Pōlakam bronze statue, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya, year 10 author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00073.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata

Kulōttuṅka-rāyaṉ, alias Nāyakattār Āṇṭāṉ Kōtai, consecrated the image of Tiruvātavūr-Nāyaṉār (Māṇikkavācakar) at the temple of Pōlakam and donated lands for food offerings and the maintenance of sacred lamps.

On the four sides of the pedestal of a bronze statue from Pōlakam and kept in Pondicherry Government Museum since 2020 at the latest.

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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tirupuvaṉa-c-cakkara-vattikaḷ śrī-cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvaṟkku yāṇṭu 10-Āvatu

kēyya-māṇikka-vaḷaṉāṭṭu vaṭakāl parivaṭṭa nakaram pukalōkattu Uṭaiyār pañcavaṉ mādeviśvaram-uṭaiyār kōyilukku tiru-vātavūr-nāyaṉārai Ēṟi-Aruḷa paṇṇiṉa ṉākai-y-āṉa ⌈ cōḻa-kulavalli-paṭ=ṭiṉattu tiru-p-paḷḷi-p-pāṟtṟu ṉāyakattāril Āṇṭāṉ kōta-y-āṉa kulōttuṅka-rāyaṉ-ēṉ Iṉ-ṉāyaṉāṟkku Amutu-paṭikkum tairuviḷakku m nāyanāṉāṟtkku koṇṭaṭa kantaṉ uṭaiyānṉ nilamum nattamum Āvatu

Ivūr piṭākai cankuṇaveḷi paṇappāṟṟukku vaṭakku taṭi mūṉṟu viṭṭuma ṟkku Amutu-paṭikkum tiruvi Ōṭai Eṉṟu pēr kūvappaṭṭa nilam mā mummāvaraiyum kaṇapati vāykkālukku mēṟkku puṟaṅkarampaṉāṭṭu vēḷāṉ maṉaikku valivala-nāṭu vēḷāṉ maṉai Iru ppukkum 1/10 -m

I-nilam mā mummāvaraiyum Iṉ-nāyanāṟku Amutu-paṭikkum tiru-viḷakkum cantdrādityavarai cella-k kaṭavat’ āka-k koṇṭu Iṭṭēṉ Āṇṭāṉ kō tai-y-āṉa kulōttuṅka-rāyaṉ-ēṉ

Ik-kōyil Akāraṇam tiruvārūr ammāṉ Eḻuttu . Ik-kōyil tēvakammi piramiīśvara-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Ik-kōyil kaṇakkaṉ paṉaṅk-uṭaiyāṉ viītiviṭaṅka-p perumāṉ Eḻuttu

tirupuvaṉa tiripuvaṉa pāṟtṟu pāṟṟu nilam mā mummāvaraiyum nilam mā mummāvaraiyum Inilam mā mummāvaraiyum I nilamā mumāvaraiyum cantdrādityavarai candrādityavarai Akāraṇam Akrāṇam piramiīśvara piramīśvara

Prosperity! Fortune!

10th year of the glorious king Sundara Pāṇḍya, emperor of the three worlds.

There is a land and a residential area nattam ...

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This land of ..., I, Kulōttuṅka-rāyaṉ, alias Āṇṭāṉ Kōtai, I have given iṭṭēṉ it, so that this donation is due to go as long as the moon and the sun for food-offerings and for a lamp for this lord.

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Reported and edited in (Āvaṇam 31.100).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on and visual documentation therein, and on the partila photo of the first side of the bronze statute (E. Francis, 2024).