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APPENDIX
No. 21.
Vedāl, Wandiwash Taluk, North Arcot District. On a boulder in front of a natural cave at Vedāl. Dynasty : Cola
King : Āditya I Date : 885-86 A.D.
Language and Alphabet : Tamil, Tamil and Grantha
Purport : Records that, a dispute having arisen between Kanakavira-kurattiyār, a female disciple of Gunakirti-Bhaţāra of Vidal alias Mādēvi-Ārāndimangalam and her five hundred lady pupils on the one and a group four hundred nuns on the other, the inhabitants of the locality, who were the lay disciples of the school to which Kanakavīra-kurattiyār belonged, undertook to feed her and her lady pupils.
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1. Svasti śrī [|*] kõv-Irāšakēšariparmarkku yāṇdu
padinālāvadu Si2. ngapura-nāțțu-kkisvaļi Vidāl-Mādēvi-Ārāndi mangala3. mudaiya Gunakirtti-Bhațārar-vaļi māņākkiyār
Kanakavīra-kkuratti4. yāraiyum-avar-vali māņākkiyaraiyum Tāpasiga!
nānārruvarkkum 5. kolļādamaiyil ikköyir-pillaigal-aiññārruvarkkuin
vali-ilārun6. kātt-ūļļuvām-āņom[ || *] Engaļuļaiya sya-rakşai
idu irakşippār-adinilai engaļ 7. talai-mēl-ana [1 *]'Mādēvi-Ārāndimangalam-udaiya
Kanakavīra-kkurattiyār8. ttangal-[ū]r-maga!-ādaṇamaiyil .....:. 9. mukkiyarum-idu kāppār [[ ] *] Avargal sva-rakşai
idaņai irakşippār-a
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