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like intended to meet the cost of perpetual charities would have been left with them by kings and private individuals and how the donors would have been assured of the fulfilment of their objects. A few inscriptions insert & penal clause stating that in cases of default the Papmāhēbvaras shall levy or cause to be levied a fine on the defaulters, to be paid to the Dharmāsana or the king of the day. From this also the irresistible conclusion is that the Papmāhëávaras in the case of the Siva temples, Sri-Vaishnavas in the case of Vishnu temples and the Sangattar in the case of the Buddhist and Jaina temples must have been regularly constituted bodies meant for or invested with the authority of keeping proper accounts of grants, enforcing the regular conduet of the objects and punishing or causing to be punished any one making infringements in the undertaking
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Pirst Plate. 1 Pugal-mādu viļanga Jaya-mādu virumba Nila-magal nilava Malar-magal pu[na]ra
urimaiyir-chiranda mani-mudi su% di Villavar kulai-tara Mipavar nilai-keda Vikkalar Singañar mēl-kadal påya-ttikk
anaittunitan sakkara naďāt3 ti virasinnäsanattu=bBuvaņamuluduļaiyālodum virrirund=aruļiya kov-Irājakēkari
panmar-āņa chakka4 ravarttiga! bri-Kulõttunga-Chöļadēvarkku yandu irupad-āvadu Ayirattaliy-apa Ahava
mallakulakālapuratta köyilin=uļļālettirumañjana-sālaiyil palli[p*]pidam Kālingarājapil elund
aruļi irukka Kidārat6 taraiyan Geyamāņikka-valanāttu=pPattaya-kkürrattu Sõjakulavalli-pattanattu edappitta
Rējēntraśő7 la-pperum-paļļikkum Rājarāja-pperum-palikkum (p)pallichchandam-āņa ürga! palam
badiy=antarāyamum vira8 teshaiyum paņmai-pandai-vettiyum kundāl[ilyum' bunga-mērāmum ullittaņav
ellam tavirn9 damaikkum mupbu pallichchandanga! kaniy-udaiya kapi-āļarai-ttavira i
ppalli-chchangattarkkē kāņi10 yagapperramaikkum támra-sāsaņam panpi-ttara vēndum-enru Kidkrattare diyar
dütap? Rājavi. 21 dyadhara-bri-samantapum Abhimanottunga-bri-sāmantanum vinnappam beyys
ippadi sandhivigrahi
Read anaith Read with sanattu. . Read Rajendra . Read chandam-m in 11. 9 and 15.
The -wign of li morges in the bottom curve of low of paffiklum in the provious line. Read pügajaran Boro de looks like durs as the sign of length is separated from du. The letter at the end of the word is entered in smaller character at the right bottom of
