Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar, time of Rājādhirāja, year 28

Editors: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis.

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I. āciriyappā

⟨1⟩ tiṅkaḷ ēr taru ta⟨ṉ⟩ ṟoṅkal veṇ-kuṭai k¡i!⟨ī⟩(ḻ)

nila-makaḷ nilava malar-makaḷ puṇarntu

ceṅ-kō⟨2⟩l ōcci-k karuṅ-kali kaṭintu

maṉṉu pa¡ll!⟨l⟩ ūḻiy(i)l teṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avar kula-makaṉ

mā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āparaṇaṉ poṉ-muṭi Ā¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩ā

⟨3⟩-p= parumaṇi-p= pacun-talai porukaḷa-t tarintu

v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-kēraḷaṉai yāṉai kiṭuvitt’

acaiv¡ī!⟨i⟩l cuntara-pāṇṭi(ya)ṉai⟨4⟩-t tikai keṭa-t

tōllaiyil mullaiyūr-t turatti Olkalil

vēṇāṭṭ’ ar¡ai!⟨a⟩cai c¿ē?⟨ō⟩ṇāṭṭ’ otukki

mēvu p[uka]⟨5⟩ḻ Irāmakuṭa m¡u!⟨ū⟩var keṭa mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩intu

vēlai keḻu kāntaḷūr-c-cālai kalam aṟu⟨p⟩pitt’

āho(ma)⟨6⟩llaṉu¡mm!⟨m⟩ añca-k ke(va/tu)vu(m)

taṉ ṟāṅkaru⟨m⟩ paṭaiyāl Āṅkavaṉ cēṉaiyuḷ

kaṇṭappayaṉ(u)⟨7⟩m ka⟨⟨ṅ⟩⟩kāt¿i?⟨a⟩raṉum

vaṇ[ṭ]amaṟ-k kaḷi⟨ṟ⟩ṟoṭu maṭiya-t t¡ī!⟨i⟩ṇ-ṭiṟal

viki(r)taral vikkiyum vicaiyātitta⟨8⟩ṉum

tarumu(ra)ḷ-c c(ā)ṅkamaiyyaṉum mutali¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ar

samara-[2×]ruvott-uṭaiya nimir cuṭar-p

po⟨9⟩ṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ōṭ’ ayṅkari pu(ra)viyoṭum piṭittu

taṉṉāṭaiyil jeyaṅ koṇṭoṉṉār

koḷḷippā⟨10⟩kkai Oḷḷe(r)i maṭu(pp)itt’

oru-taṉi taṇṭāl-p (porru) tirai (Uṟtt)[ca. 6×]

[ca. 9×]⟨11⟩l muṭi Ar(i)n=tu

muṉṟaṉak=k’ uṭain=ta te⟨ṉ⟩ṟamiḻ ⟨ma⟩ṇṭala-

muḻutu Ēḻ-(kaṭa)¡l(l)!⟨l⟩ ī(ḻa)m

[pu](kka) Ilaṅkē[ca]¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ā⟨12⟩kiya vikkirama-

pāṇṭiyaṉ parumaṇi muṭi taṭi-t tiṇṭiya-

villavar mīṉavar vē[ḷkula]-c caḷukkiyar

va⟨l⟩la⟨13⟩var mutal eṉa (vi)ḷaṅka v¡i!⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-iru¿t?⟨n⟩ta

jeyaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻaṉ Uyar(n)ta perum-pukaḻ

kō-rājakēcari-panma(r-āṉa) ⟨14⟩ Uṭaiyār śrī-rājādhirāja-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 8 Āvatu

yā [ca. 4×] t-āvatu Uyakkoṇṭār-vaḷa[nāṭṭu] ⟨15⟩ muḻaiyū[1×] ¿p?⟨b⟩rahmatēyam tiru-naḷḷāṟṟu tiru-naḷḷāṟ-u⟨ṭ⟩aiyār nila mutalu[m] nel mutalum parikalappi(kk)iṉṟa muta(lu)[ca. 2×] ⟨16⟩ tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i muta[lum] [ca. 15×] ḷḷi [ca. 12×] yārkaḷ per[u][ca. 2×]⟨17⟩ṭ=ṭāl nelluṅ kācuṅ koṇṭu celutta kaṭava niman=tam ti(ru-p)-pēṟūr k(i)ḻava(r) Irun kāṭaṉ vaikun(ta)ṉ pakkal (ko) [ca. 5×]

⟨1⟩ tiṅkaḷ ēr taru ta⟨ṉ⟩ ṟoṅkal veṇ-kuṭai k¡i!⟨ī⟩(ḻ) nila-makaḷ nilava malar-makaḷ puṇarntu ceṅ-kō-
⟨2⟩ l ōcci-k karuṅ-kali kaṭintu maṉṉu pa¡ll!⟨l⟩ ūḻiy(i)l teṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avar kula-makaṉ mā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āparaṇaṉ poṉ-muṭi Ā¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩ā-
⟨3⟩ -p= parumaṇi-p= pacun-talai porukaḷa-t tarintu v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-kēraḷaṉai yāṉai kiṭuvitt’ acaiv¡ī!⟨i⟩l cuntara-pāṇṭi(ya)ṉai-
⟨4⟩ -t tikai keṭa-t tōllaiyil mullaiyūr-t turatti Olkalil vēṇāṭṭ’ ar¡ai!⟨a⟩cai c¿ē?⟨ō⟩ṇāṭṭ’ otukki mēvu p[uka]-
⟨5⟩ ḻ Irāmakuṭa m¡u!⟨ū⟩var keṭa mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩intu vēlai keḻu kāntaḷūr-c-cālai kalam aṟu⟨p⟩pitt’ āho(ma)-
⟨6⟩ llaṉu¡mm!⟨m⟩ añca-k ke(va/tu)vu(m) taṉ ṟāṅkaru⟨m⟩ paṭaiyāl Āṅkavaṉ cēṉaiyuḷ kaṇṭappayaṉ(u)-
⟨7⟩ m ka⟨⟨ṅ⟩⟩kāt¿i?⟨a⟩raṉum vaṇ[ṭ]amaṟ-k kaḷi⟨ṟ⟩ṟoṭu maṭiya-t t¡ī!⟨i⟩ṇ-ṭiṟal viki(r)taral vikkiyum vicaiyātitta-
⟨8⟩ ṉum tarumu(ra)ḷ-c c(ā)ṅkamaiyyaṉum mutali¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ar samara-[**]ruvott-uṭaiya nimir cuṭar-p po-
⟨9⟩ ṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ōṭ’ ayṅkari pu(ra)viyoṭum piṭittu taṉṉāṭaiyil jeyaṅ koṇṭoṉṉār koḷḷippā-
⟨10⟩ kkai Oḷḷe(r)i maṭu(pp)itt’ oru-taṉi taṇṭāl-p (porru) tirai (Uṟtt)[******][*********]-
⟨11⟩ l muṭi Ar(i)n=tu  muṉṟaṉak=k’ uṭain=ta te⟨ṉ⟩ṟamiḻ ⟨ma⟩ṇṭala- muḻutu Ēḻ-(kaṭa)¡l(l)!⟨l⟩ ī(ḻa)m [pu](kka) Ilaṅkē[ca]¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ā-
⟨12⟩ kiya vikkirama- pāṇṭiyaṉ parumaṇi muṭi taṭi-t tiṇṭiya- villavar mīṉavar vē[ḷkula]-c caḷukkiyar va⟨l⟩la-
⟨13⟩ var mutal eṉa (vi)ḷaṅka v¡i!⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-iru¿t?⟨n⟩ta jeyaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻaṉ Uyar(n)ta perum-pukaḻ   kō-rājakēcari-panma(r-āṉa) 
⟨14⟩ Uṭaiyār śrī-rājādhirāja-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 8 Āvatu   yā [****] t-āvatu Uyakkoṇṭār-vaḷa[nāṭṭu] 
⟨15⟩ muḻaiyū[*] ¿p?⟨b⟩ra□hmatēyam tiru-naḷḷāṟṟu tiru-naḷḷāṟ-u⟨ṭ⟩aiyār nila mutalu[m] nel mutalum parikalappi(kk)iṉṟa muta(lu)[**] 
⟨16⟩ tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i muta[lum] [***************] ḷḷi [************] yārkaḷ per[u][**]-
⟨17⟩ ṭ=ṭāl nelluṅ kācuṅ koṇṭu celutta kaṭava niman=tam ti(ru-p)-pēṟūr k(i)ḻava(r) Irun kāṭaṉ vaikun(ta)ṉ pakkal (ko) [*****]  

I. āciriyappā

⟨1⟩ tiṅkaḷ ēr taru ta⟨ṉ⟩ ṟoṅkal veṇ-kuṭai k¡i!⟨ī⟩(ḻ)

nila-makaḷ nilava malar-makaḷ puṇarntu

ceṅ-kō⟨2⟩l ōcci-k karuṅ-kali kaṭintu

maṉṉu pa¡ll!⟨l⟩ ūḻiy(i)l teṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avar kula-makaṉ

mā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āparaṇaṉ poṉ-muṭi Ā¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩ā

⟨3⟩-p= parumaṇi-p= pacun-talai porukaḷa-t tarintu

v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-kēraḷaṉai yāṉai kiṭuvitt’

acaiv¡ī!⟨i⟩l cuntara-pāṇṭi(ya)ṉai⟨4⟩-t tikai keṭa-t

tōllaiyil mullaiyūr-t turatti Olkalil

vēṇāṭṭ’ ar¡ai!⟨a⟩cai c¿ē?⟨ō⟩ṇāṭṭ’ otukki

mēvu p[uka]⟨5⟩ḻ Irāmakuṭa m¡u!⟨ū⟩var keṭa mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩intu

vēlai keḻu kāntaḷūr-c-cālai kalam aṟu⟨p⟩pitt’

āho(ma)⟨6⟩llaṉu¡mm!⟨m⟩ añca-k ke(va/tu)vu(m)

taṉ ṟāṅkaru⟨m⟩ paṭaiyāl Āṅkavaṉ cēṉaiyuḷ

kaṇṭappayaṉ(u)⟨7⟩m ka⟨⟨ṅ⟩⟩kāt¿i?⟨a⟩raṉum

vaṇ[ṭ]amaṟ-k kaḷi⟨ṟ⟩ṟoṭu maṭiya-t t¡ī!⟨i⟩ṇ-ṭiṟal

viki(r)taral vikkiyum vicaiyātitta⟨8⟩ṉum

tarumu(ra)ḷ-c c(ā)ṅkamaiyyaṉum mutali¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ar

samara-[2×]ruvott-uṭaiya nimir cuṭar-p

po⟨9⟩ṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ōṭ’ ayṅkari pu(ra)viyoṭum piṭittu

taṉṉāṭaiyil jeyaṅ koṇṭoṉṉār

koḷḷippā⟨10⟩kkai Oḷḷe(r)i maṭu(pp)itt’

oru-taṉi taṇṭāl-p (porru) tirai (Uṟtt)[ca. 6×]

[ca. 9×]⟨11⟩l muṭi Ar(i)n=tu

muṉṟaṉak=k’ uṭain=ta te⟨ṉ⟩ṟamiḻ ⟨ma⟩ṇṭala-

muḻutu Ēḻ-(kaṭa)¡l(l)!⟨l⟩ ī(ḻa)m

[pu](kka) Ilaṅkē[ca]¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ā⟨12⟩kiya vikkirama-

pāṇṭiyaṉ parumaṇi muṭi taṭi-t tiṇṭiya-

villavar mīṉavar vē[ḷkula]-c caḷukkiyar

va⟨l⟩la⟨13⟩var mutal eṉa (vi)ḷaṅka v¡i!⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-iru¿t?⟨n⟩ta

jeyaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻaṉ Uyar(n)ta perum-pukaḻ

kō-rājakēcari-panma(r-āṉa) ⟨14⟩ Uṭaiyār śrī-rājādhirāja-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 8 Āvatu

yā [ca. 4×] t-āvatu Uyakkoṇṭār-vaḷa[nāṭṭu] ⟨15⟩ muḻaiyū[1×] ¿p?⟨b⟩ra□hmatēyam tiru-naḷḷāṟṟu tiru-naḷḷāṟ-u⟨ṭ⟩aiyār nila mutalu[m] nel mutalum parikalappi(kk)iṉṟa muta(lu)[ca. 2×] ⟨16⟩ tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i muta[lum] [ca. 15×] ḷḷi [ca. 12×] yārkaḷ per[u][ca. 2×]⟨17⟩ṭ=ṭāl nelluṅ kācuṅ koṇṭu celutta kaṭava niman=tam ti(ru-p)-pēṟūr k(i)ḻava(r) Irun kāṭaṉ vaikun(ta)ṉ pakkal (ko) [ca. 5×]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ta⟨ṉ⟩ ṟoṅkal ⬦ K+V; tanṟoṅkal VVG.

⟨3⟩ pacun-talai ⬦ K+V; paṭuntalai VVG. — ⟨3⟩ pāṇṭi(ya)ṉai ⬦ pāṇṭiya[3+] K+V; pāṇṭiya[4+] VVG.

⟨4⟩ keṭa-t ⬦ kevat K+V; keṭat VVG. — ⟨4⟩ tōllaiyil ⬦ tollaiyil K+V VVG. — ⟨4⟩ Olkalil ⬦ yolkalil K+V VVG.

⟨5⟩ m¡u!⟨ū⟩var ⬦ muvar K+V; mūvar VVG. — ⟨5⟩ aṟu⟨p⟩pitt’ ⬦ aṟuttaruḷitt’ K+V VVG. — ⟨5⟩ āho(ma)⟨6⟩llaṉu¡mm!⟨m⟩ añca-k ⬦ āha(va)⟨6⟩llaṉu¡mm!⟨m⟩ añcak K+V; āhe⟨6⟩mallaṉum mañcak VVG.

⟨6⟩ ke(va/tu)vu(m) ⬦ kevivum K+V; ketuvum VVG • ākava mallaṉum añcak kēvutaṉ is expected for this aṭi. — ⟨6⟩ ṟāṅkaru⟨m⟩ ⬦ ṟāṅkarum K+V VVG.

⟨7⟩ ka⟨⟨ṅ⟩⟩kāt¿i?⟨a⟩raṉum ⬦ ka⟨ṅ⟩kātiraṉum K+V; kaṅkātīraṉum VVG. — ⟨7⟩ vikirtaral ⬦ vikirtarav K+V; vitirtaral VVG.

⟨8⟩ tarumuraḷ-c ⬦ karumuraḷc K+V VVG. — ⟨8⟩ samara-[2×]ruvott-uṭaiya ⬦ samarap(e)ruvottuṭaiya K+V; samaramēru vottuṭaiya VVG • camara pīruvot tuṭaiya nimicuṭar is expected for this aṭi.

⟨9⟩ nimir cuṭar-p ⬦ VVG; viricuṭarp K+V. — ⟨9⟩ ayṅkari ⬦ ayaṅkari K+V VVG.

⟨10⟩ taṇṭāl-p (porru) tirai (Uṟtt)[ca. 15×] ⬦ taṇṭāl [5×] K+V; taṇṭāl [ca. 6×] VVG.

⟨11⟩ l muṭi Ar(i)n=tu ⬦ tu muṭi Aḻin=tu K+V; l muṭi Arintu VVG. — ⟨11⟩ uṭain=ta te⟨ṉ⟩ṟamiḻ ⟨ma⟩ṇṭala ⬦ uṭain=ta ⟨ṉ⟩ṟamiḻ maṇṭala K+V; uṭait teṉṟamiḻ maṇṭala VVG. — ⟨11⟩ muḻutu Ēḻ-(kaṭa)¡l(l)!⟨l⟩ ī(ḻa)m ⬦ muḻuvatu Eḻukaṭal li(ḻa)m K+V; muḻutu Eḻkaṭal līḻam VVG • muḻuvatum iḻantu ēḻkaṭal īḻam is expected for this aṭi. A "+" sign is added on top of the tu of muḻutu, most probably to mark that a cīr is here missing in this aṭi.

⟨12⟩ tiṇṭiya ⬦ tiṉṭiṟa⟨l⟩ K+V; tīṇṭiya VVG. — ⟨12⟩ mīṉavar ⬦ VVG; miṉavar K+V. — ⟨12⟩ vē[ḷkula]-c ⬦ veḷkulac K+V; vēlkulac VVG • villavar mīṉavar vēḷkulac caḷukkiyar is expected for this aṭi. — ⟨12⟩ va⟨l⟩la⟨13⟩var ⬦ valla⟨13⟩var K+V VVG.

⟨13⟩ (vi)ḷaṅka ⬦ K+V VVG • The letter vi appear to have been engraved on the perpendicular side of the pilaster, after mutal eṉa. — ⟨13⟩ v¡i!⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-iru¿t?⟨n⟩ta ⬦ viṟṟirunta K+V; vīṟṟirunta VVG. — ⟨13⟩ Uyar(n)ta ⬦ Uyartta K+V VVG.

⟨14⟩ śrī-rājādhirāja° ⬦ śrī(I)rājādhirāja° K+V; śrīrājātirāja° VVG.

⟨15⟩ muḻaiyū[1×] ⬦ muḻaiyūr nāṭṭu K+V VVG • The final letter is well preserved but enigmatic. muḻaiyūr, that is, muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu is evidently meant. — ⟨15⟩ ¿p?⟨b⟩ra_hmatēyam ⬦ bramateyam K+V; brahmatēyam VVG. — ⟨15⟩ tiru-naḷḷāṟ-u⟨ṭ⟩aiyār ⬦ tirunaḷḷāṟuṭaiyār K+V VVG. — ⟨15⟩ nila mutalu[m] nel mutalum parikalappi(kk)iṉṟa muta(lu)[ca. 2×] ⬦ nila mutalum [ca. 5×] K+V; nila mutalum nel mutalum parikalappikkiṉṟa mutalu VVG.

⟨16⟩ tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i muta[lum] ⬦ tirumeni mutalum K+V; tirumēni mutalum VVG • Both editions by K+V and VVG stop here.

⟨17⟩ celutta • In the syllable ce it seems that a daṇḍa is written between the kompu and c.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1–13) [meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa]

(13–14) 28th year of the glorious king Rājadhirāja, the lord, alias the king Rājakesarivarman.

(14–17) […]th year, the capital in land, the capital in paddy, the capital in parikalam, the capital in tirumēṉi of Tirunaḷḷāṟuṭaiyar at Tirunaḷḷāṟu, a brahmadeya of Muḻaiyūr in the Uyyakkoṇṭār-vaḷanāṭu […] with (koṇṭu) the paddy and the coins …

Commentary

For the different versions of the meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa, see Cuppiramaṇiyam 1983 (pages 39-45).

Bibliography

First edited in Kuppusamy and Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 452). First translated in Kuppusamy et al. 2010 (PI 452). Re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 2), with photo.

This edition revised by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019). Review and updates (based on photos by N. Ramaswamy), encoding, critical apparatus and translation by Emmanuel Francis (2020).

Primary

[K+V] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. and G. Vijayavenugopal. 2006. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part I: Introduction and texts with notes = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Item 452, pages 393–394.

[K] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. and G. Vijayavenugopal. 2010. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part II: Translation, appendices, glossary and phrases, [and] preface = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Item 452, page 188.

[VVG] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 2, pages 16–17.

Secondary

Cuppiramaṇiyam, Pu. 1983. Meykkīrttikaḷ. Ceṉṉai: ulakat tamilārāycci niruvaṉam. Pages 39–45.

Gai, Govind Swamirao. N.d. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. n.p. Page 86, appendixes B/1965-1966, item 441.

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<l n="1"><lb n="1"/>tiṅkaḷ ēr taru ta<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied> ṟoṅkal veṇ-kuṭai k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice><unclear>ḻ</unclear></l>

<l n="2">nila-makaḷ nilava malar-makaḷ puṇarntu</l>

<l n="3">ceṅ-kō<lb n="2" break="no"/>l ōcci-k karuṅ-kali kaṭintu</l>

<l n="4">maṉṉu pa<choice><orig>ll</orig><reg>l</reg></choice> ūḻiy<unclear>i</unclear>l teṉ<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>avar kula-makaṉ</l>

<l n="5">mā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>āparaṇaṉ poṉ-muṭi Ā<choice><orig><unclear>n</unclear></orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ā</l>

<l n="6"><lb n="3" break="no"/>-p= parumaṇi-p= pacun-talai porukaḷa-t tarintu</l>

<l n="7">v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ra-kēraḷaṉai yāṉai kiṭuvitt'</l>

<l n="8">acaiv<choice><orig>ī</orig><reg>i</reg></choice>l cuntara-pāṇṭi<unclear>ya</unclear>ṉai<lb n="4" break="no"/>-t tikai keṭa-t</l>

<l n="9">tōllaiyil mullaiyūr-t turatti Olkalil</l>

<l n="10">vēṇāṭṭ' ar<choice><orig>ai</orig><reg>a</reg></choice>cai c<choice><sic>ē</sic><corr>ō</corr></choice>ṇāṭṭ' otukki</l>

<l n="11">mēvu p<supplied reason="lost">uka</supplied><lb n="5" break="no"/>ḻ Irāmakuṭa m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>var keṭa mu<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>intu</l>

<l n="12">vēlai keḻu kāntaḷūr-c-cālai kalam aṟu<supplied reason="omitted">p</supplied>pitt'</l>

<l n="13">ā<hi rend="grantha">ho</hi><unclear>ma</unclear><lb n="6" break="no"/>llaṉu<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice> añca-k ke<choice><unclear>va</unclear><unclear>tu</unclear></choice>vu<unclear>m</unclear></l>

<l n="14">taṉ ṟāṅkaru<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> paṭaiyāl Āṅkavaṉ cēṉaiyuḷ</l>

<l n="15">kaṇṭappayaṉ<unclear>u</unclear><lb n="7" break="no"/>m ka<add place="above">ṅ</add>kāt<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>raṉum</l>

<l n="16">vaṇ<supplied reason="lost">ṭ</supplied>amaṟ-k kaḷi<supplied reason="omitted">ṟ</supplied>ṟoṭu maṭiya-t t<choice><orig>ī</orig><reg>i</reg></choice>ṇ-ṭiṟal</l>

<l n="17">viki<unclear>r</unclear>taral vikkiyum vicaiyātitta<lb n="8" break="no"/>ṉum</l>

<l n="18">tarumu<unclear>ra</unclear>ḷ-c c<unclear>ā</unclear>ṅkamaiyyaṉum mutali<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ar</l>

<l n="19"><hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>mara-<gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>ruvott-uṭaiya nimir cuṭar-p</l>

<l n="20">po<lb n="9" break="no"/>ṉ<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ōṭ' ayṅkari pu<unclear>ra</unclear>viyoṭum piṭittu</l>

<l n="21">taṉṉāṭaiyil <hi rend="grantha">je</hi>yaṅ koṇṭoṉṉār</l>

<l n="22">koḷḷippā<lb n="10" break="no"/>kkai Oḷḷe<unclear>r</unclear>i maṭu<unclear>pp</unclear>itt'</l>

<l n="23">oru-taṉi taṇṭāl-p <unclear>porru</unclear> tirai <unclear>Uṟtt</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="6" unit="character" precision="low"/></l>

<l n="25" enjamb="yes">muṉṟaṉak=k' uṭain=ta te<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied>ṟamiḻ <supplied reason="omitted">ma</supplied>ṇṭala</l>

<l n="26">muḻutu Ēḻ-<unclear>kaṭa</unclear><choice><orig>l<unclear>l</unclear></orig><reg>l</reg></choice> ī<unclear>ḻa</unclear>m</l>

<l n="27" enjamb="yes"><supplied reason="lost">pu</supplied><unclear>kka</unclear> Ilaṅkē<supplied reason="lost">ca</supplied><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ā<lb n="12" break="no"/>kiya vikkirama</l>

<l n="28" enjamb="yes">pāṇṭiyaṉ parumaṇi muṭi taṭi-t tiṇṭiya</l>

<l n="29">villavar mīṉavar vē<supplied reason="lost">ḷkula</supplied>-c caḷukkiyar</l>

<l n="30">va<supplied reason="omitted">l</supplied>la<lb n="13" break="no"/>var mutal eṉa <unclear>vi</unclear>ḷaṅka v<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ṟṟ-iru<choice><sic>t</sic><corr>n</corr></choice>ta</l>

<l n="31"><hi rend="grantha">je</hi>yaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻaṉ Uyar<unclear>n</unclear>ta perum-pukaḻ</l>

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<p>

kō-rā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>kēcari-pa<hi rend="grantha">nma</hi><unclear>r-āṉa</unclear>

<lb n="14"/>Uṭaiyār <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-rā<hi rend="grantha">jādhi</hi>rā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu <num value="28">2 <g type="numeral">10</g> 8</num> Āvatu

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<p>

yā <gap reason="illegible" quantity="4" unit="character" precision="low"/> t-āvatu Uyakkoṇṭār-vaḷa<supplied reason="lost">nāṭṭu</supplied>

<lb n="15"/>muḻaiyū<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <hi rend="grantha"><choice><sic>p</sic><corr>b</corr></choice>ra<space type="defect"/>hma</hi>tēyam tiru-naḷḷāṟṟu tiru-naḷḷāṟ-u<supplied reason="omitted">ṭ</supplied>aiyār nila mutalu<supplied reason="lost">m</supplied> nel mutalum parikalappi<unclear>kk</unclear>iṉṟa muta<unclear>lu</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character" precision="low"/>

<lb n="16"/>tiru-mē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>i muta<supplied reason="lost">lum</supplied> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="15" unit="character" precision="low"/> ḷḷi <gap reason="illegible" quantity="12" unit="character" precision="low"/> yārkaḷ per<supplied reason="lost">u</supplied><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character" precision="low"/>

<lb n="17" break="no"/>ṭ=ṭāl nelluṅ kācuṅ koṇṭu celutta kaṭava niman=tam ti<unclear>ru-p</unclear>-pēṟūr k<unclear>i</unclear>ḻava<unclear>r</unclear> Irun kāṭaṉ vaikun<unclear>ta</unclear>ṉ pakkal <unclear>ko</unclear> <gap reason="illegible" quantity="5" unit="character" precision="low"/>

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<lem>ta<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied> ṟoṅkal</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">tanṟoṅkal</rdg>

</app>

<lem>pacun-talai</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">paṭuntalai</rdg>

</app>

<lem>pāṇṭi<unclear>ya</unclear>ṉai</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">pāṇṭiya<gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">pāṇṭiya<gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/></rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">kevat</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">keṭat</rdg>

</app>

<lem>tōllaiyil</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">tollaiyil</rdg>

</app>

<lem>Olkalil</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">yolkalil</rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">muvar</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">mūvar</rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">aṟuttaruḷitt'</rdg>

</app>

<lem>ā<hi rend="grantha">ho</hi><unclear>ma</unclear><lb n="6" break="no"/>llaṉu<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice> añca-k</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">ā<hi rend="grantha">ha</hi><unclear>va</unclear><lb n="6" break="no"/>llaṉu<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice> añcak</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">ā<hi rend="grantha">he</hi><lb n="6" break="no"/>mallaṉum mañcak</rdg> </app>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">kevivum</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">ketuvum</rdg>

<note><foreign>ākava mallaṉum añcak kēvutaṉ</foreign> is expected for this <foreign>aṭi</foreign>.</note>

</app>

<lem>ṟāṅkaru<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">ṟāṅkarum</rdg>

</app>

<lem>ka<add place="above">ṅ</add>kāt<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>raṉum</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">ka<supplied reason="omitted">ṅ</supplied>kātiraṉum</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">kaṅkātīraṉum</rdg>

</app>

<lem>vikirtaral</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">vikirtarav</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">vitirtaral</rdg>

</app>

<lem>tarumuraḷ-c</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">karumuraḷc</rdg>

</app>

<lem><hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>mara-<gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>ruvott-uṭaiya</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01"><hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>marap<unclear>e</unclear>ruvottuṭaiya</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01"><hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>maramēru vottuṭaiya</rdg>

<note><foreign>camara pīruvot tuṭaiya nimicuṭar</foreign> is expected for this <foreign>aṭi</foreign>.</note>

</app>

<lem>nimir cuṭar-p</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">viricuṭarp</rdg>

</app>

<lem>ayṅkari</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">ayaṅkari</rdg>

</app>

<lem>taṇṭāl-p <unclear>porru</unclear> tirai <unclear>Uṟtt</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="15" unit="character" precision="low"/></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">taṇṭāl <gap reason="illegible" quantity="5" unit="character"/></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">taṇṭāl <gap reason="illegible" quantity="6" unit="character" precision="low"/></rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">l muṭi Arintu</rdg>

</app>

<lem>uṭain=ta te<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied>ṟamiḻ <supplied reason="omitted">ma</supplied>ṇṭala</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">uṭain=ta <supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied>ṟamiḻ maṇṭala</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">uṭait teṉṟamiḻ maṇṭala</rdg>

</app>

<lem>muḻutu Ēḻ-<unclear>kaṭa</unclear><choice><orig>l<unclear>l</unclear></orig><reg>l</reg></choice> ī<unclear>ḻa</unclear>m</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">muḻuvatu Eḻukaṭal li<unclear>ḻa</unclear>m</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">muḻutu Eḻkaṭal līḻam</rdg>

<note><foreign>muḻuvatum iḻantu ēḻkaṭal īḻam</foreign> is expected for this <foreign>aṭi</foreign>. A "+" sign is added on top of the <foreign>tu</foreign> of <foreign>muḻutu</foreign>, most probably to mark that a <foreign>cīr</foreign> is here missing in this <foreign>aṭi</foreign>.</note>

</app>

<lem>tiṇṭiya</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">tiṉṭiṟa<supplied reason="omitted">l</supplied></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">tīṇṭiya</rdg>

</app>

<lem>mīṉavar</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">miṉavar</rdg>

</app>

<lem>vē<supplied reason="lost">ḷkula</supplied>-c</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">veḷkulac</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">vēlkulac</rdg>

<note><foreign>villavar mīṉavar vēḷkulac caḷukkiyar</foreign> is expected for this <foreign>aṭi</foreign>.</note>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">valla<lb n="13" break="no"/>var</rdg>

</app>

<lem><unclear>vi</unclear>ḷaṅka</lem>

<note>The letter <foreign>vi</foreign> appear to have been engraved on the perpendicular side of the pilaster, after <foreign>mutal eṉa</foreign>.</note>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">viṟṟirunta</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">vīṟṟirunta</rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">Uyartta</rdg>

</app>

<lem><hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-rā<hi rend="grantha">jādhi</hi>rā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>°</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01"><hi rend="grantha">śrī<unclear>I</unclear></hi>rā<hi rend="grantha">jādhi</hi>rā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>°</rdg>

</app>

<lem>muḻaiyū<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">muḻaiyūr nāṭṭu</rdg>

<note>The final letter is well preserved but enigmatic. <foreign>muḻaiyūr</foreign>, that is, <foreign>muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu</foreign> is evidently meant.</note>

</app>

<lem><hi rend="grantha"><choice><sic>p</sic><corr>b</corr></choice>ra<space/>hma</hi>tēyam</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01"><hi rend="grantha">bra</hi>mateyam</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01"><hi rend="grantha">brahma</hi>tēyam</rdg>

</app>

<lem>tiru-naḷḷāṟ-u<supplied reason="omitted">ṭ</supplied>aiyār</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">tirunaḷḷāṟuṭaiyār</rdg>

</app>

<lem>nila mutalu<supplied reason="lost">m</supplied> nel mutalum parikalappi<unclear>kk</unclear>iṉṟa muta<unclear>lu</unclear><gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character" precision="low"/></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">nila mutalum <gap reason="illegible" quantity="5" unit="character" precision="low"/></rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">nila mutalum nel mutalum parikalappikkiṉṟa mutalu</rdg>

</app>

<rdg source="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01">tirumeni mutalum</rdg>

<rdg source="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01">tirumēni mutalum</rdg>

<note>Both editions by <ptr target="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01"/> and <ptr target="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01"/> stop here.</note>

</app>

<lem>celutta</lem>

<note>In the syllable <foreign>ce</foreign> it seems that a <foreign>daṇḍa</foreign> is written between the <foreign>kompu</foreign> and <foreign>c</foreign>.</note>

</app>

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[<foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa]

</p>

28th year of the glorious king Rājadhirāja, the lord, alias the king Rājakesarivarman.

</p>

<gap reason="lost"/>th year, the capital in land, the capital in paddy, the capital in <foreign>parikalam</foreign>, the capital in <foreign>tirumēṉi</foreign> of Tirunaḷḷāṟuṭaiyar at Tirunaḷḷāṟu, a <foreign>brahmadeya</foreign> of Muḻaiyūr in the Uyyakkoṇṭār-vaḷanāṭu <gap reason="illegible"/> with <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>koṇṭu</foreign></supplied> the paddy and the coins <gap reason="ellipsis"/>

</p>

</div>

<p>For the different versions of the <foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa, see <bibl><ptr target="bib:Cuppiramaniyam1983_01"/> </bibl> (pages 39-45).</p>

</div>

<p>

First edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Kuppusamy+Vijayavenugopal2006_01"/></bibl> (PI 452).

First translated in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Kuppusamy+al2010_01"/></bibl> (PI 452).

Re-edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Vijayavenugopal2017_01"/></bibl> (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 2), with photo.

</p>

<p>

This edition revised by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019).

Review and updates (based on photos by N. Ramaswamy), encoding, critical apparatus and translation by Emmanuel Francis (2020).

</p>

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