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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
[Vol. XXX 4 hmadiyam Sri-Virasangāda-chaturvēdimangalattu sabhaiyom
ivar-pakkal konda pon Parakēsari-kkallal tuļai-nirai-chchempon aiymbatt-aiyn-kaļañju [I*) i-ppon aimbatt-aiyn-kalanjiņāl vanda aļavay sela kār pašānam āņd-eduttu nūsr orupadiņ=kalamun-kondu Tiruvalañjuli-Paramēśvarar köyilila Brāhmaṇarkku uņņa vaichcha kalam mūnrukku
[nisadam) Pa6 rakēsari-kkālāl=kkuruņiy-āga mūnru-kalattukkum nichcham
mūnru-kuruniyāl nel āņ[d-eduttu)-ttoņņārru-kkalamum nichcha[m] adum Brāhmaṇaņukku nichcham Parakēsari aññālisyal] [ând-eduttu padinen-kalanē i)ru-tūņi-kkuruņiyum ātt-oru pudavaikku nel=kkalanë mukkuruniyum=āga nel nürn-orupadin-kalattālum, i-kkalam mūntukkum kummāyam=ullittu mūnru kariyum oru
kalattukku kāņattāl-arai...... 8 m oru-pidi-arai neyyun=[kilānam]pērāl
irandu pākkum aðju verrilaiyum ippadi chandrādityavat niska mūnru-kalamum ūtțuvadānöm sabhaiyöm Vāņavan-uttaramandariyarkku [l*.. dharmmam rakshippän sri-pādam en talai mēslē] [l*) idu pan-māhēsvara-rakshai [Il*]
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS Hail! Prosperity! (Issued) with the affixture of royal signature, in the excessively growing prosperous year 41, forty one, current, of (the reign of) king Kalimürkka the glorious VikramaChõladēva, -who weilded his righteous sceptre, held up bis silver-white parasol with splendour, made (the lands of the country fertile, relieved the sufferings (of) people, received only one sixth (of produce as tax), removed sins (or punished the wicked, i.e. perpetrators of crimes), and who sitting in council (or on the royal throne), protected his subjects from external evils" with the intense love of a mother to the child born to her,
We, (the members of the assembly of the illustrious Virasangāda-chaturvēdimangalam, & brahmaděya in Teņkarai-nādu, received from Virasangādan Sürriyadēvan-Vänavan-Uttaramantri, a Nänädësiya-náttu-Chetti and resident of Nandiyanallur in Vadagarai-Tirukkaļumalanadu, fifty five kalasju, as weighed by the stone weight called) Parakësarikal of gold coins bear ing clear) marks (and having proper) weight.
With the income of one hundred and ten kalam of paddy, arising, during kär and pasānam of every year, from these fiftyfive kaļañju of gold (coins), we, (the members of) the assembly, bound ourselves on behalf of Vanavan-Uttaramantri to give annually (1) ninety kalam of paddy as
Kudi-ombal, according to Parimēlalagar, is done by not levying excessive taxation, receiving the due taxes when there is no distress and remitting them when necessary. Cf. Kural, 390.
* These refer to those arising from officials and enemies, according to Parimelalagar (800 undor Kural, 387).
