Karantai Tamil Caṅkam plates, time of Rājendra I Cōḻa, year 8

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Plates: Sanskrit Portion

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⟨3v1=112⟩ ...

⟨3v12=123⟩ ... Āgāmino nara-pat¿i?n abhi¿v?āca-

⟨3v13=124⟩ te sau rājendra-coḷa-nr̥patir nnamit-ottam-āṅgaḥ grāmo ’yam astu paripālya Iti pratīta-namr-āvan-īndra--

⟨3v14=125⟩ makuṭ-ollasad-aṁghripīṭhaḥ ∥ grāmo ’yaM vividha-makha-jvalat·-kr̥śānu-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-ghr̥ṣṭ-āṁghri-pīṭhaḥ śrī-

⟨3v17=128⟩ mān· rājendra-coḷa⟨s⟩ sphurad-uru-mahima-stutya-paryyāpta-kāvyaḥ pāyād ā- candra-tāraM sakala-vasumatī-maṇḍalaṁ

⟨3v18=129⟩ khaṇḍit-āri⟨ḥ⟩ ∥ śaṁkar-ār¿iy?>-ātmajen=edaM pārśva-grama-nivāsinā nārāyaṇena kavinā śāsanaṁ śāśvataM kr̥taM

⟨3v19=130⟩ tri-bhuvana-mahā-devi-mahācā⟨r⟩yyo rājendra-siṁha-per-ācāryyaś ca śāsanam idam alikha-

⟨3v20=131⟩ tāM śilp-āgama-tatva-kuṣalau dvau ↝ ↝ ↝ ↝

Plates: Tamil Portion 1 of 2

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⟨2v1=73⟩

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⟨3r1=97⟩

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⟨3v1=121⟩

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⟨4r1=145⟩

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⟨4v1=169⟩

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⟨5r1=193⟩

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⟨5v1=217⟩

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⟨6v1=265⟩

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⟨22v7=1042⟩ t=ta-maṅkagalam-uṭaiyāṉ Araiya¡n! rājarāja¡n!-āṉa vikrama-cōḻa-c-cōḻiya-v-arai⟨ya⟩ṉu

Plates: Tamil Portion 2 of 2 = list of donees

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⟨1r1=1⟩ svasti śrī ∥ nittavinōta-vaḷanāṭṭu v¡i!racōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu tribhuvaṉa-mahādevi-c-caturvvedimaṅkalattu-

⟨1r2=2⟩ -p paṅku peṟṟār ∥ rājendra-siṃha-vaḷanāṭṭu-t taṉiyūr v¡i!ra-nārāyaṇa-c-caturvvedi-maṅgalattu bhā-

⟨1r3=3⟩ ¿ra?ggava-gotrattu Āśvalāyaṉa-sūtrattu Iṟaiyāṉaraicūr matisūtaṉa-yajña-p-piriya-bhaṭṭaṉukku-p pa-

⟨1r4=4⟩ ṅk’ oṉṟu ∥ ...-

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⟨31v1=1399⟩ ...-

⟨31v5=1403⟩ ... kaṇakka-p-paṅku ...-

⟨31v14=1412⟩ karattaṉ veṅkāṭaṉukku kaṇakka-p-paṅk’ oṉṟu ∥ kāviti-paṅku nityavinōta-vaḷanāṭṭu muṭiccōṇā-

⟨31v15=1413⟩ ṭṭu ...-

⟨31v19=1417⟩ ... uvacca-p-paṅku ...-

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⟨31r9=1426⟩ ... nāvica-p-paṅku ...

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⟨32v1=1439⟩ ...

⟨32v8=1446⟩ ... ¿mimāṅśa?a-

⟨32v9=1447⟩ -paṭṭa-vr̥tti nilam ¡Aiy!-vēli ∥ vēdan=ta-bhaṭṭa-virutti nilam ¡Aiy!-vēli ∥ vyākaraṇa-p-paṭṭa-virutti-nila⟨m⟩ nal vē-

⟨32v10=1448⟩ li ∥ paviḻiya-k-kiṭ¿a?-p-puṟattukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ taitti⟨ri⟩ya-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru vēli ∥ vājasanē-

⟨32v11=1449⟩ ya-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam Iru vēli ∥ ¡san=tōha!-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru vēli ∥ A¡dh!arvva-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru ⟨v⟩ē-

⟨32v12=1450⟩ li ∥ talav¡u!(kara-k-ki)ṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru vēli ∥ rūpāvatāra-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru vēli ∥ smr̥ti-mūla-

⟨32v13=1451⟩ -gran¡dh!am Ōtuvippaṉukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ bhāratam vācippāṉukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ Ampalam (m)e-

⟨32v14=1452⟩ ḻuki-t toṭṭi-niṟaiccu-t taṇṇ¡i!r aṭṭuvāṉukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ viṣa-bhogattukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ kucava-

⟨32v15=1453⟩ rkku nilam vēli ∥ t¿(ai)?ccar kollarkku nilam vēli ∥ Ivv-ūr śāsaṉam veṭṭi pū¿rjj?ai-

⟨32v16=1454⟩ y-aḵa-p peṟra kāṣthakāri kr̥ṣṇaṉ araṅkan-āṉa tribhuvaṉa-mahā-devi-p-pēr-ācāriyaṉukku-t tuṇi

⟨32v17=1455⟩ nilam vēli ∥ Ivv-ūr śāsaṉam veṭṭi pū¡jj!ai y-aḵa-p peṟṟa kāṣṭhakāri Ārāvamutu-puruṣo-

⟨32v18=1456⟩ t=tamaṉ-āṉa rājendrasiṃha-p-pēr-ācāriyaṉukku-t tuṇi nilam vēli ∥ ௳ ௳ ∥ ௳ ௳

Apparatus

Plates: Sanskrit Portion

⟨124⟩ paripālaya ⬦ paripālya K.

Plates: Tamil Portion 2 of 2 = list of donees

⟨1455⟩ Ārāvamutu ⬦ Ārāvamadu K.

Commentary

Plates: Sanskrit Portion

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.

Plates: Tamil Portion 1 of 2

⟨1042⟩ vikrama-cōḻa-c-cōḻiya-v-arai⟨ya⟩ṉu. Stops short here.

Bibliography

Edited and translated in Krishnan 1984, with visual documentation.

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Krishnan 1984 and visual documentation therein.

Primary

[K] Krishnan, K.G. 1984. Karandai Tamil Sangam plates of Rajendrachola I. New Delhi, Inde: Archaeological Survey of India.