Current Version: draft, 2024-05-09Z
Editor: G. Vijayavenugopal.
DHARMA Identifier: INSTamilNadu00102
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Hand Description:
No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Medial i and ī interchangeable. Double pp as a conjunct letter.
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kō-rājakēcari-panma(r-āṉa) 14Uṭaiyār śrī-rājādhirāja-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 8 Āvatu
yā [?4×] t-āvatu Uyakkoṇṭār-vaḷa[nāṭṭu]
15muḻaiyū[1×] ¿p?⟨b⟩ra□hmatēyam tiru-naḷḷāṟṟu tiru-naḷḷāṟ-u⟨ṭ⟩aiyār nila mutalu[m] nel mutalum parikalappi(kk)iṉṟa
muta(lu)[?2×]
16tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i muta[lum ?15×] ḷḷi [?12×] yārkaḷ per[u?2×]-
17ṭ=ṭāl nelluṅ kācuṅ koṇṭu celutta kaṭava niman=tam ti(ru-p)-pēṟūr k(i)ḻava(r) Irun
kāṭaṉ vaikun(ta)ṉ pakkal (ko) [?5×]
1 ta⟨ṉ⟩ ṟoṅkal ◇ K+V; tanṟoṅkal VVG
3 pacun-talai ◇ K+V; paṭuntalai VVG — 3 pāṇṭi(ya)ṉai ◇ pāṇṭiya[3+] K+V; pāṇṭiya[4+] VVG
4 keṭa-t ◇ kevat K+V; keṭat VVG — 4 tōllaiyil ◇ tollaiyil K+V VVG — 4 Olkalil ◇ yolkalil K+V VVG
5 m¡u!⟨ū⟩var ◇ muvar K+V; mūvar VVG — 5 aṟu⟨p⟩pitt’ ◇ aṟuttaruḷitt’ K+V VVG — 5–6 āho(ma)/llaṉu¡mm!⟨m⟩ añca-k ◇ āha(va)/llaṉu¡mm!⟨m⟩ añcak K+V; āhe /mallaṉum mañcak VVG
6 ke(va/tu)vu(m) ◇ kevivum K+V; ketuvum VVG • ākava mallaṉum añcak kēvutaṉ is expected for this aṭi. — 6 ṟāṅkaru⟨m⟩ ◇ ṟāṅkarum K+V VVG
7 ka⟨⟨ṅ⟩⟩kāt¿i?⟨a⟩raṉum ◇ ka⟨ṅ⟩kātiraṉum K+V; kaṅkātīraṉum VVG — 7 vikirtaral ◇ vikirtarav K+V; vitirtaral VVG
8 tarumuraḷ-c ◇ karumuraḷc K+V VVG — 8 samara-[2×]ruvott-uṭaiya ◇ samarap(e)ruvottuṭaiya K+V; samaramēru vottuṭaiya VVG • camara pīruvot tuṭaiya nimicuṭar is expected for this aṭi.
9 nimir cuṭar-p ◇ VVG; viricuṭarp K+V — 9 ayṅkari ◇ ayaṅkari K+V VVG
10 taṇṭāl-p (porru) tirai (Uṟtt)[?15×] ◇ taṇṭāl [5×] K+V; taṇṭāl [?6×] VVG
11 l muṭi Ar(i)n=tu ◇ tu muṭi Aḻin=tu K+V; l muṭi Arintu VVG — 11 uṭain=ta te⟨ṉ⟩ṟamiḻ ⟨ma⟩ṇṭala ◇ uṭain=ta ⟨ṉ⟩ṟamiḻ maṇṭala K+V; uṭait teṉṟamiḻ maṇṭala VVG — 11 muḻutu Ēḻ-(kaṭa)¡l(l)!⟨l⟩ ī(ḻa)m ◇ muḻuvatu Eḻukaṭal li(ḻa)m K+V; muḻutu Eḻkaṭal līḻam VVG • muḻuvatum iḻantu ēḻkaṭal īḻam is expected for this aṭi. A "+" sign is added on top of the tu of muḻutu, most probably to mark that a cīr is here missing in this aṭi.
12 tiṇṭiya ◇ tiṉṭiṟa⟨l⟩ K+V; tīṇṭiya VVG — 12 mīṉavar ◇ VVG; miṉavar K+V — 12 vē[ḷkula]-c ◇ veḷkulac K+V; vēlkulac VVG • villavar mīṉavar vēḷkulac caḷukkiyar is expected for this aṭi. — 12–13 va⟨l⟩la/var ◇ valla/var K+V VVG
13 (vi)ḷaṅka ◇ K+V VVG • The letter vi appear to have been engraved on the perpendicular side of the pilaster, after mutal eṉa. — 13 v¡i!⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-iru¿t?⟨n⟩ta ◇ viṟṟirunta K+V; vīṟṟirunta VVG — 13 Uyar(n)ta ◇ Uyartta K+V VVG
14 śrī-rājādhirāja° ◇ śrī(I)rājādhirāja° K+V; śrīrājātirāja° VVG
15 muḻaiyū[1×] ◇ muḻaiyūr nāṭṭu K+V VVG • The final letter is well preserved but enigmatic. muḻaiyūr, that is, muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu is evidently meant. — 15 ¿p?⟨b⟩ra_hmatēyam ◇ bramateyam K+V; brahmatēyam VVG — 15 tiru-naḷḷāṟ-u⟨ṭ⟩aiyār ◇ tirunaḷḷāṟuṭaiyār K+V VVG — 15 nila mutalu[m] nel mutalum parikalappi(kk)iṉṟa muta(lu)[?2×] ◇ nila mutalum [?5×] K+V; nila mutalum nel mutalum parikalappikkiṉṟa mutalu VVG
16 tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i muta[lum] ◇ tirumeni mutalum K+V; tirumēni mutalum VVG • Both editions by K&V and VVG stop here.
17 celutta • In the syllable ce it seems that a daṇḍa is written between the kompu and c.
1-13 [meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa]
13-14 28th year of the glorious king Rājadhirāja, the lord, alias the king Rājakesarivarman.
14-17 [...]th year, the capital in land, the capital in paddy, the capital in parikalam, the capital in tirumēṉi of Tirunaḷḷāṟuṭaiyar at Tirunaḷḷāṟu, a brahmadeya of Muḻaiyūr in the Uyyakkoṇṭār-vaḷanāṭu [...] with (koṇṭu) the paddy and the coins ...
For the different versions of the meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa, see Cuppiramaṇiyam 1983 (pages 39-45).
First edited in Kuppusamy 2006 (PI 452). First translated in Kuppusamy 2010 (PI 452). Re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 2), with photo.
This edition revised by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019). Review and updates (based on photos by N. Ramaswamy), encoding, critical apparatus and translation by Emmanuel Francis (2020).