Current Version: draft, 2024-04-22Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00178
Summary: Donation of gold for performing rituals (hiraṇyagrbha and tulābhāra).
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Ituvu¡mm!⟨m⟩ oru paḻaṅ-kal paṭi
yāṇṭu I(rupa)tt’ iraṇ{ṭ}ṭu
nṛpat¡o!⟨u⟩ṅka-mahārāja⟨r⟩ deviyār viramahādeviyār hiraṇyagarbhamu⟨m⟩ tulāpāra[mum] pukka poṉṉil tiru-k- koṭikāvil mahā[9+]-
2tta poṉ Aimpatiṉ kaḻañcu
Itaṉil Iru-patt’ aiṅ-kaḻañcu poṉṉiṉ palicaiyāl nicati Iru-nāḻi Ariciyum Oru piṭi
neyyum taḷi Arcci⟨p⟩pār kai mahā[9+]-
3l nicati Uḻakku ney taḷi Aṟcippār kai¡yy!⟨y⟩ilē no[ṉ>n]tā viḷakki[ṉu*]kku kuṭu[p*]pōm āṉōm tirukkoṭikā-v-āṉa kaṇṇamaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm
Itu paḻaṅ-kal paṭi
I[9+]-
4Ubhaiyogam illāmaiyil Atu tavintatu Itu muṭṭil paṉmāyeśvarar kaṭaikkūṭṭa-p peṟṟār
1 yāṇṭu I(rupa)tt’ iraṇ{ṭ}ṭu ◇ (Irupattiraṇ){ṭ}ṭu VVA
1 Prosperity! Fortune!
1 This also [is] a copy of an old stone.
1 Twenty-second year.
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3 This [is] the copy of the old stone.
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This is a later copy of an original Pallava inscription.
1Note on the king of the year.
3-4This phrase pertains to the time of the copy.
4VVA notes: "The inscription is built in at the right end."
Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 (SII 12, no. 74); text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP no. 178); encoded and first translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2021), based on previous editions and photos.