Karantai Tamil Caṅkam plates, time of Rājendra I Cōḻa, year 6
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⟨3v13=124⟩ te sau rājendra-coḷa-nṛpatir nnamit-ottam-āṅgaḥ grāmo ’yam astu paripālya Iti pratīta-namr-āvan-īndra--
⟨3v14=125⟩ makuṭ-ollasad-aṃghripīṭhaḥ || grāmo ’yaM vividha-makha-jvalat·-kṛśānu-jvālābhiḥ prakaṭita-divya-puṇya-mārggaḥ Ā-
⟨3v15=126⟩ kalpam vilasatu sat·-path-opadeśa-vyāpāra-sthira-mati-bhūsur-opasevyaḥ || trailoky-āṇḍ-ātirikta-sva--
⟨3v16=127⟩ guṇa-maṇi-gaṇas sarva-śāstr-ātirikta-prajñaḥ prajña⟨ḥ⟩ kalāsu kṣiti-pati-makuṭa-śreṇi-ghṛṣṭ-āṃghri-pīṭhaḥ śrī--
⟨3v17=128⟩ mān· rājendra-coḷa⟨s⟩ sphurad-uru-mahima-stutya-paryyāpta-kāvyaḥ pāyād ā- candra-tāraM sakala-vasumatī-maṇḍalaṃ
⟨3v18=129⟩ khaṇḍit-āri⟨ḥ⟩ || śaṃkar-ār¿iy?>-ātmajen=edaM pārśva-grama-nivāsinā nārāyaṇena kavinā śāsanaṃ śāśvataM kṛtaM
⟨3v19=130⟩ tri-bhuvana-mahā-devi-mahācā⟨r⟩yyo rājendra-siṃha-per-ācāryyaś ca śāsanam idam alikha-
⟨3v20=131⟩ tāM śilp-āgama-tatva-kuṣalau dvau ⁋ ⁋ ⁋ ⁋
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Apparatus
Plates: Sanskrit Portion
⟨124⟩ paripālaya ⬦ paripālya K.
Bibliography
Edited and translated in Krishnan 1984, with visual documentation.
This edition by Emmanuel Francis.
Primary
[K] Krishnan, K.G. 1984. Karandai Tamil Sangam plates of Rajendrachola I. New Delhi, Inde: Archaeological Survey of India.
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Commentary
Nārāyaṇa, the poet of the present Sanskrit praśasti, is also that of the Ecālam plates. Compare stanzas 73 and 76 here with stanzas 33-34 of the Ecālam plates.