svasti śrī

kōṉēriṉmai-koṇṭān tiru-vānṉ paṭṭi Uṭaiyār ciī-kāriyañ ceyvārkaḷukku nañ ceṉā-patikaḷil kaṇṭarātittaṉ ceṭṭi y-ānṉa rāja-rāja-p-paṅkaḷa-nāṭ’ uṭaiyāṉukku nam ceṉā-pati-k kāṇi y-āka Iṭṭa nilam āvatu

peruūr-nā ṭṭu kovanṉputtūrr-ānṉa viīra-keraḷa-nallūr-p pāl perumāṭkaḷ nācci nallūril civa-pāta-cēkara-maṉṉa ṟaiyil Ati-rāca-rāca-vāy-k-kālukku vaṭakku koṅ ka-kula-valli-vatikku-k kiḻakku-p puṟatuṇṭattu nel vitai mu-k-kalattil It-tēvar paṅkuṉi-t tiru-nāḷ viṇ ṇāḷaṉukku Ivaṉ v-iṭṭa nel

vitai Iru-kalattiṉā l mēl-vārattāl nel Iru-pattu nāṟ-kalattukku-c cilav’ ā ka-t tiru-Amut-arici tūṇi-p patakku nāl viñcaṉam uṭ-paṭa nel -k- kalaṉē tūṇi-p patakkum maṭattukku Arici nāṟ-kalattinṉāl viñcaṉam Uṭ-paṭa nel-p patiṉ aiṅ-kalanṉē tūṇi Aṟu-nāḻiyum pūcikkum nampiyārkku tiru-p-paḷḷi-t tāmam pa ṟippānṉukkum toṭuppānṉnṉukkum tiru-k-kuḻal paṇi ceyvāṟkkum nel kalanṉē tūṇi tiru-viīti Āṇṭārkaḷukku nel Iru-tūṇi patakku tiru-viḷakk' eṇṇai kuṟi nā-nā ḻikku nel nā-k-kalam tiru-p-patiyam pāṭuvōṟkum naṭṭuvaṟkum nel tūṇi pataṟkum Iru-kala-nel vi taiyāl pāṭṭa nel Iru-pattu naṟ-kalanṉē tūṇi-p pataṟkum koṇṭu

It-taṉmam celuttuka Itu panṉmā-Ēcuvar rekṣai

Prosperity! Fortune!

In the name of our army commander ceṉāpatikaḷ, this land is given so that the hereditary rights of the land kāṇi of our army commander which belonged to the landholder uṭaiyār from Rājarājapaṅkalanāṭu, alias Kaṇṭarātittaṉ Ceṭṭi of the court of king Kōṉēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ are transferred to the managers of the sacred temple cīkāriyañ ceyvārkaḷ of the Lord of Tiruvāṉpaṭṭi.

The paddy that he gave for the Paṅkuṉi festival dedicated to this God, he gave to Viṇṇāḷaṉ (?) three pots of paddy seeds obtained from the plot to the east of the Koṅkakulavalli cross-channel and north of the Atirācarācaṉ canal in Civapāta-cēkara-maṉṉaṟai located in Nallūr. This is a plot under the charge of Nācci (?) and the assembly of Vīrakeraḷanallūr, alias Kovanputtūr, in Pērūr-nāṭu is as follows.

So that there be ākaThat is, "for a total of". expenses amounting to twenty-four pots of paddy throughthat is, "from". the share claimed by the landholder mēlvāram covered by twenty pots of paddy seeds, the following is provisioned. For the sacred rice food-offerings: one kalaṉ, one tūṇi, and one patakku of paddy, which includes four side-dishes for one tūṇi and one patakku. For the maṭam: fifteen tūṇis and six nāḻis of paddy , which includes one side-dish per four pots of rice. For the temple priests nampiyār who perform the worship pūcikkum, the garland maker toṭuppāṉ, and the picker of flowers paṟippāṉ for the garland of the idol tiruppaḷḷi tāmam, and those who play the holy flute tirukkuḻal paṇi ceyvār: one kalaṉ and one tūṇi of paddy. For the temple priests who perform the worship, , six nāḻis, one tūṇi, and 15 pots of paddy, which include a side-dish per four pots of rice. For the mendicants āṇṭārkaḷ who live in the sacred street: two ṭūṇi and one patakku of paddy. For four nāḻis ... for the sacred oil lamp tiruviḷakk' eṇṇai: four kalams of paddy. For the singers of holy hymns tiruppatiyam pāṭuvōr and the dancers naṭṭuvaṟ: one tūṇi of cooked rice pataṟku at the rate of (?) of two pots of paddy seeds, after taking one tūṇi of cooked rice pataṟku for themselves (?).

This donation is to be implemented under the protection of the Śaiva devotees paṉma ecuvar.

Reported in (ARIE/1893-1894/A/1893/565).

Edited in (SII 5.241).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on . This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).

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