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                <title>SII 14.16A: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar</title>
                <title type="alt">No. 16A. (A.R. No. 26 of 1912.) TIRUCHCHENDŪR, TIRUCHCHENDUR TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON TWO SLABS SEUPP IN THE SUBRAHMAṆYASVĀMIN TEMPLE.</title>
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                        <forename>Emmanuel</forename>
                        <surname>Francis</surname>
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            <funder>European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994</funder></titleStmt>
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                <authority><ref target="https://dharmalekha.info">DHARMA</ref></authority>
                <pubPlace>Paris, CEIAS</pubPlace>
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            <date from="2019" to="2026">2019-2026</date></publicationStmt>
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                            <p>This inscription of <hi rend="bold">Varaguṇa-Mahārāja</hi> registers the gift by the king, of 1,400 <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi> for meeting the various annual requirements of the temple of Subrahmaṇyabhaṭārar. The money was invested by the king's three officers <hi rend="italic">Iruppaikkuḍikiḻavaṉ</hi>, Śāttamperumāṉ and Aḷaṟṟūrnāṭṭukkōṉ with the administrative bodies of various villages which were required to pay annually interest in grain to the temple at two <hi rend="italic">kalam</hi> per <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi> per year.</p>						
                            
                            <p>The record is dated in the <hi rend="bold">year 13 opposite to a certain year</hi> (lost), of the king's reign. The amount of 1,400 <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi> is stated to have been made over on the 5001st day (line 7).</p>						
                            
                            <p>Published in <hi rend="italic">Epigraphia Indica</hi>, Vol. XXI, pp. 101 ff.</p>						
                            
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                    <milestone n="A" type="pagelike" unit="zone"/>
                    <label>first slab, first face</label>
                    <lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="7" unit="character"/> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> ko varakuṇa mārāyaṟku yāṇṭu
                    <lb n="2"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> taṉetir patiṉmuṉṟu Ivvāṇṭu tiru
                    <lb n="3" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/> cuppirama<surplus>ṇ</surplus>ṇiya paṭārar Upā<hi rend="grantha">sai</hi>yā 
                    <lb n="4" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> ṉa tirumūlattāṉattup paṭārarkku mutal keṭāmaip poli Ūṭṭā
                    <lb n="5" break="no"/>ka koṇṭu celuttuvatāka UṭaiyāraṭiyārāIṉa varakuṇamārāyar po
                    <lb n="6" break="no"/>ttara Iruppaikkuṭi kiḻavaṉum cāttam perumāṉum Aḷaṟṟū<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> nā
                    <lb n="7" break="no"/>ṭṭukkoṉum AiyāIrattoṉṟā nāḷāṟ koṇṭu vanta niṟai kuṟaiyāppa
                    <lb n="8" break="no"/>ḻaṅkācu ĀIrattu nāṉūṟu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:doubleBar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkāciṟ kuṭanāṭṭuk koṟkai Ūrār kaiIṉ
                    <lb n="9"/>mutal keṭāmaip poliŪṭṭuk koṇṭu celuttuvatāka vaitta niṟai
                    <lb n="10" break="no"/>kuṟaiyāp paḻaṅkācu toṇṇūṟṟāṟu poṉṉeṭṭu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kā
                    <lb n="11" break="no"/>cukku Āṇṭuvarai poli niṟaimati nārāyattāl Irukala nellāka va
                    <lb n="12" break="no"/>nta nellu nūṟṟut toṇṇūṟṟu mukkalaṉey Oṉpatiṉ kuṟuṇi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> In
                    <lb n="13" break="no"/>nellāl niyatippaṭi Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ koṇṭu vantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻi
                    <lb n="14" break="no"/>Aricikku munnāḻi nellākat tiruvamitiṉukku Arici cenneṟṟīṭ
                    <lb n="15" break="no"/>ṭal Oru potaikku nāṉāḻiyāka nāṉku potaikku Arici cenneṟṟīṭṭa
                    <lb n="16" break="no"/>l patiṉaṟu nāḻi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> mārkaḻittiruvātiraiU mācimakamum vaiyyāci
                    <lb n="17" break="no"/>viyākamum paṭi Iraṭṭi celuttuvatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu ku
                    <lb n="18" break="no"/>ttukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkkey Irupattaiñcu kācu taṇṭamum pa
                    <lb n="19" break="no"/>ṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiyuṅ kuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innāṭṭunal
                    <lb n="20" break="no"/>lūr Ūrār kaiIl meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta niṟaikuṟaiyāp paḻa
                    <lb n="21" break="no"/>ṅkācu nūṟṟaṟupatteṭṭum poṉ <unclear>ṉāṟey</unclear> kāl <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācālāṇṭuvarai poli
                    <lb n="22" break="no"/>nellu niṟaimati nārāyattāl munnūṟṟu muppatteḻukalaṉey mukku
                    <lb n="23" break="no"/>ṟuṇi nāṉāḻi Uri <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl nikatippaṭi tiruvamitiṉukku Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied><unclear>ka</unclear>
                    <lb n="24" break="no"/>ḷ koṇṭuvantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa nāḻi neyyamitiṉukku Irupati
                    <lb n="25" break="no"/><unclear>nā</unclear>ḻi nellākat tiruvamitu nivetikkap pacuviṉ ṉaṟuney Oru
                    <lb n="26" break="no"/>potaikku Uḻakkākavum kaṟitumikkavum porikkavum Oru potaikku Ā
                    <lb n="27" break="no"/>ḻākkākavum nāṉku potaikku neyyamitu nāḻiUri <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻittaira
                    <lb n="28" break="no"/>mitiṉukku Irunāḻi nellākat tiruvamitu nivetikkat tairamitu
                    <lb n="29"/>Oru potaikku nāḻiyākavum kūṭṭukkut taIramitu Oru potaikku U
                    <lb n="30" break="no"/>riyākavum nāṉku potaikkup pacuviṉ ṟoytair Aṟunāḻi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oru kācu
                    <lb n="31" break="no"/>kku niṟaimati nārāyattāṟ patiṉkala nellaḵkamāka ĀIram
                    
                    
                    <lb n="32"/>varaḻaippaḻattiṉukku Oru kācākavum <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Eḻutulāt taṟupattaimpa
                    <lb n="33" break="no"/>lac carkkaraikku Oru kācākavum <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Irupatiṉtulām kaṟi Amitiṉukku
                    <lb n="34"/>Oru kācākavum <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Aṟupatiṉāḻi kāyattiṉukku Oru kācākavum
                    <lb n="35"/>Aḵkamāka <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> ttiruvamitu nivetikka vāḻaippaḻa Amitu O
                    <lb n="36" break="no"/>ru potaikku nāṉkāka nāṉku potaikkuk karuvāḻaippaḻa Amitu pa
                    <lb n="37" break="no"/>tiṉāṟu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> caṟkkarai Amitu Oru potaikku Oru palamāka nāṉku potai
                    <lb n="38" break="no"/>kkuc caṟkkarai Amitu nāṟpalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> kaṟi Amitu kāykkaṟi Oṉṟu pu
                    <lb n="39" break="no"/>ḷiṅkaṟi Oṉṟu puḻukkuk kaṟi Oṉṟu porikkaṟi Oṉṟu Eṟṟi
                    <lb n="40" break="no"/>kkaṟi Amitu nāṉkiṉukku Oru potaikku patiṉpalamāka nāṉ
                    <lb n="41" break="no"/>ku potaikkuk kaṟi Amitu nāṟpatiṉ palam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> kāyam miḷa<unclear>kamitu</unclear>
                    <lb n="42"/>mañcaḷamitu ciraka Amitu ciṟukaṭukamitu kottampa<unclear>riAmitu</unclear>
                    <lb n="43"/>Eṟṟikkāyam Aintu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ivai Oru potaikku mucceviṭṭāka nā<unclear>ṉku po</unclear>
                    <lb n="44" break="no"/>taikkuk kāyam Uḻakke Iru ceviṭṭu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> mārkaḻit tiruvātiraiU māci maka
                    <lb n="45" break="no"/>mum vaiyyāci viyākamum paṭi Iraṭṭi celuttuvatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ippa
                    <lb n="46" break="no"/>ricu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkkey Aimpatu
                    <lb n="47"/>kācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiUṅ ku
                    <lb n="48"/>ṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> In nāṭṭuc cāliyattu Ūrār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi
                    <lb n="49"/>poli Ūṭṭāka vaitta niṟai kuṟaiyāp paḻaṅkācu Irupattu nā
                    <lb n="50" break="no"/>ṉku poṉ Aintey mukkāl <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭuva
                    <lb n="51" break="no"/>rai poli niṟaimati nārāyattāl Irukala nellāka vanta nellu 
                
                <milestone n="B" type="pagelike" unit="zone"/>
                    <label>first slab, second face</label>
                    
                    <lb n="52"/>nāṟppattoṉpatiṉ kalaṉey Irukuṟuṇi nāḻi
                    <lb n="53"/>Uri <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl niyatippaṭi tiruvamitiṉukku Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>ka
                    <lb n="54" break="no"/>ḷe koṇṭu vantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻipparuppukku nā
                    <lb n="55" break="no"/>ḻi Uḻakkup payaṟākavum nāḻippayaṟṟukku Irunāḻi nellāka
                    <lb n="56" break="no"/>vum kummāyattiṉukkup payaṟṟupparuppu Oru potaikku U
                    <lb n="57" break="no"/>riyāka nāṉku potaikkuc ciṟupayaṟṟupparuppu Iru nāḻi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied>
                    <lb n="58"/>Oru kācukku niṟaimati nārāyattāṟ patiṉ kalanel laḵkamā
                    <lb n="59" break="no"/>ka <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> ĀIrattirunūṟṟirupatu paṟṟu veṟṟilaikku Oru kācā
                    <lb n="60" break="no"/>kavum <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> patiṉāIrattorunūṟaṭaikkāyamitiṉukku Oru kācākavu
                    <lb n="61" break="no"/>m Aḵkamāka <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ilai Amitu Oru potaikku muvaṭukkāka nāṉ
                    <lb n="62" break="no"/>ku potaikku veḷḷilai Amitu mūṉṟu paṟṟu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Aṭaikkā ya<unclear>mi</unclear>
                    <lb n="63" break="no"/>tu Oru potaikkup patiṉāṉkāka nāṉku potaikku Aṭaikkāya
                    <lb n="64" break="no"/>mitu Aimpattāṟu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nūṟṟamitu veṇṭuvatiṭuvatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> mā
                    <lb n="65" break="no"/>rke<surplus>A</surplus>ḻittiruvātiraiU mācimakamum vaiyyāci viyākamu
                    <lb n="66" break="no"/>m paṭi Iraṭṭi celuttuvatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celu
                    <lb n="67" break="no"/>ttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil Itteva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kkey Aintu kācu
                    <lb n="68"/>taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭi
                    <lb n="69" break="no"/>uṅ <unclear>kuṭu</unclear>p<unclear>patu</unclear> <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:doubleBar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> vaḻuti vaḷanāṭṭup piramateyam
                    <lb n="70"/>varakuṇa maṅkalattuc cavaiyā<unclear>r</unclear> kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi po
                    <lb n="71"/>liŪ<unclear>ṭṭāka vai</unclear>tta niṟai kuṟaiyāp paḻaṅkācu nuṟṟoru
                    <lb n="72" break="no"/>patu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭuvarai poli niṟaima
                    <lb n="73" break="no"/>ti nārāyattāl <unclear>Iru kala</unclear> nellāka vanta nellu Irunū
                    <lb n="74" break="no"/>ṟṟirupatiṉa kalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl niyatippaṭi Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>
                    <lb n="75" break="no"/>kaḷ koṇṭu vantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻi neykku Iru
                    <lb n="76" break="no"/>patiṉāḻi nellākattirunantāviḷakku Oṉṟiṉukku ni
                    <lb n="77" break="no"/>yati ney Uriyākattirunant<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice> viḷakku Aintiṉukkup pa
                    <lb n="78" break="no"/><unclear>cu</unclear> viṉṉaṟuney niyati Irunāḻi Uri <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Antiyam potu
                    <lb n="79"/><unclear>ti</unclear>ruvamitu ceykiṟṟu tīpamālai kāṭṭap pacuviṉ ṉaṟune
                    <lb n="80" break="no"/>y niyati Uḻakku <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭi
                    <lb n="81" break="no"/>l Ittevarkkey panniraṇṭaraikkācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celu
                    <lb n="82" break="no"/>ttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiUṅkuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innāṭṭu
                    <lb n="83" break="no"/>ttevatāṉap piramateyam tiyampaka maṅkalam Iṟa
                    <lb n="84" break="no"/><unclear>ṇa</unclear>vāli maṅkalattuc cavaiyār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi po
                    <lb n="85" break="no"/>liŪṭṭāka vaitta niṟai kuṟaiyāp paḻaṅkācu mu
                    <lb n="86" break="no"/>ppattiraṇṭu Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭuvarai poli niṟai
                    <lb n="87" break="no"/>mati nārāyattāl Irukala nellāka vanta nellu Aṟupa
                    <lb n="88" break="no"/>ttunāṟkalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl Iva<unclear>r</unclear>kaḷ niyatippaṭi koṇ
                    <lb n="89" break="no"/>ṭu vantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻippālukku Irunāḻi ne
                    <lb n="90" break="no"/>llākat tirumañcaṉam Āṭi Aruḷap pacuviṉ pāl niya
                    <lb n="91" break="no"/>ti nāṉāḻi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻittairukku Irunāḻi kellākat ti
                    <lb n="92" break="no"/>rumañcaṉamum Āṭi Aruḷap pacuviṉ ṟair niyati nā
                    <lb n="93" break="no"/>ṉāḻi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭi
                    <lb n="94" break="no"/>l Ittevarkkey Aintu kācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc
                    <lb n="95" break="no"/>celuttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiUṅ kuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> 
               
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                    <label>Second slab, first face</label>
                    
                    <lb n="96"/>Innāṭṭuk keṅkaimaṅkalattuppaṭum Ālampaṭṭattu Ū
                    <lb n="97" break="no"/>rār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta niṟaikuṟaiyāppaḻaṅkācu pa
                    <lb n="98" break="no"/>ti<unclear>ṉā</unclear>ṟu Ikkā<unclear>cāl</unclear> Oru kācukku Āṇṭu varai poli niṟaimati nārāyattāl I
                    <lb n="99" break="no"/>rukala nellāka vanta nellu muppattiru kalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ
                    <lb n="100"/><unclear>niya</unclear>tippaṭi <unclear>koṇ</unclear>ṭuvantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oriḷani<unclear>ru</unclear>kku nāḻi nellā
                    <lb n="101" break="no"/>kattirumañcaṉam Āṭiaruḷa Iḷanir vaḻuvai Uṭpaṭa niyati Irunāḻi U
                    <lb n="102" break="no"/>ḻakku <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻi Iḷanirukku nāliḷanirāka niyati Iṭum Iḷanīr Eṭṭu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> I
                    <lb n="103" break="no"/>pparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkkey Aintu kācu ta
                    <lb n="104" break="no"/>ṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiUṅkuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innā
                    <lb n="105"/>ṭṭu māṉavirapaṭṭinattu nakarattār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vai
                    <lb n="106" break="no"/>tta niṟaikuṟaiyāppaḻaṅkācu nūṟṟirupatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācuk
                    <lb n="107" break="no"/>ku Āṇṭuvarai poli niṟaimati nārāyattāl Irukala nellāka vanta ne
                    <lb n="108" break="no"/>llu Irunūṟṟu nāṟpatiṉkalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ niyatippa
                    <lb n="109"/>ṭikoṇṭu vantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oru kācukku niṟaimati nārāyattāṟ
                    <lb n="110" break="no"/>patiṉkala nellaḵkamāka <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nūṟṟaimpati nāḻi naṟumpūviṉukku Oru
                    <lb n="111"/>kācāka <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>paḷḷittāmattiṉukku niyati Aḷakkakkaṭava naṟumpūppati
                    <lb n="112" break="no"/>nāḻi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭiṟ Ittevarkkey Irupat
                    <lb n="113" break="no"/>taintu kācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiUṅkuṭup
                    <lb n="114" break="no"/>patu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> cirivallapavaḷanāṭṭup piramateyam kaṭṭāṟaimaṅkalattuc cavaiyā
                    <lb n="115" break="no"/>r kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta niṟaikuṟaiyāppaḻaṅkācu toṇṇūṟṟu
                    <lb n="116"/>nāṉku poṉṉaintu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭuvarai poli niṟaimati nārāyattā
                    <lb n="117" break="no"/>l Irukala nellāka vanta nellu nūṟṟeṇpattoṉpatiṉkalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> In <unclear>ne</unclear>
                    <lb n="118" break="no"/>llāl Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ koṇṭuvantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻicciṟupayaṟṟuppo
                    <lb n="119" break="no"/>rikku nāḻi Uḻakkup payaṟākavum <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻippayaṟṟukku Iru nāḻi nellā
                    <lb n="120" break="no"/>kappori Iṭa nicatam ciṟupayaṟṟuppori niyati UriIṉukku Aḷakkakkaṭava
                    <lb n="121" break="no"/>ciṟupayaṟu Uri Āḻākku Oru kācukku niṟaimati nārāyattāṟ patiṉkala nel
                    <lb n="122" break="no"/>laḵkamāka <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oru kāṇattukkup pati<unclear>ṉo</unclear>ru nāḻi Uḻakku mañcaḷākat tiru
                    <lb n="123" break="no"/>meṉi pūci Aruḷa meṟṟol ciṟaitta paṟṟumañcaḷ niyati muḻakku <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied>
                    <lb n="124"/><unclear>O</unclear>viyalum pāvāṭaiyum Oraṇai Oru kācu peṟṟaṉa Oru muṟai muttiṅ
                    <lb n="125" break="no"/>kaḷukku nālaṇaiyāka Orāṇṭu nāṉku muṟaikku veṇkūṟai patiṉāṟaṇai <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> I
                    <lb n="126" break="no"/>pparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkkey Irupattaintu
                    <lb n="127"/>kācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu liṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiUṅkuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied>
                    <lb n="128"/>parāntakavaḷanāṭṭup piramateyam <unclear>parai</unclear>cumaṅkala<unclear>ttutte</unclear>ṉ kiḻakku ti
                    <lb n="129" break="no"/>ṇṇic cavaiyār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta niṟaikuṟaiyāppaḻa
                    <lb n="130" break="no"/>ṅkācu Irupattaintu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭu varai poli niṟaimatinā
                    <lb n="131" break="no"/>rāyattāl Irukalanellāka vanta nellu Aimpatiṉkalam Innellā
                    <lb n="132" break="no"/>l Iva<unclear>r</unclear>kaḷ koṇṭu vantu celuttak kaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻi Aricikku munnāḻi nel
                    <lb n="133"/>lākattiruppalikku niyati Arici cen<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied>eṟṟīṭṭal Oru potaikku nāḻiyāka I
                    <lb n="134" break="no"/>raṇṭu potaikku Arici cen<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied>eṟṟīṭṭal Iru nāḻi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oru kācukku niṟaimati nārāyattāl
                    <lb n="135"/>patiṉkalanellaḵkamāka <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>maṭaippaḷḷikkaṭṭu meṟkaṭṭikkup puṭavai Iṇai I
                    <lb n="136" break="no"/>raṇṭaraikkāṇam peṟṟaṉa Oru muṟai Aṟu tiṅkaḷukku Īraṇaiyāka Orāṇṭu Iraṇṭu muṟaik
                    <lb n="137" break="no"/>kup puṭavai nālaṇai <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> kalpuṟaikkup puṭavai Iṇai Iraṇṭu kāṇam peṟṟaṉa Oru muṟai muttiṅ
                    <lb n="138" break="no"/>kaḷukku Īraṇaiyāka Orāṇṭu nāṉku muṟaikkup puṭavai Eṭṭaṇai <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu kut
                    <lb n="139" break="no"/>tukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkkey Aintukācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa muta
                    <lb n="140" break="no"/>liraṭṭiUṅ kuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innāṭṭup piramateya<unclear>m</unclear> māṟamaṅkalattu
                    <lb n="141" break="no"/>ccavaiyār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta niṟaikuṟaiyāppa 
                    <lb n="142" break="no"/>ḻaṅkācu nūṟṟaimpattiraṇṭarai <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭu varai
                    <lb n="143"/>poli niṟaimati nārāyattāl Irukala nellāka vanta nellu munnūṟ
                    <lb n="144" break="no"/>ṟaiṅkalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ koṇṭuvantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied>
                    <lb n="145"/>Oru kācukku niṟaimati nārāyattāl patiṉakala nellaḵkamāka <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> tūpam
                    <lb n="146"/>citāriIṉukku veṇṭum Uṟu<unclear>ppu</unclear> Akiluṭpaṭak kaṟpūramum teṉum ni
                    <lb n="147" break="no"/>yati Araikkāṇam vilaipeṟa Iṭuvatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>kaṟpakkiraAkattukkaṭṭu meṟkaṭ
                    <lb n="148" break="no"/>ṭikku veṇkūṟai Iṇai Eḻaraikkāṇam peṟṟaṉa Oru muṟai Āṟu tiṅkaḷukku
                    <lb n="149"/>nālaṇaiyāka Orāṇṭu Iraṇṭu muṟaikku veṇkūṟai Eṭṭaṇai <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> nāḻittairamitiṉuk
                    <lb n="150" break="no"/>ku Irunāḻi nellākat tiruppalikkup pacuviṉṟoytair niyati nāḻi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied>
                    <lb n="151"/>taṭṭaḷi koṭṭikaḷukkuk koṟṟu nellut tiṅkaḷ <unclear>nā</unclear>ṟkala<unclear>ṉe</unclear>y patiṉku
                    <lb n="152" break="no"/>ṟuṇi nāḻi Uriyāka Orāṇṭu paṉṉiraṇṭu tiṅkaḷukku veṇṭum nellu niṟai
                    <lb n="153"/>mati nārāyattāl Aimpatteḻu kalam
                
                <milestone n="D" type="pagelike" unit="zone"/>
                    <label>Second slab, second face</label>
                    
                    <lb n="154"/>Innāṭṭup piramateyam teṉṟakku <gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/> 
                    <lb n="155"/>llūrccavaiyār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta ni
                    <lb n="156" break="no"/>ṟaikuṟaiyāp paḻaṅkācu Aṟupatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭu
                    <lb n="157" break="no"/>varai poli niṟaimati nārāyattāl Irukalanellāka vanta nellu
                    <lb n="158"/>nūṟṟirupatiṉ kalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ koṇṭuvantu celutta
                    <lb n="159" break="no"/>kkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oru kācukku niṟaimati nārāyattāl patiṉkalanellaḵkamā
                    <lb n="160" break="no"/>ka <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> Uṭaiyāṭai Iṇai mūṉṟu kācu peṟṟaṉa Oru muṟai muttiṅkaḷukku
                    <lb n="161"/>Oraṇaiyāka Orāṇṭu nāṉku muṟaikku <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> Uṭaiyāṭai nālaṇai <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ip
                    <lb n="162" break="no"/>paricu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkkey panni
                    <lb n="163" break="no"/>raṇṭaraikkācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭi
                    <lb n="164" break="no"/>uṅkuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Amitakuṇavaḷa nāṭṭup piramateyam Avaṉi
                    <lb n="165" break="no"/>pacekaramaṅkalattuc cavaiyār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta
                    <lb n="166"/>niṟaikuṟaiyāp paḻaṅkācu Aṟupatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭuva
                    <lb n="167" break="no"/>rai poli niṟaimati nārāyattāl Irukalanellāka vanta nellu nūṟṟiru
                    <lb n="168" break="no"/>patiṉkalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ koṇṭu vantu celuttakka
                    <lb n="169" break="no"/>ṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oru kācukku niṟaimati nārāyattāṟ patiṉkala nellaḵkamāka <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>
                    <lb n="170" break="no"/>Uṭaiyāṭai Iṇai mūṉṟukācu peṟṟaṉa Oru muṟai muttiṅkaḷukku Oraṇaiyā
                    <lb n="171" break="no"/>ka Orāṇṭu nāṉku muṟaikku <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> Uṭaiyāṭai nālaṇai <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu kut
                    <lb n="172" break="no"/>tukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkkey panniraṇṭaraikkācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttā
                    <lb n="173" break="no"/>tu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiUṅ kuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> kuṭa nāṭṭup piramateyam puḷiI
                    <lb n="174" break="no"/>ṭaic cavaiyār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta niṟaikuṟaiyāppaḻa
                    <lb n="175" break="no"/>ṅkācu nūṟṟirupatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭuvarai poli niṟaimati nārāya
                    <lb n="176"/>ttāl Irukala nellāka vanta nellu Irunūṟṟu nāṟpatiṉkalam Inne
                    <lb n="177" break="no"/>llāl Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ koṇṭuvantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oru kācukku niṟaimati nārāya
                    <lb n="178" break="no"/>ttāl patiṉkala nellāka <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> Uṭaiyāṭai Iṇai mūṉṟu kācu peṟṟaṉa Oru
                    <lb n="179" break="no"/>muṟai muttiṅkaḷukku Īraṇaiyāka Orāṇṭu nāṉku muṟaikku <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> Uṭaiyāṭai <unclear>E</unclear>
                    <lb n="180"/>ṭṭaṇai <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkkey Irupat
                    <lb n="181" break="no"/>taintu kācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭi Uṅ kuṭuppa
                    <lb n="182" break="no"/>tu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innāṭṭup piramateyam kiraṉūrc cavaiyār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poli
                    <lb n="183" break="no"/>ūṭṭāka vaitta niṟaikuṟaiyāp paḻaṅkācu Irunūṟṟorupattu nāṉku <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> I
                    <lb n="184" break="no"/>kkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭu varai poli niṟaimati nārāyattāl Irukala nellā
                    <lb n="185" break="no"/>ka vanta nellu nānūṟṟirupatteṇkalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl Iva<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kaḷ niyati 
                    <lb n="186" break="no"/>ppaṭi koṇṭuvantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa nāḻi neykku Irupati nāḻi nellāka
                    <lb n="187"/>tirumañcaṉam Āṭi Aruḷap pacuviṉ ṉaṟuney niyati nānāḻi <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oru kācukku
                    <lb n="188"/>niṟaimati nārāyattāṟ patiṉkala nellaḵkamākat tulāccantaṉattu
                    <lb n="189"/>kku Oru kācākat tirumeṉi pūcum cantaṉakkuḻampuc cantaṉam niyati
                    <lb n="190"/>muppalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkke
                    <lb n="191" break="no"/>y Aimpatu kācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa mutali
                    <lb n="192" break="no"/>raṭṭiUṅkuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innāṭṭup piramateyam caṭaṅkavikuṟic
                    <lb n="193" break="no"/>ciccavaiyār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta niṟaikuṟaiyāp paḻaṅkā
                    <lb n="194" break="no"/>cu toṇṇūṟu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭuvarai poli niṟaimati nārāyattāḷ
                    <lb n="195"/>Irukala nellāka vanta nellu nūṟṟeṇpatiṉ kalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innellāl niyatip
                    <lb n="196" break="no"/>paṭi Iva<unclear>r</unclear>kaḷ koṇṭuvantu celuttakkaṭavatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Oru kācukku niṟaimatinā<unclear>rā</unclear>
                    <lb n="197"/>yattāṟ patiṉkala nellaḵkamākap patiṉaiṅkaḻañcu kaṟpūrattukku O<unclear>ru</unclear>
                    <lb n="198" break="no"/>kācākattirumeṉi pūcun tiruccantaṉattoṭu kūṭṭi Araikkum kaṟpū
                    <lb n="199" break="no"/>ram niyati Eḻaraikkāṇam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil
                    <lb n="200"/>Ittevarkkey Irupattaintu kācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭ
                    <lb n="201" break="no"/>ṭa mutaliraṭṭiUṅkuṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Innāṭṭuppiramateyam kaṭuṅkomaṅ
                    <lb n="202" break="no"/>kalattuccavaiyār kaiIṉ meṟpaṭi poliŪṭṭāka vaitta niṟaikuṟaiyā
                    <lb n="203" break="no"/>ppaḻaṅkācu patiṉāṟu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ikkācāl Oru kācukku Āṇṭuvarai poli niṟaima
                    <lb n="204" break="no"/>ti nārāyattāl Irukala nellāka vantanellu muppattirukalam <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Inne
                    <lb n="205" break="no"/>llāl Iva<unclear>r</unclear>kaḷ niyatippaṭi koṇṭuvantu celuttakkaṭavaṉa Īriḷanīrukku
                    <lb n="206"/>nāḻi nellākat tirumañcaṉam Āṭi Aruḷa Iḷanīr vaḻuvai Uṭpaṭa niya
                    <lb n="207" break="no"/>ti IrunāḻiIṉukku nāḻi Iḷanīrukku nāliḷanīrāka niyati Iṭum Iḷa
                    <lb n="208" break="no"/>nīr Eṭṭu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied> Ipparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil Ittevark
                    <lb n="209" break="no"/>key Aintukācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātuviṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiUṅku
                    <lb n="210" break="no"/>ṭuppatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g ref="sym:bar" type="punctuation">.</g></supplied>
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                        <lem>kalam</lem>
                        <note>Space left unengraved in this line and below. The gap may be filled as follows: <foreign>Ipparicu celuttātu kuttukkāṟpaṭil Ittevarkke Aimpatu kācu taṇṭamum paṭṭuc celuttātu viṭṭa mutaliraṭṭiyuṅkuṭuppatu</foreign>.</note>
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                <p>Digital edition of SII 14.16A by <bibl><ptr target="bib:RamanathaAyyar1962_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.</p>
                
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                    <bibl n="SII">
                        <ptr target="bib:RamanathaAyyar1962_01"/>
                        <citedRange unit="page">12-17</citedRange>
                        <citedRange unit="item">16A</citedRange>
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