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NOVEMBER, 1905.]
NOTES ON THE TIRUVELLARAI INSCRIPTIONS.
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or Dantivarma of the Pallava family, as he is said to belong to the Bhärad vâja gótra (vide line 1). The left half of this inscription has been cat away to give place for the foundation of the Amman temple. In addition to those given below, there is one of Rajendra-Chola I., but, being much damaged, it was not copied.
The formation of certain letters in these inscriptions is worthy of notice. Rai, instead of being written with the ai mark and ra separately, is written as one letter, as lai, lai, and mai. There are some words, too, the formation of which might interest the philologist. The Sanskrit word Katydyana has been transformed into Kachchánant and Kdśyapa into Kachchuvan.
THE TIRUVELLARAI INSCRIPTIONS,
No. 1. On a rock to the South of the Akhilaņdanayaki shrine in the Jambakesvara temple at Tiravellarai:
1. Svasti Srt Madiraikonda konparakesaripa2. nmark-iyându padinainda [va]du iv. 3. vâņda Tiruvella[rai] Tiruva[nai]kkal-må .. 4. yittiyayina Nakkan Mallan 5. Tiruvanaikkal peru mânadi6. kalakka tirunond[& vilakku 7. irevam pakalum erippadar8, ku vaitta pon mappati[n] kala9. ñja chandraditya [vara) panmůlapa 10. mQlaparadaiyâr rakshai
No. II. To the north of No. 1 on the same rock: -
1. Svasti Srt kov-Irâjakesaripanmaşka yk2. nda 3nļu vada Tiruvellarai Tiruvâgaik3. kal pera[mana]dikaluchoha[m]pôdu amudu ley4. yumpôdu Vadama[va]Ilânora Brahmana5. uttamakkramattu utuvidaka ivar 6. Chcbattav[@]y Kañjan Dâmôdiran ivar 7. kkallal vachcha pon elapadin kalan8. ju ipponnin palisaiyal attuvada9. napadi talamonru vattil-onra pattet 10. ta kattal palavarisi nâduri kumm[@]yama[1]
noy ajakkam ppa lam=iraqdum kaykka13. [ri]polingari tayir nâli porikkari kami[lai] 13. pakkirandu ipparibu sandiradittavara - 14. travôm[@]nð mulspasidaiyôm irakshai
No. III. To the north of No. II. on the same rook :
1. Svasti Set Madi[r]ai[ko]nda ki-Pparske2. saripanmarku yan[di]rupattonrivada ip8. våņda Tiravellarai-ttira vånaikkal peru
Se inscription No. IV., line 4, and also No. XII., line 8.
