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SENDALAI PILLAR INSCRIPTIONS.
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C.--Same sertion; cast face.
TEXT. 1 Nettoy[t]tanavāls-en2 gum [) varu punal sul Valla-kkol. 3 Māran seruvil [*] Marangūrvā[y]. 4 fpattär-udal kudaindu mändi (1-p5 puțankūrvāy-kkond-c6 lunda pul Pachchil Vél7 4namban pādina
TRANSLATION. As it was steeped in the moon's light, the birds with their months (bills) sharp at the ontside picked at the dead bodies and drank the blood) of those who fell in the battle of Marangür fought by Maran, the lord of Vallam which is surrounded on all sides by water ; and went away. Composed by Velnamban of Pachchil.
D.-Same section; south face.
TEXT. 1 [Sri-Māran] 2 Sri-Satri(tru) kosari 3 Sri-Kalvarakalvan 4 Sri-Atisähasan
E.-Bottom section; north face.
TEXT. 1 Pēr=ilai-ppangaya2 n=kimba=ppiraiyin 3 kuru-malai=ppondir=i4 lai=kkollum padam=i[di]5 [ri]ņiy=araña[m=i]tta käri[lai]. 6 . . . . . . . kalap-ma 7 . . . . . VTA . .
TRANSLATION You appeared there just like the young shoot of the crescent, which causes to shrink the big retalled lotus-flowers ... .. the pointed (and) leaf-shaped .... having fed on the forests of protection . . .
I The first fir and a part of the second are lost at the beginning of this verse. ? The letter in brackets is corrected from some other akshara. • Metrc: Vonba.
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No translatiou is given, as the text ouly contains titles. See uote 7, p. 139 abuve.
