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No. 85.
Tirumalai, Polur Taluk, North Arcot District. On the wall of a mandapa at the base of the Tirumalai rock, to the rignt of the entrance. Dynasty : Sambuvarāya
King: Rājanārāyaṇa Date: Regnal year 12
Language and Alphabet : (c. 14th century A.D.)
Tamil, Tamil and Grantha Purport: Records the setting up of the utsava-murti (Vihāra-nāyapār) of Ponneyil-nāthar on Vaigai-Tirumalai by Nallāttāļ, the daughter of Maņņai-Ponnāndai of Ponnür.
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1. Svasti śrī [|1 *) Rājanārāyaṇa Sambuvarājarkku yā2. nqu 12 vadu Ponnür Maņņai Ponnāņdai 3. maga! Nallāttā] Vaigai-Ttirumalaikku ēşiy-aruļa4. ppanniņa śri-Vihāra-nāyaṇār Ponneyil5. nāthar [*] Dharmmo-yañ-jayatu [1 1 *]
Notes: With Ponneyil-nāthar, 'the lord of the golden fortress',
compare Ponneyirkon which is the same as Aruhan (i.e., Arhat), Kön is only the Tamil rendering of the Sanskrit word nātha. "Ponpeyil-nātha means the 'Lord of the golden fortress', i.e., the Arhat”- P.B. Desai, ibid., p. 45.
[Published in SII., Vol. I, No. 70]
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