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				<title>SII 8.438: original edition by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer</title>
				<title type="alt">No. 438. (A.R. No. 150 of 1903). ON THE EAST WALL OF THE SAME STEPS.</title>
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					<lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi> <supplied reason="subaudible"><g ref="sym:doubleBar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> koccaṭaipaṉmarāṉa <unclear>tiripuva</unclear>ṉacca<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>vattikaḷ <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>parā<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>mapāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu <num value="10"><g type="numeral">10</g></num><g ref="sym:dash" type="punctuation"/>vatu <unclear>mitu</unclear>ṉanāyaṟṟu Aparapa<hi rend="grantha">kṣa</hi><unclear>t</unclear>tu <hi rend="grantha"><unclear>pratha</unclear></hi>m<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>yum
					
					<lb n="2"/>putaṉkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Uttiraṭṭātināḷ <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> nāṭṭu nāṭum nakaramu<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> <hi rend="grantha">grā</hi>maṅka<unclear>ḷo</unclear>m kāraiyūrkiḻavaṉ tevaṉāṉa kārai<unclear>yūr</unclear> Ai<unclear>yā</unclear>raṟku kā<unclear>ṇi</unclear>vilai<hi rend="grantha">pra</hi>māṇam paṇ
					
					<lb n="3" break="no"/>ṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu Iṉṉāṭṭu kūṭalūrāṉa <unclear>A</unclear>ññūṟṟuvamaṅkalattu <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yār Eṅkaḷukku 9<g ref="sym:dash" type="punctuation"/><unclear>vatu</unclear> kaṭamaiIṟukka Āṟṟāteṉṟuñ colla Ivvūrai
					
					<lb n="4"/>Uṅkaḷukku veṇṭiṉa Iṭatte viṟṟukkoḷḷuṅko ḷeṉṟu collukaiyil Ivvūṟ pakutikku Uṭaiyār māḷavacak<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>va<unclear>tti</unclear>kaḷ kā<unclear>riya</unclear>ttukkukkaṭavār niṅkaḷ 
					
					<lb n="5"/>taraveṇu meṉṟu ma<unclear>ṟik</unclear>kaiyā latuk koru pokkillātapaṭiyāle Ivar Iṟai<unclear>yi</unclear>lum <unclear>kā</unclear>valuṅ kaḻittu tevatāṉamākat tiruccūla<hi rend="grantha">sthā</hi>panam paṇṇi
					
					<lb n="6" break="no"/>ttarak koḷviruḷaro veṉ ṟorukālāvatu mirukālāvatu mukkālāvatu muṟkūṟa piṟkūṟi Ikkāraiyūrveḷ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice><unclear>r</unclear> koḷve ṉeṉkaiyi livaṟku nāṅka
					
					<lb n="7" break="no"/>ḷ viṟpataṟ kicaintu viṟkiṉṟa Intak kūṭalūrāṉa Aiññūṟṟuvamaṅkalattu <hi rend="grantha">sabh</hi>aiyār kāṇiyāṉa Oṉṟupātiyu mivarkaḷpakkal muṉṉāḷ Ik
					
					<lb n="8" break="no"/>kāraiyūrveḷār koṇ<unclear>ṭa</unclear> Oṉṟupātiyu mivarkku <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> ṅkalat tevatāṉa <gap reason="lost" quantity="6" unit="character"/> 
					
					<lb n="9"/>lū<unclear>rā</unclear>ṉa Itta Aiññūṟṟumaṅkalattup perunāṉkellaiyāvaṉa kiḻpāṟkellai veḷḷāṟṟukkum kiḻakkum Ellaikku meṟkum teṉ
					
					<lb n="10" break="no"/>pāṟkellai <unclear>kuḻi</unclear>kkum Ellaikkum vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai <unclear>catimā</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> vellaikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai veḷḷāṟṟukkut teṟkumāka I
					
					<lb n="11" break="no"/>cainta perunāṉkellaik kuṭpaṭṭa kuḷamum kuḷapparippum kāluṅ kālā<seg type="aksara"><seg type="component" subtype="body"><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="component"/></seg>ai</seg>yum vayalum vayaṟpāccum nattamum nattappāṭum puṉcaikaḷum meṉokkiṉa maraṅ
					
					<lb n="12" break="no"/>kaḷuṅ kiḻnokkiṉa kiṇaṟukaḷum maṟṟum Eppeṟppaṭṭa <hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>matta <hi rend="grantha">prā</hi>ttikaḷum<surplus>p</surplus> paḷḷiccantam paḻantevatānam tiruviṭaiyāṭṭa<unclear>m</unclear> ṉikki Iṟaiyili
					
					<lb n="13" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> viṟṟukkuṭuttuk koḷvatāṉa Emmilicainta vilaipporuḷ Aṉṟāṭu vaḻaṅkuṅ kuḷikai <g ref="sym:tam-panam"/><num value="150"><g type="numeral">100</g> 5 <g type="numeral">10</g></num> Intapaṇam nūṟṟaimpatukkum vilaikkuṟa <unclear>vi</unclear>
					
					<lb n="14" break="no"/>ṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇakkaḷatte <unclear>kāṭṭeṟṟi</unclear> kaipporu ḷaṟakkoṇṭu viṟṟu vilai<hi rend="grantha">pra</hi>māṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttom <supplied reason="subaudible"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ippaṭi viṟṟukkuṭukka kūṭalūrāṉa Aiñ
					
					<lb n="15" break="no"/>ñūṟṟuvamaṅka<supplied reason="omitted">la</supplied>t<unclear>ti</unclear>l nāṉkellaik kuṭpaṭṭa <hi rend="grantha">samastaprā</hi>ttiyilum paḷḷiccantam paḻantevatānan tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam ṉikki <unclear>I</unclear>ṟaiyi<unclear>li</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> 
					
					<lb n="16"/>luñ cuvantiraṅkaḷu muṭpaṭa Inta kāraiyūrveḷār Uṭaiyār tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉāṟku vaitta Oru tirununtāviḷakku <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> 
					
					<lb n="17"/>ṇṭu Oṉṟukku Iṟukkum Irāci <g ref="sym:tam-panam"/><num value="40">4 <g type="numeral">10</g></num> Ippaṇam nāṟpatukkum tiruviḷakkuppuṟamāka Iṟaiyilum puraviluṅ kaḻittukkuṭuttom Ippaṭi vi
					
					<lb n="18" break="no"/>ṟṟa Ivvūṟku pañcupili cantuvikkiṟamam Ā<unclear>ṭ</unclear>tevai veṭṭi <unclear>muṭṭā</unclear>vāḷ nāṭṭuviṉivokam kāttikaippoṉ maṟṟum Eppeṟpaṭṭa viṉi
					<lb n="19" break="no"/>vokaṅkaḷum kaḻittukkuṭuttu kuṭiniṅkā tevatāṉamāka nāṉkellaiyilum tiruccūla<hi rend="grantha">sthā</hi>paṉam paṇṇi<unclear>kkuṭut</unclear>tom <supplied reason="subaudible"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ippaṭikku
					
					<lb n="20"/>cantirātittavar celvatāka Uṭaiyār tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉār ko<unclear>yil</unclear> tirumalaiyile kal<unclear>liluñ ce</unclear>mpilum veṭṭi
					
					<lb n="21" break="no"/>kkoḷḷakkaṭavākavum Ippaṭi cammatittu viṟṟu <gap reason="lost" quantity="10" unit="character"/> kuṭuttom kāraiyūr
					
					<lb n="22" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/> raṟkku teṉkonāṭṭu nāṭu <gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/> kaḷom <supplied reason="subaudible"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ivai veḷāṉ <gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/> ṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu
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				<p>After this, there are two more lines containing the names of signatories, which are completely damaged.</p>
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				<p>Digital edition of SII 8.438 by <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Dorotea Operato.</p>
				
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