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                <title>Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 7</title>
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                        <name>G. Vijayavenugopal</name>
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                        <forename>Emmanuel</forename>
                        <surname>Francis</surname>
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                            <p>Lacunose inscription in three fragments. Each line appears to be read in continuty with the corresponding line of the other fragments. Time of Rājendra II Cōḻa, whose <foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> is found a the beginning of the first fragment.</p>
                            <p>On the <foreign>jagati</foreign> of the north base.</p>
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                <div type="textpart" n="A"><head>First fragment</head>                    
                    <ab>                        
                        <lb n="A1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi>
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                    <lg n="1" met="āciriyappā">                        
                        <l n="1">Iraṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ-arai Ilakkamu<supplied reason="lost">ṅ</supplied> koṇṭu</l>
                        <l n="2">pērāṟṟaṅkarai-k koppattu</l>
                        <l n="3">Ākava-mallaṉai Añcuvittavaṉ</l>
                        <l n="4">Āṉaiyuṅ kutiraiyum peṇṭir paṇṭāramuṅ</l>
                        <l n="5">koṇṭu</l>
                        <l n="6">vi<hi rend="grantha">jai</hi>ya-A<hi rend="grantha">bhiṣe</hi>kam paṇṇi</l>
                        <l n="7">vīra-ciṅkācaṉat=tu vīṟṟirun=t-aruḷiṉa</l>
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                    <p>kō-p-parakēcari-pa<hi rend="grantha">nma</hi>r-ā<unclear>ṉa</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="10" unit="character" precision="low"/> <unclear>yā</unclear>ṇṭu 7 Āvatu kāṭuveṭṭikaḷ nilaṉ ku<unclear>ṭi</unclear> tāṅkiyār <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> yār mu<supplied reason="lost">m</supplied>maṭi-cōḻa-tēva <gap reason="illegible" quantity="4" unit="character"/> yār kuṭi tāṅki <hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>nakiyār-āṉa vaṉava<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-mātēviyār tiru-vekkā Āḻvārkku ce <hi rend="check"><gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/><!--EF: ceyva cāttva?--></hi> vitt-aruḷiṉa tiru-p pa <gap reason="illegible" quantity="11" unit="character"/> taitta poṟ-pū <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
                        <lb n="A2"/>vaṭa kuṭiñaṟ kal 5 poṟ-kācu <gap reason="lost" quantity="7" unit="character"/> Itil <gap reason="illegible" quantity="6" unit="character"/> <unclear>ku</unclear>ṟak=kum muttu-k <gap reason="illegible" quantity="4" unit="character"/> <num value="67">6 <g type="numeral">10</g> 7</num> ce <g ref="sym:tam-nilam" type="ideogram"/> <g type="numeral">100</g> ṅ <gap reason="illegible" quantity="6" unit="character"/> <unclear>ku</unclear>ṟakkum <gap reason="illegible" quantity="13" unit="character"/> nay <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> kkum <gap reason="illegible" quantity="10" unit="character"/> <g ref="sym:tam-nilam" type="ideogram"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="70" unit="character" precision="low"/> ṉāl kuṭiñaṟ kal <unclear>3</unclear> kaṇṭa vaṇi yokk<unclear>u</unclear>m <gap reason="illegible" quantity="10" unit="character"/>
                        <lb n="A3"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="line"/>
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                <div type="textpart" n="B"><head>Second fragment</head>                    
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                        <lb n="B1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="10" unit="character"/> m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta-vēḷārum Iraṭṭa-pāṭi-<unclear>koṇṭa</unclear>-cōḻa-m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta-vēḷārum <unclear>vikrama-cōḻa</unclear>-mūvēnta-vēḷārum v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ra-rā<hi rend="grantha">je</hi>n<hi rend="grantha"><choice><orig>t</orig><reg>d</reg></choice>ra</hi>-tamiḻatarayarum mummuṭi-<unclear>cōḻa-p</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/> m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta-vēḷā<supplied reason="lost">rum</supplied> <gap reason="lost" quantity="20" unit="character" precision="low"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="15" unit="character" precision="low"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
                        <lb n="B2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> laivan m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta-vēḷārum vi<hi rend="grantha">je</hi>ya-<hi rend="grantha">rājen<choice><orig>t</orig><reg>d</reg></choice>ra</hi>-m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta-vēḷārum maṇṇai-koṇṭa-cōḻa-p-pallavatarayarum vikkirama-ṇi-m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta-vēḷārum <hi rend="grantha">rāja</hi>-ciṅka-<hi rend="grantha">bra<unclear>h</unclear></hi>ma<hi rend="grantha">rā</hi>yarum nitta-vinōta-m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta-vēḷāru <gap reason="lost" quantity="20" unit="character" precision="low"/> n=ta-viḻupparayanum Aḻakiya cōḻa-m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta- <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
                        <lb n="B3"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <hi rend="grantha"><unclear>ndra</unclear></hi>-cōḻa-m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēn=tavēḷārum <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> navan Uttama <gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/> rai kiḻān Ari-kula-viḻuppa<unclear>rai</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="7" unit="character"/> pāṇṭiya-mūvēn=ta-vēḷārum parākkira <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> vēn=ta-vēḷāru <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> lacey <gap reason="lost" quantity="20" unit="character" precision="low"/> m pañcavan <hi rend="grantha">brah</hi>ma<hi rend="grantha">rā</hi>yaru <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> cōḻa-kula- <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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                <div type="textpart" n="C"><head>Third fragment</head>
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                        <lb n="C1"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> vēḷānum puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-kaḷattu <gap reason="illegible" quantity="5" unit="character"/> <gap reason="lost" quantity="15" unit="character"/> muṭi-koṇṭa-cōḻa-p-pallavarayanum perum pēr-uṭaiyāṉ <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
                        <lb n="C2"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <unclear cert="low">pañca</unclear>vaṉ m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēn=tavē <gap reason="illegible" quantity="10" unit="character"/> <gap reason="lost" quantity="15" unit="character"/> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="20" unit="character"/> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
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                <div type="textpart" n="A"><head>First fragment</head> 
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                            <lem>nilaṉ ku<unclear>ṭi</unclear> tāṅkiyār <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> yār</lem>
                            <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01">nīlaṉ kuṭi tāṅkiyār</rdg>
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                        <app loc="A1">
                            <lem/>
                            <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01"/>
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                        <app loc="A1">
                            <lem>vaṉava<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>mātēviyār</lem>
                            <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01">mātēviyār</rdg>
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                <div type="textpart" n="B"><head>Second fragment</head> 
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                            <lem>mummuṭi<unclear>cōḻap</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/> m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta-vēḷā<supplied reason="lost">rum</supplied></lem>
                            <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01">mummuṭi cōḻap <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/></rdg>
                        </app>
                        <app loc="B2">
                            <lem>vikkirama-ṇi-m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vēnta-vēḷārum</lem>
                            <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01"> vikkirama cōḻa mūvēnta vēḷārum</rdg>
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                <div type="textpart" n="C"><head>Third fragment</head> 
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                        <app loc="0">
                            <lem/>
                            <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01"/>
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                <p>From the available photos, it appears that the second fragment further continues towards the right.</p>
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                <p>Not reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1920-1921"/></bibl>.</p>
                
                <p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01"/></bibl> and <bibl><ptr target="bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01"/></bibl>.</p>
                
                <p>This revised digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (Babu N. Ramaswamy, 2024).</p>
                
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