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15 <forename>Valérie</forename>
· <surname>Gillet</surname>
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· <forename>Emmanuel</forename>
20 <surname>Francis</surname>
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35 <p>Copyright (c) 2019-2025 by Valérie Gillet.</p>
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· <summary><p>AIM, southern shrine; on the base of the northern façade of the sanctuary and the <foreign>ardha-maṇḍapa</foreign>, begins below the niche of Brahmā; four lines are engraved on the round part of the base (<foreign>kumuda</foreign>), and six lines on the flat lower part of the base (<foreign>jagati</foreign>); 15th regnal year of Kōpparakesarivarman Uṭaiyar Śrī Rājendracōḻadeva = Rājendracōḻa I (<foreign>circa</foreign> 1027 A.D.); <foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> of Rājendracōḻa, lines 1 to 6; because the inscription is built over at the end, I cannot give a continuous translation.</p></summary>
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· <lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi>
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90
· <lg n="1" met="āciriyappa">
· <l n="1">tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-<unclear>ni</unclear>la-maṭa<supplied reason="lost">n</supplied>t<supplied reason="lost">ai</supplied>yu<unclear>m</unclear></l>
· <l n="2">pōṟ-<hi rend="grantha"><unclear>je</unclear></hi>ya-p-pāvaiyum c<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r-t-ta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice><supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>-c-celv<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>yun</l>
· <l n="3">taṉ perun=tē‡v<unclear>i</unclear>yar āk<unclear>i</unclear> Iṉpu<unclear>ṟu</unclear></l>
95 <l n="4">neṭutuy<supplied reason="lost">a ‡ l ūḻiyuḷ iṭa</supplied>tuṟai nāṭum</l>
· <l n="5">tuṭa<unclear>r</unclear>va<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a vēl<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>p paṭar va<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>avāciyum</l>
· <l n="6">cuḷḷ<unclear>i</unclear>c cūḻ mat<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied><unclear>l</unclear> koḷḷ<unclear>i</unclear>pp<supplied reason="lost">ākkai</supplied><unclear>yum</unclear></l>
· <l n="7"><supplied reason="lost">naṇṇa</supplied> <space type="unclassified"/> ṟkk’ arumuraṇ maṇ<unclear>ṇai</unclear>kkaṭakkamum</l>
· <l n="8">poru kaṭal <supplied reason="lost">ī</supplied>ḻatt’ araicar tamuṭ<supplied reason="omitted">i</supplied><unclear>y</unclear>um</l>
100 <l n="9">Āṅkavaṉ tēvi<unclear>ya</unclear>r O<unclear>ṅk’ e</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ḻil</supplied> mu<unclear>ṭi</unclear>yum</l>
· <l n="10">muṉṉavar <choice><sic>m</sic><corr>p</corr></choice>akkal teṉ<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>avār vaitta</l>
· <l n="11">cun=t<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>ra<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied> muṭiyum In=tira<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> āramum </l>
· <l n="12">te<choice><orig>ṉ</orig><reg>ṇ</reg></choice> <unclear>t</unclear>i<supplied reason="lost">r</supplied>ai <supplied reason="lost">īḻamaṇṭalam muḻuvatum</supplied></l>
· <l n="13"><supplied reason="lost">eṟi paṭaik kē</supplied><lb n="2"/>raḷar muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ</l>
105
· <l n="14">kulata<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>am ākiya palar puka<supplied reason="omitted">ḻ</supplied> muṭiyum</l>
· <l n="15">ceṅ katir mālaiyum caṅk<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>tir vēlait</l>
· <l n="16">tol peruṅ kā‡va<unclear>l</unclear> pal paḻan= t<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>vum</l>
· <l n="17"><unclear>ceru</unclear><supplied reason="lost">vil ‡ ciṉavi</supplied>l Irupatt’ oru kāl</l>
110 <l n="18">Araicukaḷ<unclear>ai</unclear> kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ</l>
· <l n="19">mēvaruñ cān=tima<choice><orig>ṟṟ</orig><reg>tt</reg></choice><choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>v’ araṇ karuti</l>
· <l n="20">Iruttiya cempo<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> tiru <space type="unclassified"/> t taku muṭiyum</l>
· <l n="21">payaṅ koṭu paḻimika muyaṅkiyil m<unclear>u</unclear>tukiṭṭ’</l>
· <l n="22">oḷitta cayaciṅkaṉ Aḷapparum pu<unclear>ka</unclear>ḻoṭu</l>
115 <l n="23">pīṭiyal iraṭṭapāṭi Ēḻarai</l>
· <l n="24">Ilakkamum navane<unclear>t</unclear>i kulap peru malaikaḷum</l>
· <l n="25">vi<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>mavīra-cakkara<supplied reason="lost">-k-kōṭṭamum</supplied></l>
· <l n="26"><supplied reason="lost">mutirapaṭa vallai matura-maṇṭa</supplied><lb n="3"/>lamum</l>
· <l n="27">kāmiṭai vaḷar nāmaṇaik kōṇaiyum</l>
120 <l n="28">veñ cilai vīrar pañca-p-paḷḷiyum</l>
· <l n="29">pārcaṭaip paḻa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a mācuṇitēcamum</l>
· <l n="30">a<unclear>ya</unclear>r‡vil vaṇ kīrttiy āti<unclear>nakara</unclear>-vayi‡<supplied reason="lost">l</supplied></l>
· <l n="31"><unclear>ca</unclear>n=tiraṉ tol kulatt’ in=tira-rātaṉai</l>
· <l n="32">viḷaiyamark kaḷattuṭ kiḷaiyoṭum piṭittu</l>
125 <l n="33">pala ta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>at toṭuniṟ<unclear>ai</unclear> kula <space type="unclassified"/> <unclear>ta</unclear><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ak kuvaiyum</l>
· <l n="34">kiṭṭaruñ ceṟimuḷai Oṭṭa-vi<hi rend="grantha">ṣai</hi>yamum</l>
· <l n="35">pūcura cey nalk kōcalai-nāṭun=</l>
· <l n="36">ta<hi rend="grantha">nma</hi>pālaṉai vemmuṉai<unclear>y</unclear> aḻittu</l>
· <l n="37">vaṇṭuṟai cōlait taṇṭa puttiyum</l>
130 <l n="38">Iraṇa-cūraṉai mu<choice><orig>r</orig><reg>ṟ</reg></choice>aṇu<supplied reason="lost">ṟat tākkit</supplied></l>
· <l n="39"><supplied reason="lost">tikkaṇaik kīrtti takkaṇalāṭamum</supplied></l>
· <l n="40"><supplied reason="lost">kō</supplied><lb n="4"/>vin=tacan=taṉ māviḻin= tōṭat</l>
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· <l n="41">taṅkāta cāral <unclear>vaṅ</unclear>k<unclear>āḷa</unclear>tē<unclear>camu</unclear>m</l>
135 <l n="42">to<unclear>ṭu </unclear>ka<gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character" precision="low"/><unclear>vo ṭala</unclear> <hi rend="grantha">mahi</hi>pālaṉai</l>
· <l n="43">veñcamar vi‡<unclear>ḷā</unclear>katt’ a<unclear>ñ</unclear>cuvitt' aruḷiy</l>
· <l n="44">oṉ<surplus>i</surplus><supplied reason="lost">t</supplied>i<supplied reason="lost">ṟal</supplied> <unclear>yāṉaiyu</unclear>m peṇṭir paṇṭāramum</l>
· <l n="45">nittira neṭuṅ kaṭal uttiralāṭamum</l>
· <l n="46">veṟimalar<unclear>t</unclear> tī<unclear>r</unclear>tt’ <choice><unclear>e</unclear><unclear>ē</unclear></choice>ṟi puṉaṟ kaṅ<space type="unclassified"/><unclear>kaiyu</unclear>m</l>
140 <l n="47">a<unclear>laikaṭal</unclear> naṭuvuṭ pala kalañ celuttic</l>
· <l n="48"><hi rend="grantha">saṅkrāmavija</hi>yōttuṅka<hi rend="grantha">vanma</hi><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice></l>
· <l n="49">ākiya kaṭāratt’ araiyaṉai vāykayam</l>
· <l n="50">poru <choice><sic>t</sic><corr>k</corr></choice>aṭaṟ kumpa-k-kariyoṭum akappaṭutt’</l>
· <l n="51">urimaiyiṟp piṟakkiya pe<supplied reason="lost">ru-nitip piṟakkamum</supplied></l>
145 <l n="52"><supplied reason="lost">ārttavaṉ akanakarp pōr</supplied><lb n="5"/>ttoḻil <supplied reason="lost">vā</supplied>calil</l>
· <l n="53"><unclear>vi</unclear><hi rend="grantha">jā</hi>tara-t-tōraṇamum <unclear>O</unclear>ttoḷi</l>
· <l n="54">puṉai maṇip putavamum ka<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>amaṇik katavum</l>
· <l n="55">ni‡<supplied reason="lost">ṟai cīr vica</supplied>yamum tu‡<supplied reason="lost">ṟai nīr</supplied>p pa<choice><orig>ṉṉ</orig><reg>ṇṇ</reg></choice>aiyum</l>
· <l n="56"><supplied reason="omitted">na</supplied>ṉ malai yūr eyiṟ <supplied reason="lost">to</supplied>ṉmalaiyūrum</l>
150 <l n="57">āḻ kaṭal akaḻ c<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>ḻ māyir<unclear>u</unclear>ṭiṅkamum</l>
· <l n="58">kalaṅ<space type="unclassified"/> <unclear>kā</unclear> val viṉai Ilaṅkā<supplied reason="lost">cō</supplied>kamum</l>
· <l n="59">kōppuṟu niṟai pu<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>al māppappāḷamum</l>
· <l n="60">kāvaṉ puricai mēv<unclear>i</unclear>liṉpaṅkamum</l>
· <l n="61">viḷaippan= tū<choice><orig>ṟ</orig><reg>r</reg></choice>uṭai vaḷaippan= tū<choice><orig>ṟ</orig><reg>r</reg></choice>um</l>
155 <l n="62"><unclear>ka</unclear><supplied reason="lost">lāmutirk kaṭun tiṟal ilāmuri-tēcamum</supplied></l>
· <l n="63"><supplied reason="lost">kalait takkōr pukaḻt talai-t-takkōlamum</supplied></l>
· <l n="64"><lb n="6"/>t<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>t' am<choice><sic>ā</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>r val viṉai mātam<unclear>āli</unclear>ṅkamum</l>
· <l n="65">kalāmurik kaṭun tiṟal ilāmuritēcamum</l>
· <l n="66">tē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>akk’ alar poḻil mānakkavā<unclear>ra</unclear>‡<supplied reason="lost">mum</supplied></l>
160 <l n="67"><supplied reason="lost">toṭu kaṭaṟ kā</supplied>vaṟk kaṭu mu<unclear>ra‡ṇ</unclear> kaṭāramum</l>
· <l n="68">māp perun= taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa</l>
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165 kōpparakē<hi rend="grantha"><unclear>sa</unclear></hi>riva<hi rend="grantha">nma</hi>rāna Uṭaiyar <hi rend="grantha">śrīrājen</hi><choice><sic><hi rend="grantha">tri</hi>ra</sic><corr><hi rend="grantha">dra</hi></corr></choice> <space/> coḻa<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>vaṟkku yāṇṭu <num value="15"><g type="numeral">10</g> 5</num> Āvatu
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· vaṭakarai Uttuṅkatuṅkavaḷanāṭṭu<unclear>k</unclear> kuṉṟakkūṟṟattup paḻuvūr nakarattōm nampirāṭṭiyār mukkoṟkiḻān aṭikaḷ <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
· <lb n="7"/>ḻaṅkai makaṉ cōmaṉ<surplus>p</surplus> puvaniyaip paṭak kuttip pōnav araṅkaṉ paṭṭaṉai nāṅkaḷ avaṉai pōkāmey ‡ <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> ṉ pu<unclear>va</unclear> ‡ niyai <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> ti nakarattōm paḻuvūr pakaiviṭai y-i<hi rend="grantha">śva</hi>rattu <hi rend="grantha">mahādeva</hi>rkku pakalum Iravu cantirāti<space/>ttaval Eriya vaitta tirunon=t<unclear>ā</unclear>-viḷak=ku Oṉṟu vaittum Araṅkaṉ paṭṭaṉaik kaṇṭāl kaṇṭārēy kilākka peṟuvatākavum paḻuvūr nakarattōm tirunontāviḷak <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
170 <lb n="8"/>tuṅ koṇṭu Ittēvatānam Iṉṉāṭṭu pakaiviṭai-<hi rend="grantha">ca</hi>tu<hi rend="grantha"><reg>r</reg>vve</hi>timaṅkalattu kuḷa maṭai kuḷapaṭṭuk kiṭakka I ‡ <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <unclear>kku</unclear>ḷaṅ ‡ kalli Iv<unclear>vū</unclear>r aṭuttu mutalāyk kūṭi varum nellile<unclear>y</unclear> <unclear>Ā</unclear>ṇṭu varai tevakālāl muppatiṉ kala nel <space/> luk koṇṭu It-tirunontā-viḷa <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> Erikka-k kaṭavōm ānōm
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· Ikkōyil kāṇiyuṭaiya <hi rend="grantha">śivabrāhma</hi>ṇar nālvōm paḻuvūr vaḷaiñciyarum caṅkarappāṭiyāru<unclear>m</unclear> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
· <lb n="9"/>vūr caṅkarappāṭiyāṉ <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> kumiḻi manappaṉai kāṇāk kol paṭṭu Ivaṉ paṭṭamaiyil <unclear>ca</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> ṉap paṭa <unclear>Ey</unclear>cārai Aṟiyā <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> ‡ <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <unclear>kumi</unclear>ḻ<unclear>i</unclear> manappaṉaic cāt‡ti paḻuvūr vaḷaiñci<unclear>ya</unclear>rōm Ivvūr Amani<hi rend="grantha"><unclear>gandha</unclear><reg>r</reg>vva-Īśva</hi>rattu <hi rend="grantha">mahāde</hi>vaṟk=ku Iravum pakalum Eriya <space/> vaitta nontā-viḷak=ku Oṉṟiṉu<unclear>kku</unclear> vaitta kācu <num value="50">5 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>
175 </p>
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· Ikkācu Aiñpatum koṇṭu Ittēvar tēvatānam kaṇṭaṉ Eriyāna <hi rend="grantha">di</hi>rttak kuḷattē kalli muṉpu <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> riñcu varuki <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
· <lb n="10"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> <hi rend="grantha">cantrādi</hi>ttavaṟ Erikka kaṭavōm ānōm Ittaḷik kāṇiyuṭaiya paṭṭuṭaiyōm Ēḻuvōm
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180 <p>
· kumiḻi mana<supplied reason="lost">p</supplied>‡<supplied reason="lost">pa</supplied>ṉ muṉpu ceytu varuki<unclear>ṉ</unclear>‡<unclear>ṟa</unclear> maṉaikālum Itukkuppaṭum na<unclear>ṉ</unclear>ceyum puṉceyum Ivaṉ maṇavāṭṭik=kum Iva<space/>ṉ vaṟkkattark=kum <hi rend="grantha">cantrā</hi><supplied reason="lost"><hi rend="grantha">di</hi>tta</supplied>vaṟ I<unclear>kō</unclear>yili ce<unclear>y</unclear>tu kuṭuttōm paḻuvūr nakarattōm
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190 <lem>tirunon=t<unclear>ā</unclear></lem>
· <rdg source="bib:Gillet2024_01">tirunot<unclear>ā</unclear></rdg>
· <note>After this word, the line continues a little higher. The stones are not properly aligned.</note>
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· <lem>Iva<space/>ṉ vaṟkkattark=kum</lem>
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· <p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1923-1924"/></bibl> (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/372).</p>
· <p>Edited and translated in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Gillet2024_01"/></bibl>, based on autopsy and photographs (<ref target="https://...">by Valérie Gillet, <seg rend="check">2018</seg></ref>).</p>
215 <p>This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.</p>
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