Vēlūr, time of [Rājādhirāja], year lost

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⟨1⟩ [kaṉṉi kāvalar] [teṉṉa]var mūvaruḷ va [*****] Iruvarukka-

⟨2⟩ [ru]ḷi-k kāṉakam Oruvaṉukkaḷittu-p porucilai

⟨3⟩ [ci]rccilaic cēralaṉ vēlaikeḻu kāntaḷūr-[cā]-

⟨4⟩ lai kalam aṟuppitt’ ilaṅkai-k-karaicai[yu]m a-

⟨5⟩ laṅkal vallavaṉaiyuṅ kaṉṉakucci

⟨6⟩ kāvalaṉaiyum poṉṉaṇi muṭi-t-ta-

⟨7⟩ lai taṭintu taṉ koṭippa[ṭ]ai y-ēvi-k ka-

⟨8⟩ ṉṉāṭakar viṭu kaṭakari puraḷat taṉṉāṭaiyi-

⟨9⟩ ṟ tamiḻpparaṇikoṇ ṭoṉṉār vacci[ra]-

⟨10⟩ neṭuvāḷ vicciyaṉ veruneḷitt’ añ[ci]-

⟨11⟩ yoṭi vañciyampaṭaiyāl āṅkavaṉ [pi]-

⟨12⟩ tāvai mātāvoṭum catāmali v¡i!ṅku n¡i!rppū-

⟨13⟩ ṇṭ¡ui!r veñcamatt’ akappa[ṭu]tt’ am{p}paṭai

⟨14⟩ Āhavamallaṉ payattoṭum varaviṭum O

⟨15⟩ ṟṟarai veru[va]rappiṭippitt’ āṅkavar mā[na]-

⟨16⟩ vil Āhavamallaṉ yāṅṅaṇam Aiñci-

⟨17⟩ ṉaneṉṉa naṉkeḻuti-c celuttiya [pi]-

⟨18⟩ taṉ puli-k-koṭi-p paṭaiñar oṭṭalari vāraṇa [varacaik kaṭalpuraic] [unknown number of lost lines]

Translation

⟨1–18⟩ ... [portion of the meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1887-88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/41).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.139). Edited in Pūṅkuṉṟaṉ 2021.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Krishna Sastri 1923 and on photos (E Francis, 2009).

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government Press. Pages 13–14, item 139.

[P] Pūṅkuṉṟaṉ, Ra. 2021. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XVIII. Vēlūr māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti I. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 57. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Item 135/2021, page 159.

Secondary

ARIE 1887-88 (1/3). G.O. No. 424, 20th April 1888. Archaeology. Recording letter from the Director-General forwarding Dr. Hultzsch's progress report from 21st September 1887 to 31st January 1888. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1888. Page 5, appendixes I/1887-1888, item 41.