Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00145
Summary: Donation of gold for a festival celebration.
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Zone 1 [unknown number of lines lost] 1[?6+]‡[?6+]-
2muṭi-mahāde‡vaṟku māci-maka-
3n tiruviḻā-v e‡ṭuppa⟨ta⟩ṟkku ca-
4ntirātittava‡ṟ pallava-tila⟨ka⟩-
5-kulattu nan‡ti-p-pōttarai-
6yar mahādevī‡yār-āṉa Aṭikāl
7kaṇṭaṉ māṟam‡pāvaiyār vai-
8tta poṉ ¿v?⟨p⟩ati‡ṉ ēḻu kaḻañcē
9kāl
Ip-poṉ‡ṉil mutal viḻā
10Eṭukku nāṉṟu ‡ Ēḻu kaḻañcu po-
11ṉṉāl ōr āṇ‡ṭil kaḻañciṉ vā-
12y kala-v-arici-y-(ā)‡ka Ēḻu kala-v-ariciy(ā) Zone 2 -
13l tiru-‡mēṉi‡-y āṭa ne‡y pāl ‡ tayir
14ai¡ñ‡-ñ!⟨n‡-n⟩āḻi-c ‡ cētum ‡ Iḷa-nīr ‡ Irupatu
15Aka-nā‡ḻikai ‡ paripāra‡maṭaṅka‡t tiru-
16-v-amir‡t’ arici ‡ mu-k-kuṟu‡ṇiyum ‡ tiru-v-a-
17mirtu‡n tiru‡viḷak‡kun ne‡y nā-
18ḻi ‡ tayir ‡ Iru-nāḻi ‡ Amir‡tu kaṟi
19carka‡rai vā‡ḻai-p-pa‡ḻam A‡ṭaikkā-
20y irupa‡tum Ippaṭi-y ‡ ārātip‡pi⟨k⟩kavum
21mikka-v ‡ arici ‡ koṇṭu ‡ br¿a?⟨ā⟩hma‡ṇarum aṭi-
22kaḷmā‡rum uṇ‡ṭu tiruvi‡ḻā-v e‡ṭuttu
23mikka ‡ poṉṉi‡l Iru-ka‡ḻañcu ‡ poṉ
24ṉāṟ pa‡licai ‡ yāṇṭu‡varai ‡ Arai Zone 3 -
25-[k] kaḻañciṉāl nica‡t[i] naṟum pū nūṟu
26vaṭam ōr ilai-c cā‡ntum Ēḻu nāḷ iṭu-
27vatāka niṉṟa poṉ‡ṉil kaḻañcē kālāl
28palicai Ōr āṇṭil ‡ paṉṉiru-nāḻi-y uri-y
29neyyāl parāmpa‡ṇarum Aṭikaḷmārum
30Uṇpat-āka niṟai Ēḻu kaḻañcu po(ṉ)
31[Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu]ttu ‡ [k]iḻ[ai]-k kāl Zone 4
32[1+] ṟu [7+ E-]
33ḻuttiṉ kuṟai
34palicai yāṇṭu
35varai kaḻañciṉ
36vāy kāl-p pa-
37icai-y-āka van-
38ta poṉ kaḻañcē
39mu-k-kāl Ip-po-
40ṉ koṇṭu ¿di?⟨tī⟩rt-
41tam āṭiṉāl tiru-
42-namaṉattukku
43vēṇṭum avi Zone 5
44koṇṭu ‡ ⟨nū⟩-
45ṟṟ’ eṭṭu‡-k kalai-
46cattāl ‡ tiru-na-
47maṉañ ‡ ce¡vv!⟨yv⟩a-
48t-āka Ip-‡poṉ
49koṇ‡ṭārai I-
50la¡tṣ!⟨kṣ⟩aṇam cey-
51tu Ey‡y¿a?⟨i⟩ṉāṭṭu
52tēvatā‡ṉam ciri-
53-kaṇṭapu‡rattu A-
54ṟukai v‡āṇikar kai-
55-¡v-v!⟨v⟩aḻi ‡ vaittatu
-
56Itu pa‡ṉmā-
57heśva‡rar ira‡¡tṣ!⟨kṣ⟩ai
8 ¿v?⟨p⟩ati‡ṉ ◇ tiṉ KVSA
12–13 °v-ariciy(ā)/l ◇ °v-arici(yā)/l KVSA
13 °mēṉi° ◇ °(m)ēṉi° KVSA
14 Iḷa-nīr ◇ Iḷa-nir KVSA
15 paripāra° ◇ pari(p)āra° KVSA
25 nica‡t[i] ◇ nicati KVSA
26–27 iṭu/vatāka ◇ iṭu/vitāka KVSA
29 parāmpa‡ṇarum ◇ parāmmaṇarum KVSA
30 Uṇpat-āka ◇ (U)ṇpat-āka KVSA
31 [Itaṉ kuṟai Eḻu]ttu ‡ [k]iḻ[ai]-k kāl ◇ (Itaṉ) ku(ṟai) Eḻuttu kiḻaik kāl KVSA • This portion appears to have been damaged since the edition by KVSA.
32 This line is not taken into account by SII but it is clearly there (chopped off) at
the top of the pillar ◇ KVSA • This line is not taken into account by KVSA, but it is clearly there (chopped off) at the top of the pillar. — 32–33 [E-]/ḻuttiṉ ◇ /⟨E⟩ḻuttiṉ KVSA
44–45 ⟨nū⟩/ṟṟ’ ◇ ⟨nū⟩/ṟṟ’ KVSA • The syllable ṉu is in fact possibly engraved.
47–48 ce¡vv!⟨yv⟩a/t-āka ◇ ce⟨y⟩{v}va/tāka KVSA
51 Ey‡y¿a?⟨i⟩ṉāṭṭu ◇ Eyyiṇāṭṭu KVSA
57 ira‡¡tṣ!⟨kṣ⟩ai ◇ iratṣai KVSA • The final character tṣai is written on the adjacent face of the middle octagonal portion and his not covered
by available photos.
2-9
9-55 18th year of Nantippōttaraiyar who vanquished at Teḷḷāṟu.
56-57
13-24
Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (SII 7, no. 523); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP n° 145); edited and translated by Schmid 2014; edited and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (beginning of lines 13-24 and end of lines 15-21 not covered by photos).