Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, time of Nantippōttaraiyaṉ, year [figure lost]

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold for a festival celebration.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00145.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00145.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465), last modified 2026-08-26 06:31 (95a9465).

Edition

⟨Zone 1: Pillar 1, upper square portion, two adjacent faces⟩
[unknown number of lost lines]
⟨1⟩ [******]‡[******]-
⟨2⟩ muṭi-mahāde‡vaṟku māci-maka-
⟨3⟩ n tiruviḻā-v e‡ṭuppa⟨ta⟩ṟkku ca-
⟨4⟩ ntirātittava‡ṟ pallava-tila⟨ka⟩-
⟨5⟩ -kulattu nan‡ti-p-pōttarai-
⟨6⟩ yar mahādevī‡yār-āṉa Aṭikāl
⟨7⟩ kaṇṭaṉ māṟam‡pāvaiyār vai-
⟨8⟩ tta poṉ ¿v?ati‡ṉ ēḻu kaḻañcē
⟨9⟩ kāl Ip-poṉ‡ṉil mutal viḻā
⟨10⟩ Eṭukku nāṉṟu ‡ Ēḻu kaḻañcu po-
⟨11⟩ ṉṉāl ōr āṇ‡ṭil kaḻañciṉ vā-
⟨12⟩ y kala-v-arici-y-(ā)‡ka Ēḻu kala-v-ariciy(ā)-

⟨Zone 2: Pillar 1, middle octagonal portion, five adjacent faces⟩
⟨13⟩ l tiru-‡mēṉi‡-y āṭa ne‡y pāl ‡ tayir
⟨14⟩ ai¡ñ‡-ñ!āḻi-c ‡ cētum ‡ Iḷa-nīr ‡ Irupatu
⟨15⟩ Aka-nā‡ḻikai ‡ paripāra‡maṭaṅka‡t tiru-
⟨16⟩ -v-amir‡t’ arici ‡ mu-k-kuṟu‡ṇiyum ‡ tiru-v-a-
⟨17⟩ mirtu‡n tiru‡viḷak‡kun ne‡y nā-
⟨18⟩ ḻi ‡ tayir ‡ Iru-nāḻi ‡ Amir‡tu kaṟi
⟨19⟩ carka‡rai vā‡ḻai-p-pa‡ḻam A‡ṭaikkā-
⟨20⟩ y irupa‡tum Ippaṭi-y ‡ ārātip‡pi⟨k⟩kavum
⟨21⟩ mikka-v ‡ arici ‡ koṇṭu ‡ br¿a?hma‡ṇarum aṭi-
⟨22⟩ kaḷmā‡rum uṇ‡ṭu tiruvi‡ḻā-v e‡ṭuttu
⟨23⟩ mikka ‡ poṉṉi‡l Iru-ka‡ḻañcu ‡ poṉ
⟨24⟩ ṉāṟ pa‡licai ‡ yāṇṭu‡varai ‡ Arai-

⟨Zone 3: Pillar 1, lower square portion, two adjacent faces⟩
⟨25⟩ -[k] kaḻañciṉāl nica‡t[i] naṟum pū nūṟu
⟨26⟩ vaṭam ōr ilai-c cā‡ntum Ēḻu nāḷ iṭu-
⟨27⟩ vatāka niṉṟa poṉ‡ṉil kaḻañcē kālāl
⟨28⟩ palicai Ōr āṇṭil ‡ paṉṉiru-nāḻi-y uri-y
⟨29⟩ neyyāl parāmpa‡ṇarum Aṭikaḷmārum
⟨30⟩ Uṇpat-āka niṟai Ēḻu kaḻañcu po(ṉ)
⟨31⟩ [Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu]ttu ‡ [k]iḻ[ai]-k kāl

⟨Zone 4: Pillar 2, upper square portion, one face⟩
⟨32⟩ [*] ṟu [*******] [E]-
⟨33⟩ ḻuttiṉ kuṟai
⟨34⟩ palicai yāṇṭu
⟨35⟩ varai kaḻañciṉ
⟨36⟩ vāy kāl-p pa-
⟨37⟩ icai-y-āka van-
⟨38⟩ ta poṉ kaḻañcē
⟨39⟩ mu-k-kāl Ip-po-
⟨40⟩ ṉ koṇṭu ¿di?rt-
⟨41⟩ tam āṭiṉāl tiru-
⟨42⟩ -namaṉattukku
⟨43⟩ vēṇṭum avi

⟨Zone 5: Pillar 2, middle octagonal portion, 2 adjacent faces (and 3 for the last line)⟩
⟨44⟩ koṇṭu ‡ ⟨nū⟩-
⟨45⟩ ṟṟ’ eṭṭu‡-k kalai-
⟨46⟩ cattāl ‡ tiru-na-
⟨47⟩ maṉañ ‡ ce¡vv!a-
⟨48⟩ t-āka Ip-‡poṉ
⟨49⟩ koṇ‡ṭārai I-
⟨50⟩ la¡tṣ!aṇam cey-
⟨51⟩ tu Ey‡y¿a?ṉāṭṭu
⟨52⟩ tēvatā‡ṉam ciri-
⟨53⟩ -kaṇṭapu‡rattu A-
⟨54⟩ ṟukai v‡āṇikar kai-
⟨55⟩ -¡v-v!aḻi ‡ vaittatu-
⟨56⟩ Itu pa‡ṉmā-
⟨57⟩ heśva‡rar ira‡¡tṣ!ai

⟨Zone 1: Pillar 1, upper square portion, two adjacent faces⟩ [unknown number of lost lines] ⟨1⟩ [ca. 6+]‡[ca. 6+]⟨2⟩muṭi-mahāde‡vaṟku māci-maka⟨3⟩n tiruviḻā-v e‡ṭuppa⟨ta⟩ṟkku ca⟨4⟩ntirātittava‡ṟ pallava-tila⟨ka⟩⟨5⟩-kulattu nan‡ti-p-pōttarai⟨6⟩yar mahādevī‡yār-āṉa Aṭikāl ⟨7⟩ kaṇṭaṉ māṟam‡pāvaiyār vai⟨8⟩tta poṉ ⟨p⟩ati‡ṉ ēḻu kaḻañcē ⟨9⟩ kāl

Ip-poṉ‡ṉil mutal viḻā ⟨10⟩ Eṭukku nāṉṟu ‡ Ēḻu kaḻañcu po⟨11⟩ṉṉāl ōr āṇ‡ṭil kaḻañciṉ vā⟨12⟩y kala-v-arici-y-(ā)‡ka Ēḻu kala-v-ariciy(ā)⟨Zone 2: Pillar 1, middle octagonal portion, five adjacent faces⟩⟨13⟩l tiru-‡mēṉi‡-y āṭa ne‡y pāl ‡ tayir ⟨14⟩ ai⟨n‡-n⟩āḻi-c ‡ cētum ‡ Iḷa-nīr ‡ Irupatu ⟨15⟩ Aka-nā‡ḻikai ‡ paripāra‡maṭaṅka‡t tiru⟨16⟩-v-amir‡t’ arici ‡ mu-k-kuṟu‡ṇiyum ‡ tiru-v-a⟨17⟩mirtu‡n tiru‡viḷak‡kun ne‡y nā⟨18⟩ḻi ‡ tayir ‡ Iru-nāḻi ‡ Amir‡tu kaṟi ⟨19⟩ carka‡rai vā‡ḻai-p-pa‡ḻam A‡ṭaikkā⟨20⟩y irupa‡tum Ippaṭi-y ‡ ārātip‡pi⟨k⟩kavum ⟨21⟩ mikka-v ‡ arici ‡ koṇṭu ‡ br⟨ā⟩hma‡ṇarum aṭi⟨22⟩kaḷmā‡rum uṇ‡ṭu tiruvi‡ḻā-v e‡ṭuttu ⟨23⟩ mikka ‡ poṉṉi‡l Iru-ka‡ḻañcu ‡ poṉ ⟨24⟩ ṉāṟ pa‡licai ‡ yāṇṭu‡varai ‡ Arai⟨Zone 3: Pillar 1, lower square portion, two adjacent faces⟩⟨25⟩-[k] kaḻañciṉāl nica‡t[i] naṟum pū nūṟu ⟨26⟩ vaṭam ōr ilai-c cā‡ntum Ēḻu nāḷ iṭu⟨27⟩vatāka niṉṟa poṉ‡ṉil kaḻañcē kālāl ⟨28⟩ palicai Ōr āṇṭil ‡ paṉṉiru-nāḻi-y uri-y ⟨29⟩ neyyāl parāmpa‡ṇarum Aṭikaḷmārum ⟨30⟩ Uṇpat-āka niṟai Ēḻu kaḻañcu po(ṉ) ⟨31⟩ [Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu]ttu ‡ [k]iḻ[ai]-k kāl ⟨Zone 4: Pillar 2, upper square portion, one face⟩ ⟨32⟩ [1+] ṟu [7+] [E]⟨33⟩ḻuttiṉ kuṟai ⟨34⟩ palicai yāṇṭu ⟨35⟩ varai kaḻañciṉ ⟨36⟩ vāy kāl-p pa⟨37⟩icai-y-āka van⟨38⟩ta poṉ kaḻañcē ⟨39⟩ mu-k-kāl Ip-po⟨40⟩ṉ koṇṭu ⟨tī⟩rt⟨41⟩tam āṭiṉāl tiru⟨42⟩-namaṉattukku ⟨43⟩ vēṇṭum avi ⟨Zone 5: Pillar 2, middle octagonal portion, 2 adjacent faces (and 3 for the last line)⟩ ⟨44⟩ koṇṭu ‡ ⟨nū⟩⟨45⟩ṟṟ’ eṭṭu‡-k kalai⟨46⟩cattāl ‡ tiru-na⟨47⟩maṉañ ‡ ce⟨yv⟩a⟨48⟩t-āka Ip-‡poṉ ⟨49⟩ koṇ‡ṭārai I⟨50⟩la⟨kṣ⟩aṇam cey⟨51⟩tu Ey‡y⟨i⟩ṉāṭṭu ⟨52⟩ tēvatā‡ṉam ciri⟨53⟩-kaṇṭapu‡rattu A⟨54⟩ṟukai v‡āṇikar kai⟨55⟩-⟨v⟩aḻi ‡ vaittatu

⟨56⟩Itu pa‡ṉmā⟨57⟩heśva‡rar ira‡⟨kṣ⟩ai

Ip-poṉ‡ṉil mutal viḻā ⟨10⟩ Eṭukku nāṉṟu ‡ Ēḻu kaḻañcu po⟨11⟩ṉṉāl ōr āṇ‡ṭil kaḻañciṉ vā⟨12⟩y kala-v-arici-y-(ā)‡ka Ēḻu kala-v-ariciy(ā)⟨Zone 2: Pillar 1, middle octagonal portion, five adjacent faces⟩⟨13⟩l tiru-‡mēṉi‡-y āṭa ne‡y pāl ‡ tayir ⟨14⟩ ai¡ñ‡-ñ!⟨n‡-n⟩āḻi-c ‡ cētum ‡ Iḷa-nīr ‡ Irupatu ⟨15⟩ Aka-nā‡ḻikai ‡ paripāra‡maṭaṅka‡t tiru⟨16⟩-v-amir‡t’ arici ‡ mu-k-kuṟu‡ṇiyum ‡ tiru-v-a⟨17⟩mirtu‡n tiru‡viḷak‡kun ne‡y nā⟨18⟩ḻi ‡ tayir ‡ Iru-nāḻi ‡ Amir‡tu kaṟi ⟨19⟩ carka‡rai vā‡ḻai-p-pa‡ḻam A‡ṭaikkā⟨20⟩y irupa‡tum Ippaṭi-y ‡ ārātip‡pi⟨k⟩kavum ⟨21⟩ mikka-v ‡ arici ‡ koṇṭu ‡ br¿a?⟨ā⟩hma‡ṇarum aṭi⟨22⟩kaḷmā‡rum uṇ‡ṭu tiruvi‡ḻā-v e‡ṭuttu ⟨23⟩ mikka ‡ poṉṉi‡l Iru-ka‡ḻañcu ‡ poṉ ⟨24⟩ ṉāṟ pa‡licai ‡ yāṇṭu‡varai ‡ Arai⟨Zone 3: Pillar 1, lower square portion, two adjacent faces⟩⟨25⟩-[k] kaḻañciṉāl nica‡t[i] naṟum pū nūṟu ⟨26⟩ vaṭam ōr ilai-c cā‡ntum Ēḻu nāḷ iṭu⟨27⟩vatāka niṉṟa poṉ‡ṉil kaḻañcē kālāl ⟨28⟩ palicai Ōr āṇṭil ‡ paṉṉiru-nāḻi-y uri-y ⟨29⟩ neyyāl parāmpa‡ṇarum Aṭikaḷmārum ⟨30⟩ Uṇpat-āka niṟai Ēḻu kaḻañcu po(ṉ) ⟨31⟩ [Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu]ttu ‡ [k]iḻ[ai]-k kāl ⟨Zone 4: Pillar 2, upper square portion, one face⟩ ⟨32⟩ [1+] ṟu [7+] [E]⟨33⟩ḻuttiṉ kuṟai ⟨34⟩ palicai yāṇṭu ⟨35⟩ varai kaḻañciṉ ⟨36⟩ vāy kāl-p pa⟨37⟩icai-y-āka van⟨38⟩ta poṉ kaḻañcē ⟨39⟩ mu-k-kāl Ip-po⟨40⟩ṉ koṇṭu ¿di?⟨tī⟩rt⟨41⟩tam āṭiṉāl tiru⟨42⟩-namaṉattukku ⟨43⟩ vēṇṭum avi ⟨Zone 5: Pillar 2, middle octagonal portion, 2 adjacent faces (and 3 for the last line)⟩ ⟨44⟩ koṇṭu ‡ ⟨nū⟩⟨45⟩ṟṟ’ eṭṭu‡-k kalai⟨46⟩cattāl ‡ tiru-na⟨47⟩maṉañ ‡ ce¡vv!⟨yv⟩a⟨48⟩t-āka Ip-‡poṉ ⟨49⟩ koṇ‡ṭārai I⟨50⟩la¡tṣ!⟨kṣ⟩aṇam cey⟨51⟩tu Ey‡y¿a?⟨i⟩ṉāṭṭu ⟨52⟩ tēvatā‡ṉam ciri⟨53⟩-kaṇṭapu‡rattu A⟨54⟩ṟukai v‡āṇikar kai⟨55⟩-¡v-v!⟨v⟩aḻi ‡ vaittatu

⟨56⟩Itu pa‡ṉmā⟨57⟩heśva‡rar ira‡¡tṣ!⟨kṣ⟩ai

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ ¿v?⟨p⟩ati‡ṉ ⬦ ⟨pa⟩tiṉ SII.

⟨12⟩ °v-ariciy(ā)⟨13⟩l ⬦ °v-arici(yā)⟨13⟩l SII.

⟨13⟩ °mēṉi° ⬦ °(m)ēṉi° SII.

⟨14⟩ Iḷa-nīr ⬦ Iḷa-nir SII.

⟨15⟩ paripāra° ⬦ pari(p)āra° SII.

⟨25⟩ nica‡t[i] ⬦ nicati SII.

⟨26⟩ iṭu⟨27⟩vatāka ⬦ iṭu⟨27⟩vitāka SII.

⟨29⟩ parāmpa‡ṇarum ⬦ parāmmaṇarum SII.

⟨30⟩ Uṇpat-āka ⬦ (U)ṇpat-āka SII.

⟨31⟩ [Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu]ttu ‡ [k]iḻ[ai]-k kāl ⬦ (Itaṉ) ku(ṟai) Eḻuttu kiḻaik kāl SII • This portion appears to have been damaged since the edition by SII.

⟨32⟩ This line is not taken into account by SII but it is clearly there (chopped off) at the top of the pillar ⬦ SII • This line is not taken into account by SII, but it is clearly there (chopped off) at the top of the pillar. — ⟨32⟩ [E]⟨33⟩ḻuttiṉ ⬦ ⟨33⟩⟨E⟩ḻuttiṉ SII.

⟨44⟩ ⟨nū⟩⟨45⟩ṟṟ’ ⬦ ⟨nū⟩⟨44⟩ṟṟ’ SII • The syllable ṉu is in fact possibly engraved.

⟨47⟩ ce¡vv!⟨yv⟩a⟨48⟩t-āka ⬦ ce⟨y⟩{v}va⟨47⟩tāka SII.

⟨51⟩ Ey‡y¿a?⟨i⟩ṉāṭṭu ⬦ Eyyiṇāṭṭu SII.

⟨57⟩ ira‡¡tṣ!⟨kṣ⟩ai ⬦ iratṣai SII • The final character tṣai is written on the adjacent face of the middle octagonal portion and his not covered by available photos.

Translation

⟨2–9⟩

⟨9–55⟩

⟨56–57⟩

⟨13–24⟩

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1900–01 (ARIE/1900-1901/A/1901/301A).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7.523). Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 145). Edited and translated in Schmid 2014.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos. Beginning of lines 13-24 and end of lines 15-21 not covered by photos.

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1932. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Pages 317–318, item 523.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi; Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages 423–425, item 145.

[CS] Schmid, Charlotte. 2014. La Bhakti d’une reine: Śiva à Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi. Collection Indologie 123. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry; École française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 300–303, item 3.

Secondary

ARIE 1900–01. G.O., etc., Nos. 762-63, 25th July 1901. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1900-1901. Copy to the Government of India. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1901. Page 27, appendix A/1901, item 301A.

Display Options Word Wrap Line Numbers Comments Processing Instructions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_Schema.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_SQF.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<title>Tirucceṉṉampūṇṭi, time of Nantippōttaraiyaṉ, year [figure lost]</title>

<resp key="creator">author of digital edition</resp>

<forename>Emmanuel</forename>

<surname>Francis</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

</titleStmt>

<authority><ref target="https://dharmalekha.info">DHARMA</ref></authority>

<pubPlace>Paris, CEIAS</pubPlace>

<idno type="filename">DHARMA_INSPallava00145.xml</idno>

</publicationStmt>

<repository>DHARMAbase</repository>

<idno/>

</msIdentifier>

<summary>Donation of gold for a festival celebration.</summary>

</msContents>

<p/>

</handDesc>

</physDesc>

</msDesc>

</sourceDesc>

</fileDesc>

<p>Encoded in TEI/EpiDoc according to the <ref target="https://hal.science/halshs-02888186">DHARMA Encoding Guide for Documentary Editions, version 2</ref></p>

</encodingDesc>

<change who="part:emfr" when="2021-06-21" status="draft">Creation of the file</change>

</revisionDesc>

</teiHeader>

<body>

<p>

<label xml:lang="eng">Pillar 1, upper square portion, two adjacent faces</label>

<lb n="2" break="no"/>muṭi-ma<hi rend="grantha">hāde</hi>‡vaṟku māci-maka

<lb n="3" break="no"/>n tiruviḻā-v e‡ṭuppa<supplied reason="omitted">ta</supplied>ṟkku ca

<lb n="4" break="no"/>ntirātittava‡ṟ pallava-tila<supplied reason="omitted">ka</supplied>

<lb n="5" break="no"/>-kulattu nan‡ti-p-pōttarai

<lb n="6" break="no"/>yar ma<hi rend="grantha">hāde</hi>vī‡yār-āṉa Aṭikāl

<lb n="7"/>kaṇṭaṉ māṟam‡pāvaiyār vai

<lb n="8" break="no"/>tta poṉ <choice><sic>v</sic><corr>p</corr></choice>ati‡ṉ ēḻu kaḻañcē

<lb n="9"/>kāl

</p>

<p>

Ip-poṉ‡ṉil mutal viḻā

<lb n="10"/>Eṭukku nāṉṟu ‡ Ēḻu kaḻañcu po

<lb n="11" break="no"/>ṉṉāl ōr āṇ‡ṭil kaḻañciṉ vā

<lb n="12" break="no"/>y kala-v-arici-y-<unclear>ā</unclear>‡ka Ēḻu kala-v-ariciy<unclear>ā</unclear>

<label xml:lang="eng">Pillar 1, middle octagonal portion, five adjacent faces</label>

<lb n="13" break="no"/>l tiru-‡mēṉi‡-y āṭa ne‡y pāl ‡ tayir

<lb n="14"/>ai<choice><orig>ñ‡-ñ</orig><reg>n‡-n</reg></choice>āḻi-c ‡ cētum ‡ Iḷa-nīr ‡ Irupatu <lb n="15"/>Aka-nā‡ḻikai ‡ paripāra‡maṭaṅka‡t tiru

<lb n="16" break="no"/>-v-amir‡t’ arici ‡ mu-k-kuṟu‡ṇiyum ‡ tiru-v-a

<lb n="17" break="no"/>mirtu‡n tiru‡viḷak‡kun ne‡y nā

<lb n="18" break="no"/>ḻi ‡ tayir ‡ Iru-nāḻi ‡ Amir‡tu kaṟi

<lb n="19"/>carka‡rai vā‡ḻai-p-pa‡ḻam A‡ṭaikkā

<lb n="20" break="no"/>y irupa‡tum Ippaṭi-y ‡ ārātip‡pi<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>kavum

<lb n="21"/>mikka-v ‡ arici ‡ koṇṭu ‡ <hi rend="grantha">br<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>hma</hi>‡ṇarum aṭi

<lb n="22" break="no"/>kaḷmā‡rum uṇ‡ṭu tiruvi‡ḻā-v e‡ṭuttu

<lb n="23"/>mikka ‡ poṉṉi‡l Iru-ka‡ḻañcu ‡ poṉ

<lb n="24"/>ṉāṟ pa‡licai ‡ yāṇṭu‡varai ‡ Arai

<label xml:lang="eng">Pillar 1, lower square portion, two adjacent faces</label>

<lb n="25" break="no"/>-<supplied reason="lost">k</supplied> kaḻañciṉāl nica‡t<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied> naṟum pū nūṟu

<lb n="26"/>vaṭam ōr ilai-c cā‡ntum Ēḻu nāḷ iṭu

<lb n="27" break="no"/>vatāka niṉṟa poṉ‡ṉil kaḻañcē kālāl

<lb n="28"/>palicai Ōr āṇṭil ‡ paṉṉiru-nāḻi-y uri-y

<lb n="29"/>neyyāl parāmpa‡ṇarum A<hi rend="subscript">ṭi</hi>kaḷmārum

<lb n="30"/>Uṇpat-āka niṟai Ēḻu kaḻañcu po<unclear>ṉ</unclear>

<lb n="31"/><supplied reason="lost">Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu</supplied>ttu ‡ <supplied reason="lost">k</supplied>iḻ<supplied reason="lost">ai</supplied>-k kāl

<label xml:lang="eng">Pillar 2, upper square portion, one face</label>

<lb n="33" break="no"/>ḻuttiṉ kuṟai

<lb n="34"/>palicai yāṇṭu

<lb n="35"/>varai kaḻañciṉ

<lb n="36"/>vāy kāl-p pa

<lb n="37" break="no"/>icai-y-āka van

<lb n="38" break="no"/>ta poṉ kaḻañcē

<lb n="39"/>mu-k-kāl Ip-po

<lb n="40" break="no"/>ṉ koṇṭu <choice><sic><hi rend="grantha">di</hi></sic><corr>tī</corr></choice>rt <lb n="41" break="no"/>tam āṭiṉāl tiru

<lb n="42" break="no"/>-namaṉattukku

<lb n="43"/>vēṇṭum avi

<label xml:lang="eng">Pillar 2, middle octagonal portion, 2 adjacent faces (and 3 for the last line)</label>

<lb n="44"/>koṇṭu ‡ <supplied reason="omitted">nū</supplied>

<lb n="45" break="no"/>ṟṟ’ eṭṭu‡-k kalai

<lb n="46" break="no"/>cattāl ‡ tiru-na

<lb n="47" break="no"/>maṉañ ‡ ce<choice><orig>vv</orig><reg>yv</reg></choice>a

<lb n="48" break="no"/>t-āka Ip-‡poṉ

<lb n="49"/>koṇ‡ṭārai I

<lb n="50" break="no"/>la<hi rend="grantha"><choice><orig>tṣ</orig><reg>kṣ</reg></choice>a</hi>ṇam cey

<lb n="51" break="no"/>tu Ey‡y<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>ṉāṭṭu

<lb n="52"/>tēvatā‡ṉam ciri

<lb n="53" break="no"/>-kaṇṭapu‡rattu A

<lb n="54" break="no"/>ṟukai v‡āṇikar kai

<lb n="55" break="no"/>-<choice><orig>v-v</orig><reg>v</reg></choice>aḻi ‡ vaittatu

</p>

<p>

<lb n="56" break="no"/>Itu pa‡ṉmā

<lb n="57" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">heśva</hi>‡rar ira‡<hi rend="grantha"><choice><orig>tṣ</orig><reg>kṣ</reg></choice>ai</hi>

</p>

</div>

</app>

<lem>°v-ariciy<unclear>ā</unclear><lb n="13" break="no"/>l</lem>

<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01">°v-arici<unclear>yā</unclear><lb n="13" break="no"/>l</rdg>

</app>

</app>

</app>

<lem>paripāra°</lem>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01">nicati</rdg>

</app>

<lem>iṭu

<lb n="27" break="no"/>vatāka</lem>

<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01">iṭu

<lb n="27" break="no"/>vitāka</rdg>

</app>

<lem>parāmpa‡ṇarum</lem>

<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01">parāmmaṇarum</rdg>

</app>

<lem>Uṇpat-āka</lem>

</app>

<lem><supplied reason="lost">Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu</supplied>ttu ‡ <supplied reason="lost">k</supplied>iḻ<supplied reason="lost">ai</supplied>-k kāl</lem>

<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01"><unclear>Itaṉ</unclear> ku<unclear>ṟai</unclear> Eḻuttu kiḻaik kāl</rdg>

<note>This portion appears to have been damaged since the edition by <ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01"/>.</note>

</app>

<lem>This line is not taken into account by SII but it is clearly there (chopped off) at the top of the pillar</lem>

<note>This line is not taken into account by <ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01"/>, but it is clearly there (chopped off) at the top of the pillar.</note>

</app>

<lb n="33" break="no"/>ḻuttiṉ</lem>

<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01"><lb n="33" break="no"/><supplied reason="omitted">E</supplied>ḻuttiṉ</rdg>

</app>

<note>The syllable <foreign>ṉu</foreign> is in fact possibly engraved.</note>

</app>

</app>

<lem>Ey‡y<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>ṉāṭṭu</lem>

<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01">Eyyiṇāṭṭu</rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01">iratṣai</rdg>

<note>The final character <hi rend="grantha"><foreign>tṣai</foreign></hi> is written on the adjacent face of the middle octagonal portion and his not covered by available photos.</note>

</app>

</listApp>

</div>

</p>

</p>

</p>

</p>

</div>

<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1900-1901"/></bibl> (ARIE/1900-1901/A/1901/301A).</p>

<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1932_01"/></bibl> (SII 7.523). Text and summary in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Mahalingam1988_01"/></bibl> (IP 145). Edited and translated in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Schmid2014_02"/></bibl>.</p>

<p>This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos. Beginning of lines 13-24 and end of lines 15-21 not covered by photos.</p>

</bibl>

</bibl>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

<bibl>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

</div>

</body>

</text>

</TEI>