Kōlār, Kōlārammā temple, time of Veṭṭumārapāṇaṉ, no year author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Aubervilliers DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN00002.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Tax exemptions.

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Letter na regularly found instead of expected ṉa.

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svasti śrī

kuvaḷāla-pura-parameśvaraṉ kaṅka-kulōṟpavaṉ kā vēri-vallabhaṉ nandigiri-nāthaṉ Uttama-cōḻa-k-kaṅkanṉ-ānṉa veṭṭummāra pāṇanṉ-ēṉ kuvaḷāla-nācciyār tēvatānṉaṅkaḷilum tēvarkaḷ tēvatānṉaṅka ḷilum maṟṟuṅ kuvaḷāla-nāṭṭil-uḷḷa tēvarkaḷ tēvatāṉaṅkaḷilun tiruviṭai yāṭṭam paḷḷiccantaṅkaḷilum-uḷḷa ṉila-vari Aviccu-p-pāṭ=ṭamum maṉai-paṇamum vā la-paṇamu maṟṟ’ uḷḷa varivukaḷum viṭṭēṉ

It-tan·mattai y-aṟrakkuṉāṉ keṁkai-k-ka raiyiṟ kurāṟ pacuvai-k koṉṟān piramavattiyilē viḻuvānṉ .

Itu pan-māhēśvara rakṣai .

śivam astu

Aṟam aṟivaṟk’ aṟam allatu tuṇai y-illai .

pāṇanṉ-ēṉ pāṇaneṉa tēvatānṉaṅkaḷilum tēvatānaṅkaḷilum vāla-paṇamu vāpaṇamu It-tan·mattai Ittanmattai piramavattiyilē piramavattiyilē . āka .

Prosperity! Fortune!

I, Veṭṭummārapāṇaṉ, ... have given ...

He who does harm aṟakkuṉāṉ to this pious donation it-tan·mattai will fall into the sin of piramavattiyilēThe term piramavatti, a variant tadbhava of piramakatti from Sanskrit brahmahatyā, must be taken here, it seems, in the generic sense of sin. of he who kills a tawny cow on the bank of the Ganges.

This donation is under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

Let there be prosperity!

To who knows virtue, other than virtue, there is no refuge/help.

Edited and translated in (EC 10 Kl 110).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on EFEO pictures (2004).

Kl 110