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KOTTAYAM PLATE OF VIRA-RAGHAVA.
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same place could not have been called Kodu gülür in one part of the inscription and Magôdaiyarpattinam in another. Perhaps Magôdaiyarpattiņam was a quarter or suburb of Cranganore. But the derivation of the name is indisputable. Magôdaiyarpattinam means 'the town of the great Chèra king,' and is correctly spelt in the present grant. It is therefore unnecessary to correot it into Mahôdêvarpattiņam or Mahadevarpattinam.
At the end of the inscription the villagers of Sôgiram and Papriyur are mentioned as witnesses to the grant.. Sögiram is identical with the modern Sukapuram in the Ponani taluka of the Malabar district, which in its inscriptions is called Sogiram (Nos. 208, 209, 210 and 211 of 1895). Papriyûr is identical with Panniyûr, another village in the Ponani taluka. Sukapuram and Panniyur are said to have been the original Nambadiri settlements in Malabas, 3 Of the districts mentioned at the end of the grant, Vénkļu is, as is well known, identical with Travancore. Erânádu and Valluvanadu are the old names of the two tálukas Ernad and Valluvapad of the Malabar district. Venada, Erålanadu (an earlier form of Eranadu) and Valluvanadu are also mentioned in the Cochin grant. Dr. Gundert has identified Odunadu with Onada whose capital was Kayanguļam.
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First Side. 1 Hari sri Maháganapata? [na]ma[b] [ilo] Sri-pů påla-narapati [S]-Vira-Kera2 ta-sakravartti Adiy=&yi
muga-muraiyê pala-nurayiratt-[n]du 3 sengol nadattayinipra árl-Vira-Raghava-sakrava[r]ttikku tiruv-ira4 chyam chell&yininra Makarattal Viyalam Mina-nayaga irabattonru 5 senra Sa[n]i Rohani-na! peran-goyilagattsirannarula Magddaiyarpatting6 ttu Travikorttapp-aya Seraman-16ka-pperu-jettikku Manikkirama7 patta[n]-gaduttôm [*] viļdy-adeyum pavaņa-ttángum peru peram kadut[t]al? 8 va[l]enjiyamu[m] vaļañjiyattil (ta)gi-chchettum mar-chchollum mungs9 deyam pancha-vådyamam samkham pagal-vilakkam pavadayam aintôļamam13
korra10 kkudayam vaduga-ppareyam idupadi-tôranamam nálu sê[r]ikkum taņi
Second Side 11 chchettum kaduttom [1] våņiyarım sim-kammâļareyum adima kaduttôm [*] 12 nagarattakku karttây=ays Iraviko[r]ttanukku para kond=a!anna nira kon. 13 do [t]ákki nůl kondu vågi eņpinradilum edukkinradilar [pa)14 nôdu! sakkarayôdu kasturiyodg5 viļakkennayôļu idayil ullada epper. 15 [p]paţtadinum taragum adip=adutta sungamum kuda Kodungalûr alivi16 yôdu gopurattodu visésbal nâlu taliyum taļikk=adutta kiråmattod=ida. 17 yil nirla mudal-Ayi sepp=eļu eludi kuduttôm [I] Seraman-loka-pperuñ-je18 ttiy-Ana Travikorttanukku ivan makka! makkaļkke vali-valiyê pêr-aga=kkuda. 19 tôm7 [1] id-ariyum Papriyûr-kkiråmamu[m] søgira-kkirámamum ariya
kkudatto[m] [19] 'Vê
1 Mr. Sewell's Lists of Antiquities, Vol. 1. p. 251. * ibid. p. 251. The name of the village is here by mistake spelt Punnaydr. • Mr. Logan's Malabar, Vol. I. p. 120.
• Abone, Vol. III. p. 68. Madras Journal, Vol. XIII, Part I. p. 124. . From ink-impressions prepared by myselt in 1895. • Read gana patay..
Real Bhepila.
Read chakra 26 Read irdjyam.
11 Read Ming.
11 Read kadaltu ? as Read and famum.
11 Read uppiņódu.
16 Read kastériyodu. » Read fr.
T The è of ttb is engraved at the end of the previous line.
