Kuttālam, Mayavaram, time of Rājarāja I, year 23

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Part A

⟨A1=1⟩ [****]ṉaica

⟨A2=2⟩ [****]ā-p parakēsa[**]

⟨A3=3⟩ [****]Uttama cōḻa[**]

⟨A4=4⟩ [******]ḷiḻa (i)ṉṉi

⟨A5=5⟩ [******]devar-uṭaiya

⟨A6=6⟩ pa[*********]

⟨A7=7⟩ [*********]

⟨A8=8⟩ nila[*********]

⟨A9=9⟩ nila[*********]

⟨A10=10⟩ māvum (kāvirinallūr)[***]

⟨A11=11⟩ paḻa devaṉam Iṟaiyi

⟨A12=12⟩ li nilam mukkālē-y nā

Part B

⟨B1=13⟩ [*****]ppa nārāṇa

⟨B2=14⟩ [****]uṭaiya-pirāṭṭiyār[***]

⟨B3=15⟩ (i)ṭṭu ku[****]nilam araiyu

⟨B4=16⟩ m āḻvā[***]yilaiccu[****]

⟨B5=17⟩ Āka[****]kka mukunate

⟨B6=18⟩ kkum [****]poṉa

⟨B7=19⟩ [**********]ṉ I

⟨B8=20⟩ [********]patiṉ māvum

Part C

⟨C1=21⟩ tirukkomiluṭai

⟨C2=22⟩ yārkaḷ erikkakaṭavarkaḷā-

⟨C3=23⟩ y muṉpu kallil veṭṭikki-

⟨C4=24⟩ ṭanta tirun¡o!n=tā-viḷakku-

⟨C5=25⟩ tiṉ nāl-araiyum Āka nilam

⟨C6=26⟩ patiṉ-eḻē-y nāṉku-mā mukkāṇi-

⟨C7=27⟩ kkiḻ Arai muntirikaiyum aṉai-

⟨C8=28⟩ muppata-tāṟum tirun¡o!n=tā-viḷa-

⟨C9=29⟩ kku-p patiṉ nāl-arai Itaṉuḷ

⟨C10=30⟩ taṅkuṟaiyāy-k kamukun teṅkum

⟨C11=31⟩ pū nantavāṉamum āka I(yā)kku kiḷa ni-

⟨C12=32⟩ laṉ Iraṇṭē-y Oṉpatiṉ māvu-

⟨C13=33⟩ m de

⟨C14=34⟩ tākavum tirukkōyil uṭaiyārkaḷ

⟨C15=35⟩ muṉ māṇ muṉṟu ceytu U(ṇ)ṭu-

⟨C16=36⟩ varum nilam vēliyum paḻampaṭi

⟨C17=37⟩ māṇ muṉṟum ceytuṇṭu varuva

⟨C18=38⟩ tākavum tirukkōyil uṭaiyārkaḷu-

⟨C19=39⟩ m Ukaccarkaḷum Irāja niyōgat=ta-

⟨C20=40⟩ l śrī-kā⟨ri⟩yañ ceyvāṉum Aṭikaḷ

⟨C21=41⟩ māru(m) kavari-p piṇākkaḷum kuṭiyiru⟨k⟩ka

⟨C22=42⟩ maṭaviḷākamāṉa nilam Eḻu-māvu-

⟨C23=43⟩ m maṭaviḷākavum tirukkoyil u-

⟨C24=44⟩ ṭaiyārkaḷ Erikka kaṭavārkku kaṉmēl

⟨C25=45⟩ mun veṭṭi-k kiṭakkum tirun¡o!n=tā-vi-

⟨C26=46⟩ ḷakku-p patiṉ nāl araiyum paḻampa-

⟨C27=47⟩ ṭiyē-y tirun¡o!n=tā-viḷakk’ erikka-ka-

⟨C28=48⟩ ṭavārkaḷ ākavum kāviriṉallūrk(ku)

⟨C29=49⟩ Āḻvār maṉai muppattāṟum deva-

⟨C30=50⟩ ṉam-āṉa nila muḻuṅ kuṭikaḷ kuṭi-

⟨C31=51⟩ y ākkavun niṟutti nivantañ ce-

⟨C32=52⟩ yu nilam patiṉ muṉṟē-y Eṭṭu-mā

⟨C33=53⟩ mukkāṇi-k k¿i?ḻ Arai muntirikēyu

Part D

⟨D1=54⟩ nivantañ

⟨D2=55⟩ ceytapaṭi Ā-

⟨D3=56⟩ ḻvārkku-p paya-

⟨D4=57⟩ ṟu-p po¡n!akatti--

⟨D5=58⟩ ṟkuṭ-paṭac ciṟuk(ā)-

⟨D6=59⟩ laikku Arici kuṟu-

⟨D7=60⟩ ṇiyum Uccam

⟨D8=61⟩ pōtaikku Ari-

⟨D9=62⟩ ci kuṟuṇiyum A-

⟨D10=63⟩ ntiyam pōtai

⟨D11=64⟩ ⟨k⟩ku Arici kuṟuṇi-

⟨D12=65⟩ yum Arddhayāma-

⟨D13=66⟩ ttukku Arici na-

⟨D14=67⟩ ṉāḻiyum Āka A

⟨D15=68⟩ rici mukkuṟuṇi nā

⟨D16=69⟩ ṉāḻikku{kku} kuṟuvā-

Part E

⟨E1=70⟩ ḷ kūli uṭpa-

⟨E2=71⟩ ṭa Añc’ iraṇ-

⟨E3=72⟩ ṭu vaṇṇam

⟨E4=73⟩ nellu Iru-tū-

⟨E5=74⟩ ṇi Aṟu-nāḻiyum payaṟ-

⟨E6=75⟩ ṟu-p pō¡n!a-

⟨E7=76⟩ ruppukku-p payaṟu nā-nāḻi

⟨E8=77⟩ kku nellu-k kuṟuṇiyu-

⟨E9=78⟩ m payaṟṟu-p pō¡n!akattu-

⟨E10=79⟩ kku-c caṟkaṟai-y Iru-palat-

⟨E11=80⟩ tukku nellu nāḻiyuriyu-

⟨E12=81⟩ m nēy-y amirtu ciṟukā-

⟨E13=82⟩ laikkuḻakkum Uccam-pō-

⟨E14=83⟩ taikkum Antiyam-pō-

⟨E15=84⟩ taikkum Arddhayāmattu-

⟨E16=85⟩ kkum nālu pōtaiykkum

⟨E17=86⟩ porikkaṟi Amutukkum ā-

⟨E18=87⟩ ka nē⟨y⟩-y amu⟨tā⟩ḻākkum āka nē-

⟨E19=88⟩ y nāḻikkum nellu-t

⟨E20=89⟩ tūṇiyum kaṟi-y-amirtu

⟨E21=90⟩ nālu pōtai-y-kkum ku-

⟨E22=91⟩ mmāya Amurtukkum parupp’ a-

⟨E23=92⟩ mutukkum puḻukku-k-kaṟi-y o-

⟨E24=93⟩ ṉrukkum kutakaḷi-y oṉṟu-

⟨E25=94⟩ kkum pori-k-kaṟi-y-amut’ o-

⟨E26=95⟩ ṉṟukkum ākka kāyam uṭpaṭa

⟨E27=96⟩ nellu-k kuṟuṇi Oru nāḻi-

⟨E28=97⟩ yun tayir-amutu nā-nāḻik-

⟨E29=98⟩ ku nellu-k kuṟuṇi nāṉā-

⟨E30=99⟩ ḻiyum Aṭaikkāy-amutu I-

⟨E31=100⟩ rupatukkum veṟṟilai-p-

⟨E32=101⟩ paṟṟ’ oṉṟukkum

Part F

⟨F1=102⟩ nellu nāṉā-

⟨F2=103⟩ ḻiyum tiru-v-amu-

⟨F3=104⟩ t’ iṭa viṟakku (ne)-

⟨F4=105⟩ llu nā-ṉāḻiyu-

⟨F5=106⟩ mañcaṭ kāppukku ne-

⟨F6=107⟩ llu nāḻiyum [**]ma

⟨F7=108⟩ [**](Uccam pōtu)ḻa-k[**]-

⟨F8=109⟩ kkālu (po)[***]

⟨F9=110⟩ ḻampu nāḻikku [****]

⟨F10=111⟩ Iru-palattukku nellu-p pa-

⟨F11=112⟩ takkum citārikku nel kuṟu-

⟨F12=113⟩ ṇiyum dīpamālai ciṟu-

⟨F13=114⟩ kālai-p pati-nañcum U-

⟨F14=115⟩ ccam-pōtu [****]m

⟨F15=116⟩ Irāvai-k kaimpatum

⟨F16=117⟩ āka pamālai Eḻupat(t)ai-

⟨F17=118⟩ ñcukku Eṇṇai Iru-nāḻi-

⟨F18=119⟩ yum śrī[***]kku kaiy

⟨F19=120⟩ viḷakkukkum āka paricāraṅkaḷukku

⟨F20=121⟩ sandhiviḷakkukkum āka Eṇṇai-

⟨F21=122⟩ nāḻiyum āka Eṇṇai muṉ

⟨F22=123⟩ ṉālikku nellu-k kalamum-

⟨F23=124⟩ āka nicata nellu Irukala-

⟨F24=125⟩ (ṉē-y Iru-tūṇi Aiññā)-

⟨F25=126⟩ ḻiyuri-y āka Orāṭṭaikku ⌈

⟨F26=127⟩ nellu-t toḷḷāyira-t-

⟨F27=128⟩ t’ eṇpatiṉ kaḷaṉē-y

⟨F28=129⟩ Eḻu kuṟuṇi nā-nāḻiyum pari-

⟨F29=130⟩ caṭṭam Īraṇaikku Orāṭṭai-

⟨F30=131⟩ kku nellu-p patiṉ A-

⟨F31=132⟩ ṟu kalamum jalapa-vi-

Part G

⟨G1=133⟩ tra nāllu-

⟨G2=134⟩ kku Orāṭṭai-

⟨G3=135⟩ kku nellu mu(kka)-

⟨G4=136⟩ lamum tiru[***]-

⟨G5=137⟩ kai Iraṇṭukku O-

⟨G6=138⟩ rāṭṭai nel-

⟨G7=139⟩ lu Eṇ-kalamum

⟨G8=140⟩ vitāṉam Oṉṟi-

⟨G9=141⟩ ṟku Orāṭṭaikku ne-

⟨G10=142⟩ llu Aiṅ-kalamu-

⟨G11=143⟩ m tirumeṟkaṭṭi O¡n!-

⟨G12=144⟩ ṟukku Orāṭṭaikku ⌈-

⟨G12=145⟩ na⟨l⟩ mukkalamum āka

Part H

⟨H1=146⟩ nellu muppattaiṅkala-

⟨H2=147⟩ mum āka Orāṭṭai nāḷaikku ve-

⟨H3=148⟩ ṇṭu nellu Āyiratt’ o-

⟨H4=149⟩ ru patt’ aiṅ-kalaṉē-y Eḻu-kuṟuṇi-

⟨H5=150⟩ ṉā nāḻikku nilaṉ Āṟē-y Aṟumā-

⟨H6=151⟩ mukkāṇi muntirikai Arai muntiri⌈-

⟨H7=152⟩ kai Ā⟨ḻ⟩vārai-t tiruvārātiṉai ceyyum bra-

⟨H8=153⟩ hmaṇaṉ oruvaṉukku-k kappaṭa muṭpaṭa

⟨H9=154⟩ nicati nellu-p patakku nā-ṉāḻi-y āka

⟨H10=155⟩ Orāṭṭai nellu Eḻu-patt’ aiṅ-

⟨H11=156⟩ kalattukku nilaṉ Oṉpati mākkāṇi-

⟨H12=157⟩ y araikkāṇiyum tirukkōyil uṭaiyār-

⟨H13=158⟩ kaḷ muṉ vēli nilaṅ koṇṭu ceytu va-

⟨H14=159⟩ rum māṇ muṉṟileṭun tiru-v-amut’ aṭ⟨ṭ⟩avun tirumañ-

⟨H15=160⟩ caṉa nirum taṇṇ¿i?r amutu cumantaṭṭavum tiruvārāti-

⟨H16=161⟩ ṉai ceyyu nampikku paricārakañ ceyyavum-

⟨H17=162⟩ tirumēy pūccu-t tekkavum vitāṉam pi-

⟨H18=163⟩ ṭikkavum Uṭpaṭa veṇṭum āṉa Iraṇṭiṉu-

⟨H19=164⟩ kku nicata nellu-k kuṟuṇi nā-ṉāḻi-y āka Orā-

⟨H20=165⟩ ṭṭai nāḷaikku nellu nāṟpatt’ aiṅkalattiṟ

⟨H21=166⟩ nilam kālē-y Arai māvarai-k-kāṇi tiruppaḷi-

⟨H22=167⟩ ttāmam paṟittu-t toṭuppār muvarkku-

⟨H23=168⟩ nicata nellu-k kuṟuṇi nā-ṉāḻi-y āka Orāṭ-

⟨H24=169⟩ ṭaikku nellu nāṟpatt’ aiṅkalattu-k-

⟨H25=170⟩ ku nilaṉ kālē Araimāvarai-k kāṇi-

⟨H26=171⟩ tirumuṟ⟨ṟa⟩n tiruvalakiṭṭu-t tirumeḻukkiṭuva-

⟨H27=172⟩ r muvarkku nicata nellu-k kuṟuṇi nā-ṉāḻi-y ā-

⟨H28=173⟩ ka Orāṭṭaikku nellu nāṟpatt’ aiṅkala-

⟨H29=174⟩ ttukku nilaṉ kālē-y Araimā-v araikkāṇi

⟨H30=175⟩ (Ukacu) talaippaṟai-y oṉṟum attaḷamu-

⟨H31=176⟩ ṉṟum kaṟaṭikai oṉṟum caṅk’ iraṇṭum kāḷam ira-

⟨H32=177⟩ ṇṭum cekaṇṭikai-y oṉṟum tāḷam O-

⟨H33=178⟩ (raṇai)yum kaimaṇi oraṇaiyum āka Åka pa-

⟨H34=179⟩ nṉiraṇṭum tirumañcaṉamum tiru-

Part I

⟨I1=180⟩ vamutum bhruta-

⟨I2=181⟩ baliyum śrī-ba-

⟨I3=182⟩ liyum Arddhayāma-

⟨I4=183⟩ mum pa(ḷ)ḷi-y eḻucciyum-

⟨I5=184⟩ koṭṭuvat’ āka nicatam pe-

⟨I6=185⟩ ṟu nellu Iru-tūṇi-k kuṟu-

⟨I7=186⟩ ṇi Iru-nāḻi-y āka Orāṭṭai-k-

⟨I8=⟩ ku nellu Iru-nūṟṟ’ eḻupatt’ ē-

⟨I9=⟩ ™lu kala¡n!ē tūṇi-p patakkukku (ni)-

⟨I10=⟩ laṉ Oṉṟ’araiyē-y nāṉku-

⟨I11=⟩ māvarai Araikkāṇi muntiri-

⟨I12=⟩ kai tirumēykāppār iruvarkku-k ka-

⟨I13=⟩ ppaṭam uṭpaṭa nicata nellu mukkuṟu-

⟨I14=⟩ ṇi-y āka Orāṭṭaikku nellu-t to-

⟨I15=⟩ ṇṇūṟṟu-k kalattukku nilaṉ Arai-

⟨I16=⟩ yē-y mākāṇi karaṇattāṉ O-

⟨I17=⟩ ⟨ru⟩vaṉukku nicata nellu Aṟupatiṉ kalattu-

⟨I18=⟩ ku nilaṉ Eḻuyāvarai rāja-niyō-

⟨I19=⟩ gat=tāl śrī{ya}ryañ ceyv⟨ā⟩ṉu-

⟨I20=⟩ kku nicatam patakk’ Āka Orāṭṭaikku ne-

⟨I21=⟩ llu Aṟupati¡n! kalattiṟku nilaṉ (E)-

⟨I22=⟩ ḻumāvarai [****]tiyam pāṭuvār i-

⟨I23=⟩ [********]tam patakk’ āka Orā

⟨I24=⟩ [ṭṭai] [*****]pati¡n!kalattiṟku-

⟨I25=⟩ [*******]kku nel(lu) pa

Part J

⟨K1=⟩ tiṉ kalattiṟku ni-

⟨K2=⟩ lam Araikkāl Āḻ-

⟨K3=⟩ vār tirttam āṭiyaru-

⟨K4=⟩ ḷum vaikāci vicāka-ttiṟku-t-

⟨K5=⟩ tiruviḻāviṟkum veṇṭu palavica-

⟨K6=⟩ ttiṟku nellu nūṟṟaim pati-

⟨K7=⟩ ¡n! kalattiṟku nilaṉ mukkālē-y mu

⟨K8=⟩ naṟumā mukkāṇi saṃkrānti tōṟu-

⟨K9=⟩ m nūṟṟeṭṭu-k kalacam āṭiyaruḷavum

⟨K10=⟩ kalavariciyā [*****] ti [****] ca-

⟨K11=⟩ yam uṭpaṭa [**********]-

⟨K12=⟩ ṭum palavicattu [******] ḷaikku-

⟨K13=⟩ ppaṉ iraṇṭu snamanattukkum āka ni-

⟨K14=⟩ laṉ Oṉṟē-y Aṟumā [****]

⟨K15=⟩ [*****] devar śāsana-

⟨K16=⟩ [**] ṭi I[**] meyaḷantu

⟨K17=⟩ [**] ḷanta [****]ṭi nibantam

⟨K18=⟩ [*********]vukaṅ

⟨K19=⟩ [*****] mukuṉ te

⟨K20=⟩ [***] ṇṭu kāḻcci ceyta nilamum

⟨K21=⟩ nibandhañ ceyka-v eṉṟu It-

⟨K22=⟩ tirukkaṟṟaḷi Eṭuppittu Ide-

⟨K23=⟩ vark [*****] tta śrī Uttama⌉-

⟨K24=⟩ cōḻarai-t tiruvayiṟuvāytta

⟨K25=⟩ Uṭaiya-pirāṭṭiyār cempiyaṉ

⟨K26=⟩

⟨K27=⟩

⟨K28=⟩

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2–4⟩ 26th year of the king Sundara Pāṇḍya.

⟨4–10⟩ This stone1 [is] the pious donation (dharma) of the a kāśyapa2, Sundara Pāṇḍya Brahmarāja alias Eṭuttakkaiyaḻakiyāṉ, son of Nampi, from Rājāśrayacaturvedimaṅgala alias Cēlam.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1925-1926 (ARIE/1925-1926/C/1926/103).

First edited in Srinivasa Rao 1952 (SII 13.170).

Encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Renato Davalos, based on Srinivasa Rao 1952.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 92–95, item 170.

Secondary

ARIE 1925-1926. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1926. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government of India, 1927. Page 43, appendix C/1926, item 103.

Notes

  1. 1. That is, the pillar on which the inscription is engraved.

  2. 2. That is, belonging to the gotra of Kaśyapa.