Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.5

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c28.s1.5

| ***1.*** | **A.** | **kā ṇi ya nā na tā a si ri ya ī** **ku va a ṇa ke dha ma mā ma** **ī ta tā a ne ṭu ña cā li yā ṇa** **pā ṇā a ṇa kā ṭā la a ṇa vā ḷu ta ti ya** **ko ṭu ṭū pi ta tā a pā ḷi ī ya** |
| | **B.** | *kaṇi-y*¹ *nanta-a-siri-y-i*² *kuv-aṇkē dhammam*³ [ |* ] *ittā-a*⁴ *neṭuñcaliyaṉ*⁵ *paṇa-aṉ*⁶ *kaṭal-aṉ*⁷ *vaḷutti-y*⁸ *koṭṭupitta-a*⁹ *paḷi-iy*¹⁰ கணிய் நந்தஅஸிரிய்இ குவ்அன்கே தம்மம் [ |* ] இத்தாஅ நெடுஞ்சழியன் பணஅன் கடல்அன் வழுத்திய் கொட்டுபித்தஅ பளிஇய் Charity to **Nanta-siri Kuvaṉ**, the ***kaṇi***. Behold! The hermitage was caused to be carved by **Kaṭalaṉ Vaḷuti**, the servant of **Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ**. |
| **ILL.** | | Tracing: Fig. 8.1. Direct photograph (computer-enhanced): Pl. 1. |
| **Locus** | | On the brow of the upper southern cave known as the 'kitchen' on the Kaḻukumalai hill; too weather-worn and faint to produce a legible estampage, but clearly visible to the naked eye. See section 1.2.1 (iii) and Fig. 1.2. |
| **No. of lines** | 1 | |
| **Length** | 564 cm. | |
| **Date** | ca. 2nd century B.C. | |
| **Publ.** | ARE 465/1906. IM:1/1966. *HTS*:1.1 (pp. 43-44, 69-73); MSV:9.3 (pp. 87-91); RN:1.1 (pp. 48-53); RPS:1(pp. 163-197). K.V. Ramesh (in A. Chakravarti 1974):No. 1. J. Sundaram 1984:No. 4. |
| **Notes** | 1. | *kaṇi-* < *gaṇi* (Pkt.) < *gaṇin* (Skt.), title of a senior Jaina monk heading a *gaṇa*. |
| | 2. | Word-division as in RPS, but treating *-siri-y-i* as a suffix. *nanta-a-siri-*< *naṁda -siri* (Pkt.) < *nanda-śrī* (Skt.). Cf. *nanta-siri-* (No. 2) and *nata-siri-* (No. 3). |
| | 3. | *dhammam* < *dhamma* (Pkt.) < *dharma* (Skt.). Cf. *dhamam* (No. 2). |
| | 4. | Cf. LT *itā* 'behold!' See Commentary on the form *ittā-a*. Cf. *itā* (No. 2). |
| | 5. | Cf. Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ, N. of a Pāṇṭiya king. Cf. *neṭiñcaliyaṉ* (No. 2). See section 4.2.1. |
| | 6. | Cf. *paṇavaṉ* 'servant' (*TL*). |
| | 7. | *kaṭalaṉ*. Cf. Kaṭalaṉ, N. of a chieftain. |
| | 8. | Read *vaḷuti-*. Cf. Vaḷuti, a Pāṇṭiya dynastic name. |
| | 9. | *koṭṭupitta-* < *koṭṭu* 'to hammer' . Cf. (inscr.) *koṭṭuvittāṉ* 'he caused to be carved' (so in RN). |
| | 10. | *paḷḷi-*. Cf. LT *paḷḷi* 'hermitage'. See section 6.17 on the omission of doubling of consonants. |