Nākappaṭṭiṉam, Kāyārōkaṇam temple, time of Rājendra Cōḻa, year 3 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00166.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Donation of gold by an officer (kaṉmi) of the king of Śrīvijaya (Śrīvijaiyam) to offer jewels―rubies (māṇikkam) and emeralds (marakatam)―for a silver statue (veḷḷittirumēṉi) of Nākaiyaḻakaṉ in the Tirukkārōṇam temple in Nākapaṭṭiṉam.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

3rd year of the glorious king Rajendra Cōḻa alias the king Parakesarivarman.

For NākaiyaḻakaṉThat is, the beautiful one (aḻakaṉ) from Nākai., a glorious body in silverThat is, a silver statue., in the Kṣatriyaśikhāmaṇivaḷanāṭu, there are fourteen kaḻañcus and a half of gold that from Mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉam in the Kīṭcempināṭu, the officer of the king of Śrivijaya, gave.

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While the temple officers said ... that This should be written in this manner, I have engraved it, I, Tēvar Kaṇṭācāriyaṉ alias Ēṟaṉ Caṭaiyāṉ, from Nākappaṭṭiṉam.

Reported in (ARIE/1956-1957/B/1956-1957/164).

Edited in , with facsimile. Edited (with many variants different line-split) and translated in (pp. 276-277).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on ASI estampage available on BharatSHRI.

224-225 30/1998 58 B/1956-1957 164