Nākappaṭṭiṉam, Kāyārōkaṇam temple, time of Rājendra Cōḻa, year 7 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00167.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Donation of gold, including Chinese gold (cinakkanakam) by an officer (kaṉmi) of the king of Kiṭāram, named Agralēkai alias Kuruttaṉ Kēcuvaṉ, for offering rituals (avipali arccaṉai) to the Ardhanāri that he had installed in the Tirukkārōṇam temple in Nākapaṭṭiṉam.

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tiru maṉnṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭaṉntai pōr-c-caya-p-pāvaaiyum ciīr-t-tanṉi-c-celviyum perun=-tēviyār āki y-iṉpuṟa neṭutuyal Ūḻiyuḷ Iṭai-tuṟai-nāṭun= tuṭarvaṉa vēlippaṭar vaṉa vāciyu ḷḷi ḷḷi-p-pākkai ṉai-k-kaṭakkamum māṅkavar tēvi muṉnavar pakkal ⌈ vaitta cuntara-muṭiyum In=ti rai Īḻa-maṇṭalamumu taṇṭāṟ koṇṭu laṅkē ṟaiñca Init’ aṅk’ irun=ta

kō-p-para-kēsari -paṉmar-āṉa śrī-rājentdra-cōḻa-devaṟku yāṇṭu 7 Āvatu

kṣatriya-śikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭṭu paṭ ṭiṉa-k-kūṟṟattu nāka-paṭṭiṉattu tiru-k-kārōṇam-u ṭaiya mahā-devar kōyilil kiṭāratt’ araiyar kanmi śrī-kuruttaṉ kēcuvaṉn-āṉa Agralēkai Eḻun=t-aru ḷuvitta Arddhanārikaḷukku Avi-bali-Arccaṉaikku Eṉṟu mēṟpaṭiyāṉ vara-k-kāṭṭiṉa cīna-k-kanakam E ṇpatt’ ēḻu kaḻañcē mukkālum mēṟpaṭiyāṉ It-tēvar kōyilil Ut=tamāgram Iraṇṭu kala m uṇṇa pōkattukku Eṉṟu vara-k-kāṭṭiṉa cī ṉa-k-kaṉakam eṇpatt’ ēḻu kaḻañcē mukkālum mēṟpaṭiyāṉ tēvarkkum bramaṇarkkum tayiru Eṉṟu vara-k-ḵāṭṭiṉa Untikai poṉ Aru-patiṉ kaḻañcē mukkālum Āka Ip-poṉ Iru-nūṟṟu muppatt’ aṟu kaḻañcē kālum

tiru-k -kārōṇām-uṭaiyārkku vēṇṭum tiru-v-apara ṇam Uḷliṭṭaṉa ceyya-k koṇṭu It-tēvar paṇṭārattai Itu ... ṟkarikaḷukku tiru-v-amit’ arici pōtu Iru-nāḻi-y-āka Arici Aṟu nāḻikai Añc’ iraṇṭu vaṇṇa m nellu kuṟuṇi Ēḻu nāḻiyum ney-y-amu tu Āḻākkiṉukku nellu nā-nāḻiyum-āka pō tu mūṉṟ’ irukku nellu nāḻiyum tayi r-amutu nāḻiyum nāḻiyu yu Aṭai-k-kāy pātiri

kōpparakēca ripaṉmarāṉa śrīrājentiracōḻatēvaṟku kōpparakēcari panmarānṉa śrīrājentdracōḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu 7 Āvatu yāṇṭu Ēḻāvatu °cikāmaṇi° °śikhāmaṇi° tirukkārōṇa muṭaiya tirukkārōṇa ṭaiya tirukkārōṇamu ṭaiya śrī kuruttaṉ kuruttaṉ Eḻunt-aru ḷuvitta mu Arttanārikaḷukku Ardhanārikaḷukku Avibali Arccaṉaikku Avipaliyu Eṉṟu mēṟpaṭiyāṉ varakkāṭṭiṉa varak kāṭṭiṉa E ṇpattēḻu Eṇpattēḻu mēṟpaṭiyāṉ mēṟpaṭi Ittēvar kōyilil Uttamākram Iraṇṭu kala Ardhanāritēvar kōyilil Uttamāgram Iraṇṭu kala

Prosperity! Fortune!

Seventh year of the glorious king Rajendra Cōḻa alias the king Parakesarivarman,

who [meykkīrtti of Rājendra I Coḻa]

In the temple of Mahādeva, Lord of the glorious Kārōṇam, in Nākappaṭṭiṉam in the Pāṭṭiṉakkūṟṟam in the Kṣatriya-śikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭu, so that there be āka for the avipaliSanskrit havirbali. arcanāSanskrit arcanā. of the Ardhanāri that AgralēkaiSanskrit Agralekhai. alias the glorious Kuruttaṉ Kēcuvaṉ, the officer of the king of Kiṭāram, had installed, eighty seven kaḻañcus three quarters of Chinese gold cīna-k-kanakam that the above-mentioned has sent/offered for ... eighty seven kaḻañcus three quarters of Chinese gold cīna-k-kanakam for ... sixty seven kaḻañcus three quarters of uṇṭikai gold this gold amounts to two hundred thirty-six kaḻañcus three quarters.

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so that there be two nāḻis at the time of therice food-offering for Ardhanāri

Reported in (ARIE/1956-1957/B/1956-1957/166).

Edited in , with facsimile (part A = 25 lines). Edited (with many variants) and translated in (pp. 277-278) (part A = 34 lines; no part B).

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

230-231 33/1998 59 B/1956-1957 164