Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s13: Plate XXXIV
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s13
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Plate XXXIV
c12.s13.1
This illustrates the way of describing boundaries. The village of Kumāḍimaṅgalam must be somewhere not far south of Madras, but I cannot identify it.
c12.s13.2
1. ōlai šēydu nāṭṭār viḍutta aṟaiyōlaippaḍi nilattukk ’ěl-
2. lai: kīḻpāṟk ’ěllai, kuṇamoḻivāykkālukku mē(ṟ)kkum; těṉpāṟkk ’ěllai,
3. iraṇḍu māvukkē kiḻakku nōkki ppāyndu uṭširuvāykkālukku vaḍakkum; mē-
4. lpāṟk ’ěllai, maḍaittalaivāykkālukku kiḻakkum; vaḍapāṟk ’ěllai maḍaitta-
5. laivāykkālu těṟkumāya—ivvišē(ḍi)ttaperunāṉy ’ěllaiyalilum a-
6. ɣappaṭṭa nilattuḷ šuḍuɣāḍu ŏru māvaraiyum nīkki, uṇṇilaṉŏliviṉṟi, uḍu-
7. m b’ōḍi āmai tavaḻndu ’ěllām Kumāḍimaṅyalam ěṇṇum pērāl pira-
8. madēyamāya (brahmadeya) ppěṟṟadaṟku ppěṟṟa parihāram nāḍāṭšiyum ūrāṭšiyum vaṭṭinā-
9. ḻiyum pūdananāḻiyum taṭṭakkāyamum īḻampūṭšiyum iḍaippūṭšiyumm aṉṟu [ . . šěṉṟadu || ]
c12.s13.3
It will be observed that this inscription (like all old Tamiḻ inscriptions found as yet) is in language much like what is now spoken; this is a very strong reason for regarding the Šěṇdamiḻ as an artificial style, for at the time this document was written but little of the poetical literature was in existence.