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· <title>Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, time of <foreign>matirai koṇṭa</foreign> Parakesarivarman, year 37</title>
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15 <name>G. Vijayavenugopal</name>
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· <forename>Emmanuel</forename>
· <surname>Francis</surname>
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30 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
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· <p>Copyright (c) 2019-2025 by Emmanuel Francis.</p>
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35 </availability>
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· <p>A carefully engraved wall inscription recording the sale of a land in Kaṇṇamaṅkalam by eight Brahmins to the god Anantanārāyaṇa Paramasvāmi who graciously lies on the serpent bed (<foreign>aṇai</foreign>) at Tiruvekkā (Tiruveḵkā) in Kaccipēṭu (Kāñcipuram) for the sum of 367 <foreign>kaḻañcu</foreign>s of gold.</p>
· <p><bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1920-1921"/></bibl>: <quote>north wall of the central shrine.</quote> <bibl><ptr target="bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01"/></bibl>: <quote><foreign>prākāra</foreign> around the <foreign>garbhagṛha</foreign>, on the northern wall.</quote></p>
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· <p>The project DHARMA has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC)
· under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant
· agreement no 809994).</p>
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85 <ab>
· <lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi>
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· matirai koṇṭa kō-p-parakē<hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>ri-paṉmaṟku yāṇṭu <num value="37">3 <g type="numeral">10</g> 7</num> Āvatu
90 </p>
· <p>
· Eyiṟ-kōṭṭattu Eyil-nāṭṭu-k ka
· <lb n="2" break="no"/>ṇṇa-maṅkalattu Ūrōm Ivv-ūr muṭittalai kiḻavaṉ māṇikka-<hi rend="grantha">śa<unclear>r</unclear>mma</hi>ṉum Attaṇaṅ kiḻavaṉ kana<unclear>ka</unclear>c<unclear>e</unclear><hi rend="grantha">kha</hi>ra
· <lb n="3" break="no"/>-<hi rend="grantha">śarmma</hi>ṉum muṭittalai kiḻavaṉ paṭṭa-<hi rend="grantha">śa<unclear>r</unclear>mma</hi>
95 <lb n="4" break="no"/>ṉum Ik-kuṭi-t tirumalaṅ kiḻavaṉ nārāya
· <lb n="5" break="no"/>ṇa-<hi rend="grantha">bha</hi>ṭṭaṉum Ik-kuṭi-k kampa-<hi rend="grantha">śarmma</hi>ṉum Ik-kuṭi nārā
· <lb n="6" break="no"/>yaṇa-<hi rend="grantha">bha</hi>ṭṭaṉum vayaluḻāṉ Aṅkāṭi-<hi rend="grantha">śarmma</hi>ṉum kaḷattu
· <lb n="7" break="no"/>ḻāṉ nīlaka<hi rend="grantha">ṇṭha-śarmma</hi>ṉum Ivvaṉaivōm Eṅkaḷ pūmi-y-āṉa kaṇṇa-maṅ
· <lb n="8" break="no"/>kalam nila-vilai-y-āvaṇa-k kai<choice><orig>-E</orig><reg>y-e</reg></choice>ḻuttu kacci-p-pēṭṭu-t tiru-vekkā-v-a
100 <lb n="9" break="no"/>ṇai-k kiṭant-aruḷiṉa Aṉanta-nārāyaṇa-parama-<hi rend="grantha">svāmi</hi>kku viṟṟu-k kuṭukkiṟa nilam
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· <item>kīḻ-pāṟ
· <lb n="10" break="no"/>k’ ellai tiru-v-attiyūr Ellaikku mēṟku vekkā-v-āṟu tuṭaṅki vaṭakku nōkki-p pōki
· <lb n="11" break="no"/>ṟa vatikku mēṟkum</item>
105 <item>teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai vekkā-v-āṟṟukku vaṭakkum</item>
· <item>mēl-pāṟk’ el
· <lb n="12" break="no"/>lai patt<choice><unclear>a</unclear><unclear>i</unclear></choice>ṉa-p pāṭi Ellaikku kiḻakkum</item>
· <item>vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai karumpuḻāṉ viḷākattu
· <lb n="13"/>muṭittalai kiḻavaṉ Uṭaiya paḷḷi-p-paṭṭiyi n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r pāyuṅ kālukku-t teṟkum</item>
110 </list>
· tiru-v-attiyū
· <lb n="14" break="no"/>r Ellaiyuḷ Eṅkaḷ kaṇṇa-maṅkala-t-tēttamāṉa k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻai-Araiyum mēlai-y-araiyum
· <lb n="15"/>Uṭpaṭṭa Iṉ-ṉāṟ-pāṟk’ ellai-y-uḷḷum Uḷ-nilam oḻiv’ iṉṟi Oṭump’ ōṭi Āmai nakuntatum kuḷamum koṭ
· <lb n="16" break="no"/>ṭakāramum n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r-nilamum kollaiyum maṉaiyum maṉai-p-paṭappaiyum kaṉṟu-mēy-kaḻaniyum n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r pōṉa vā
115 <lb n="17" break="no"/>ykkālum mēṉōkkiya maramu<unclear>m</unclear> kīṇōkkiya kiṇaṟu<supplied reason="subaudible">m</supplied> mīṉ-paṭu paḷḷamum tēṉ-paṭu pottamu-<unclear>k</unclear>-kā
· <lb n="18" break="no"/>ṭum Uṭpaṭa Eppērpaṭṭa nilam Uḷ-nilam Oḻiv’ iṉṟi viṟṟu Emmil icainta poṉ kācu kalaṉ <gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/>
· <lb n="19"/>muṉṉūṟṟ’ aṟupatt’ eḻu kaḻañcum kiḻi y-aṟa-k kai-k-koṇṭu tiru-vekkā-v-aṇai-k kiṭant-aruḷiṉa Ananta-nār
· <lb n="20" break="no"/>āyaṇa-p-parama-<hi rend="grantha">svāmi</hi>kku viṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm kaṇṇa-maṅkalattu Ūravarōm
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120 <p>
· Eṅkaḷ karumpuḻāṉ vi
· <lb n="21" break="no"/>ḷākattukku n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r pānta kāl kaṇṇa-maṅkalattukku mēl n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r muṟaimai y-āvat’ āka Ip-paric’ oṭṭi Emmil icai
· <lb n="22" break="no"/>nta poruḷ <num value="367">3 <g type="numeral">100</g> 6 <g type="numeral">10</g> 7</num> kaḻañcum kai-k-koṇṭu tiru-vekkā-v-aṇai-k kiṭant-aruḷiṉa Aṉanta<surplus>nta</surplus>-nārāyaṇa-parama
· <lb n="23" break="no"/><space type="defect"/>-<hi rend="grantha">svāmi</hi>kku viṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm kaṇṇa-maṅkalatt’ ūrōm
125 </p>
· <p>
· Ituvē poruḷ māvaṟuti-p poruṭ celav-ōlai y-ā
· <lb n="24" break="no"/>vat’ ākavum
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130 <p>Iru-kāl-āvatu mu-k-kāl-āvatum Emmil icainta poṉ ki<unclear>ḻ</unclear>i maṟa-k kai-k-koṇṭu tiru-vekk<surplus>i</surplus>ā-v-aṇai
· <lb n="25" break="no"/>-k kiṭant-aruḷiṉa parama-<hi rend="grantha">svāmi</hi>kku v<unclear>i</unclear>ṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm kaṇṇa-maṅkalattu Ūrōm
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· Ivarkaḷ paṇiyāl nila
135 <lb n="26" break="no"/>-vilai-y-āvaṇam Eḻutiṉēṉ kaṇṇa-maṅkalam-uṭaiyāṉ Aruḷāḷaṉ pērāyiram-uṭaiyāṉ-ēṉ
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· <lb n="27"/>Eṉ Eḻuttu <g type="punctuation" ref="sym:dashLong">.</g>
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150 <lem>vayaluḻāṉ</lem>
· <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01">vaya<gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/>ḻāṉ</rdg>
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· <lem>teṟkum</lem>
155 <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01">teṟku</rdg>
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· <lem>aṟupatt’ eḻu</lem>
· <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01">aṟupat keḻu</rdg>
160 </app>
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· <lem>Ananta</lem>
· <rdg source="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01 bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01">Aṉanta</rdg>
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165
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· <div type="translation">
170
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·
· <div type="commentary">
· <p n="3-14">The text is interrupted by two pilasters projecting from the wall surface.</p>
175 <p n="15-27">The text is also engraved on the two pilasters projecting from the wall surface.</p>
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·
· <div type="bibliography">
·
180 <p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1920-1921"/></bibl> (ARIE/1920-1921/C/1921/21).</p>
·
· <p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01"/></bibl> and <bibl><ptr target="bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01"/></bibl>.</p>
·
· <p>This revised digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (Babu N. Ramaswamy, 2024).</p>
185
· <p>ASI transcript and estampage yet to be consulted.</p>
·
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Commentary
⟨3–14⟩ The text is interrupted by two pilasters projecting from the wall surface.
⟨15–27⟩ The text is also engraved on the two pilasters projecting from the wall surface.