Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t7: Pugalur - 7
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t7
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Pugalur - 7
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67. A. L. 1 **ko ṛ¹ ṛa na tai ḷa va² [ṇa]³ ...** L. 2 **mu⁴ ṉ¹ ṛu**
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¹ These two letters are marked by the *puḷi* (one of them in L.2 noticed earlier by RN). I was hesitant to accept the claim as the rock surface is heavily pitted here (I. Mahadevan 1992). However, subsequent verification by our team *in situ* has confirmed the two *puḷi* marks.
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² TVM and RN read *e*.
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³ This letter is damaged and the rest of the line is lost. The three short horizontal lines seen to the upper left of this letter seem to be later scratches.
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⁴ The reading is *mu* as pointed out by RN.
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B. L. 1 *koṛṛantai [i\*]⁵ ḷava[ṇ]* . . . L. 2 *muṉṛu*⁶
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⁵ [*i*\*] is supplied from the context. See n.4, No. *61*; n.7, No. *62* and n.3, No. *89*.
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⁶ As in RN. Cf. LT *muṉril*.
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L. 1 கொற்றந்தை [இ\*]ளவ[ன்] . . . L. 2 மூன்று
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The forecourt⁷ (is the gift) of Koṛṛantai (I)ḷavaṇ.
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⁷ The 'forecourt' is apparently the spacious rock floor with a number of stone beds outside the cave.
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| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.33. Estampage: Pl. 30. |
| **Locus** | On the first stone bed (from left) outside the western cave on the southern face of the hill. The top layer of the rock floor has sheared off carrying away part of the first line. |
| **No. of lines** | 2 |
| **Length** | L. 1: approximately 41 cm. (extant); L. 2: 15 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 3rd century A.D. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* 344/1927-28. IM:65/1966. |
| | *HTS*:15.9 (pp. 57-62); RN:16.9 (pp. 66-74); |
| | TVM:14-V (pp. 279-284, Pl. 25 top). |
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