Ciṉṉapāḷampākkam cavern

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-04-22Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSPallava00449

Summary: Foundation of a temple for Siṁhanandi Bhaṭṭāra by Ciṟiyanaṅkaiyār in the name of Vīrattoḻilar.

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Lay-out with rules.

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¹svasti śrī

kō-vicaiya-nṛpatuṅk¿u?⟨a⟩-
²ṟku yāṇṭu pattoṉpat-āvatu

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³riya-peṇṇākaṭattu siṁha-nan=ti-(pa)ṭārar-
⁴kku paṅkala-nāṭ-uṭaiyār koṭukkar vīra-t-
⁵toḻilar pērāṟ paṅkaḷa-nāṭ-uṭaiyār-(c= cū)-
⁶ḷ(ai)kaḷ ciṟiya-naṅk¿e?⟨ai⟩yār ceyvitta śrī-kōyil

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³ siṁha° • The anusvāra is above the syllable ha. — ³ paṭārar • The syllable pa looks like pā. — ³ koṭukkar ◇ kuṭukkar DD
⁵ uṭaiyār-(c= cū)ḷ(ai)kaḷ ◇ -uṭaiyār-t ta(ḷa)kaḷ Āvaṇam; -uṭaiyār-t taḷakaḷ DD •

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

Translation into French by Emmanuel Francis

¹Prosperity ! Fortune !

^1-2Nineteenth year of the victorious king Nṛpatuṅga.

^2-6The glorious temple that Ciṟiya-naṅkaiyār, courtesan (cūḷai-kaḷ) of the lord (uṭaiyār) of Paṇkala-nāṭu has caused to be made for Siṁhanandi Bhaṭṭāra of the great Peṇṇākaṭam in the name of (pēr-āl) of Vīra-t-toḻilar (« the doer of heroic deeds »), son (koṭukkar) of the lord of Paṇkala-nāṭu.

Commentary

ARIE on cūḷaikaḷ.

Bibliography

Edited in Āvaṇam 1991–2019 with facsimile (Āvaṇam 7, no. 5); text in Dayalan 2005; re-edited here and translated for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on the estampage published in ARIE 1996-1997.

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