Madras Museum plates of Uttama Cōḻa

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)], Source Language (other) (source_other) [Source Script (other) (source_other)], Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ yati sma [||] sa ca teṣāṁ yugma-vaṁśa-paṭṭaśālinānteṣv eva karuvuḷān·pāṭi-kaṁsahappā-
⟨1r2=2⟩ dy-atimānappādy-eṟṟuvaḻiccerīty ākhyāteṣu vāṭakeṣu tathā taddhema-śata-dvayan nyadha-
⟨1r3=3⟩ tta teṣv ¿a?va vāṭakeṣv atimānappāṭi-karuvuḷān·pāṭīti vāṭaka-dvayajātāṁstantuvā(y)ā-
⟨1r4=4⟩ ntasyaiva hares tulā-prasthādi-mānasaMbhūteṣv arttheṣu hema-vṛddhy-upanateṣv artthe⟨ṣu⟩
⟨1r5=5⟩ cāyavyayālokināṁ śrī-kāryya-kṛtām abhāvāt· sa E⟨va⟩ rājā śrī-kāryya-kara-
⟨1r6=6⟩ ṇāya tān eva sva⟨ya⟩nnyayuṅkta{ḥ} || dātavyam māsamātre kuḍubaka-sahitan taṇḍu-
⟨1r7=7⟩ la-prastha-yugman taila-prasthañ ca coḻāniyama-nilayanair ūraka-sthatri-dhāmne [|] nā-
⟨1r8=8⟩ deyaṁ rājabhāvyaṁ karam iti madhuronmāthinā śūnyabhāvāc coḷenājñāpitai-
⟨1r9=9⟩ s tair atha nagara-janair apy anujñātam etat· || Āyavyayāvathālikhya coḻāniyam avā-
⟨1r10=10⟩ sibhiḥ [|] māsakrameṇa caikaikan darśanīyau kuḍuMbibhiḥ [||] rāja-vastra-kṛtām eṣāñ catu-
⟨1r11=11⟩ r-vvāṭa-nivāsināM [|] hareḥ kāryyani-yuktaiś ca sārddha-mūraka-vāsinaḥ ||

Plates: Tami portion

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Bibliography

Edited and translated in Krishna Sastri 1920 (SII 3.128), with visual documentation.

This edition by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1920. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part III: Inscriptions of Aditya I, Parantaka I, Madiraikonda, Rajakesarivarman, Parantaka II, Uttama-Chola, Parthivendravarman and Aditya-Karikala and the Tiruvalangadu plates of Rajendra-Chola I. South Indian Inscriptions 3.3. Madras: Government Press. Pages 264–276, item 128, plates IX-X.

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