Mahābalipuram, time of Rājarāja, year 25

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tirumakaḷ pō-

⟨2⟩ la-p peru-nila-c-celvi(yu)n= taṉakkē-

⟨3⟩ -y urim(ai) pūṇ(ṭa)mai maṉa(kk)oḷa-k kā-

⟨4⟩ n=taḷuṟ cālai kalam aṟut(t-aruḷi) veṅkai-

⟨5⟩ -nāṭuṅ (ka)ṅka-pāṭiyu (nuḷa)mpa-pāṭiyun= ta-

⟨6⟩ ṭikai-pāṭiyuṅ kuṭama(lai)-ñāṭuṅ kol-

⟨7⟩ lamuṅ kaliṅkamum Eṇ-ṭicai pukaḻ tara

⟨8⟩ Īḻa-maṇṭalamum Iraṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ’ arai y-ila-

⟨9⟩ kkamun= tiṇ-ṭiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ ko-

⟨10⟩ ṇṭa ta¡ṉn! eḻil vaḷa(r u)ḻiyuḷ ellā yā-

⟨11⟩ ṇṭun= toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭē ceḻi-

⟨12⟩ yarai tēcu koḷ śrī-kōrājarājarāja-

⟨13⟩ kesarivarmmar-āṉa śrī-rājarāja-devaṟku yā-

⟨14⟩ ṇṭu Iru-patt’ aiñc-āvatu Āmu(r-k-)-

⟨15⟩ ṭṭam vakai ceykiṉṟa (pu)tukk-uṭai-

⟨16⟩ yāṉ Ekatiraṉ Aiyampatiṉ maṉnakara-

⟨17⟩ -māmallapurattu jalaśayaṉa-devar te-

⟨18⟩ ṟkkil tiru-nan=tāvaṉattē Iruk(ka) I¡ṉ-n!a-

⟨19⟩ karattu nakarattōmum periḷamaiyō-

⟨20⟩ mum Emmil icain=tu ceyta vyavastai

⟨21⟩ y-āvatu Emm-¡u!r n¡i!r-nilamum veṇ-ṇi-

⟨22⟩ lamum toṭṭa-nilamum kollai-nilamu-

⟨23⟩ m iṟai-nilamāmacc’ eppeṟpaṭṭatu-

⟨24⟩ m nūṟu ma(ṉai)-k-k¡i!ḻ nā(l kūṟā)ka Aṭai-

⟨25⟩ ppat’ ākavum Ip-pa(ri)cu Aṭaiccu n(ā)-

⟨26⟩ lu kūṟiṭṭa Oru kūṟu In-nakarattu ka(ṭu)-

⟨27⟩ mpiṭuku-cēri-c-caṅkara-p-pāṭiyā(rk)-

⟨28⟩ ku Irupatt’ aiñcu maṉaikku kūṟāva-

⟨29⟩ t’ ākavum niṉṟa m¡u!ṉṟu kūṟum Ēḻu-

⟨30⟩ patt’ aiñcu maṉai-k-k¡i!(kū)ṟāvat’ ā-

⟨31⟩ kavum kūṟiṭṭa paricē maṉaiyum nilamu-

⟨32⟩ m viṟkkavum Oṟṟivaikkavum dharmma-

⟨33⟩ -(d)āṉañ ceyya peṟuvat’ ākavum ni-

⟨34⟩ lamum maṉaiyum kū(ṟ’ aṭai)t(ta) paric(e)-

⟨35⟩ (la)kṣaṇañ ceytu kuṭuppat’ ākavu-

⟨36⟩ m muṉp-uḷḷa lakṣaṇañ c(āṅkam ki)-

⟨37⟩ ḻivat’ ākavum kūṟ’ aṭaitta nilaṅka-

⟨38⟩ ḷil niṉṟa palluruvil pa(ḻa)-maraṅka-

⟨39⟩ ḷ Avvavakūṟuṭaiyāṉē peṟu-

⟨40⟩ vāṉ ākavum mañcikkattil niṉṟa-

⟨41⟩ ṉa nūṟu maṉaiekkuṅ kū(ṟā)vat’ ākavum

⟨42⟩ nilam Iṉṟiyē patiṉ āṟu vayasi

⟨43⟩ mēl viyāpārañ ceyt-iruppārai

⟨44⟩ Arai-k kaḻañcu poṉṉum kūli-

⟨45⟩ kku-c ceyt-iruppārai Arai-k kā-

⟨46⟩ l poṉṉum E-

⟨47⟩ ruṭaiyarāy va-

⟨48⟩ ricaikku muvārai-

⟨49⟩ kkāl-p poṉṉu-

⟨50⟩ m Āṇṭu varai-

⟨51⟩ -k koḷvat’ ākavum

⟨52⟩ Ip-paricu Aṉṟe-

⟨53⟩ ṉṟārai mē(l)-

⟨54⟩ ṟu Irupatt’ aiṅ-kaḻañcu poṉ daṇ--

⟨55⟩ ṭaṅ koḷvat’ ākavum Ip-paricu em-

⟨56⟩ mill icain=tu vyavastai ceytō-

⟨57⟩ m nakarattōmum periḷamaiyō-

⟨58⟩ mum Ip-paricu nakarattārum periḷa-

⟨59⟩ maiyāruñ colla Eḻutiṉēṉ

⟨60⟩ I¡ṉ-ṉ!akarattu karaṇattāṉ tiru-v-a-

⟨61⟩ ṭikaḷ maṇi kaṇṭa ṉāṉ tiruveḷaṟai-

⟨62⟩ muvāyirattu Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉēṉ I-

⟨63⟩ vai E¡ṉṉ! eḻuttu

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1886-87 (ARIE/1886-1887/II/1886-1887/2).

Edited in Hultzsch 1890 (SII 1.40), with English translation.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Hultzsch 1890.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions, Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram, Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 63–66, item 40.

Secondary

ARIE 1886-87. G.O. No. 1462, 24th October 1887. Archaeology. Noting with satisfaction the work performed by Dr. Hultzsch, Epigraphist, from 21st November 1886 to 20th September 1887. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1887. Page 5, appendix II, item 2.