṇikka Eḻutiṉeṉ puliyacivaṉ Ākiya 1000 2 100 cikā sabhai ṇippa Eḻutineṉ

taṉkuūṟṟu Read taṉkūṟṟu. The letter lū is peculiarly formed. kuḻi 4 100 10 5 The engraver appears to have written 10 5 for 10 5 and subsequently erased the 1.

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year of (the reign of) Pārthivēndrādhipativarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, (this is) the writing of us (the members) of the great assembly of Uttaramēlūr-chaṭurvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own subdivision in Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam. The lands given to the Mahādēva (Śiva) of the sacred temple (śrīkōyil) on the east sidekiḻai śrīkoyil means evidently a Śiva temple in contrast to the Vishṇu temple of a village which goes by the name of mēṟṟaḷi or mēlaikkōyil. This relative position of the Śiva and Vishṇu shrines in a village temple is seen for example, in the disposition of the liṅga and the sleeping figure of Vishṇu in the Shore Temple at Mahāseepuram [[sic for Mahābalipuram]]. at Kumaṇpāḍi, (a suburb) of our village, to provide for worship and sacred offerings (are as below):—

(L. 2.) 240 kuḻi of first rate (land) in the second square (śadukkam) west of (the path called) Viḍēlviḍugu-vadi of the sixth kaṇṇāṟu to the south of (the path called) Vayiramēga-vadi; 415 kuḻi of first rate (land) in the eighth square (śadukkam), east of (the path called) Māṟapiḍugu-vadi of the sixteenth kannāṟu (situated) to the north of (the lane called) Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam; 440 (kuḻi) of fourth rate (land) in the sixth square to the east of the path which goes straight to the Kāvaṉūr tank of the sixteenth kaṇṇāṟu (situated) to the north of (the lane) Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam. In all, we gave (these) 1,095 (kuḻi) freed of taxes, having received pūrvāchāram from Śandaraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ alias Nuḷamba Māyilaṭṭi. We (also) decreed them tax-free agreeing not to exact iṟai, echchōṟu, veṭṭi and amañji.

(L. 6.) Those who obstruct this (deed) shall incur the sin committed (by the sinners) between Gaṅgā (the Ganges) and Kumari (Cape Comorin) and shall pay a fine of 25 kaḻañju of gold at the court of justice (danmādana, dharmāsana). I, Puliya-Śivaṉ aliasThe name that follows begins with the numerals 1,200 which evidently stand for Āyirattirunūṟṟu[vaṉ], a sort of family-name or surname. . . . . . . wrote (this) by order of the great assembly I . . . . . . . . . wrote (this) . . . . by order of . . . assembly.

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