Cārāla plates, time of Rājendra / Rājakesarin Vīrarājendra, year 32 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01010.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata

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Plates: Sanskrit portion 1 of 2

svasti śrī

Ullaṁghit-āMbuddhibhir uddhata-bāhu-viīryyair nnirdhūta-vairi-nara-nātha-bala-prapañcaiḥ sainyair ddadāha sa kaṭāham adadgdham anyai rājendra-coḷa-nr̥patiḥ kim asāddhyam asya . 7 10 2 .

Plates: Tamil portion 1 of 3

Plates: Sanskrit portion 2 of 3

Plates: Tamil portion 2 of 3

Plates: Sanskrit portion 3 of 3 sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmmam etan nr̥pāṇām kāle kāle pālianiīyo bhavatdbhis tasmād etān bhāvinaḥ pārtthivendrān· bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ . sukr̥tam idam ajasraṁ rakṣyat=ediṣu diīśān·ti kṣitīśās sakala-nr̥piati-vandyas so ’yam āgamino vaḥ hara-caraṇa-saroj-ottvaṁsa-cihnena mūrddhnā mukauḷita-kara-pandmo vandyate rājarājaḥ . bahubhir vvasudhā dattaṁā rājabhis sagar-ādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalam· . pariṇatan adhiśayaṁ madhurāntaka-brahmādhirājan atanva śāsanam eva deśa-madhye sva-pati-kāryya-viniścy-ārtthaṁ buddhiḥ kr̥ta śaśi-bhūṣaṇa-paṇḍitena sārddhaṁ .
Plates: Tamil portion 3 of 3

tiru-vāy-moḻin=t-aruḷa I-śāsana-Eḻuttu veṭṭi⌈ nṉēnṉ kuvaḷāḷa-nāṭṭu-k kuvaḷāḷatt’ irukkun= taccācāriyanṉ caṅkaraṉ kāṭāṭi y-ānṉa karuṇākara-Ācāriyaṉ .

Aṟam maṟavaṟkka Aṟam allatu tuṇai y-illai .

prāṇi pariharikka .

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Plates sukr̥tam idam As noted by , this verse is corrupted. See suggestions of emendations in (p. 264, fn. 5), with further suggestions by Chhabra, the editor of EI 25. This verse is in fact borrowed from Pallava charters. See e.g. IP 121, st. 29, where the verse is correct.
Plates: Sanskrit portion 1 of 2

Prosperity! Fortune!

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Plates: Tamil portion 3 of 3

I, Karuṇākara Ācārya, alias Saṅkara Kāṭāṭi, master carpenter residing in KuvaḷālamThat is, Kōlār, in Karnataka. in Kuvaḷālanāṭu, I have engraved the letters of this order while the king graciously uttered it with his glorious mouth.

Do not forget virtue/dharma aṟam. Other than virtue/dharma aṟam, there is no refuge/help/support tuṇai.

Sentient beings should protect this donation!

Reported in (ARIE/1937-1938/A/1937-1938/1).

Edited and translated in (EI 25.25).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on .

6 A/1937-1938 1