Ecālam plates, time of Rājendra I Cōḻa, year 24
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⟨4r4=76⟩ no nara-pat¿i?n abhiyācate ⟨’⟩s¡o! rājendra-cola-ṇṛpatir jjana-nātha-sūnuḥ
⟨4r5=77⟩ dharmmo yam astu paripālya Iti pratāpa-namr-āvan-īndra-makuṭ-¿ā?-
⟨4r6=78⟩ llasad-aṃghri-pīthaḥ ~ śaṃkarasya tanujena pā(r)śva-grāma-nivāsin-
⟨4r7=79⟩ ā nārāyaṇena kavinā śāsanaṃ śāśvatāṃ kṛtaM ⁋
Plates: Tamil portion
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Apparatus
Bibliography
Edited and translated in Nagaswamy 1987, with visual documentation (Sanskrit text normalised). Tamil portion edited in Kasinathan 1994
This edition by Emmanuel Francis.
Primary
[N] Nagaswamy, R. 1987. “Archaeological finds in South India: Esālam bronzes and copper-plates.” Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient 76, pp. 1–51.
[Ka] Kasinathan, Natana. 1994. “Esalam copper plates of Rajendra Chola - I.” In: Collected papers: Studies in Tamil culture. TNSDA publication 123. Madras: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology.
[Ki] Kiruṣnamūrtti, ca. 2010. Irācēntircōḻaṉ veḷiyiṭṭa Ecālam ceppēṭukaḷ. Ceṉṉai: International institute of Tamil studies.
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Commentary
Nārāyaṇa, the poet of the present Sanskrit praśasti, is also that of the Karantai Tamil Caṅkam plates. Compare stanzas 33-34 here with stanzas 73 and 76 of the Karantai Tamil Caṅkam plates.