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Pillaiyarpatti ### [c28.s3.t7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.1) L. 1 \*\*e¹ k² kā ṭ ṭū ru\*\* L. 2 \*\*k ko ṉ pe ru n ta ca ṉ\*\* ### [c28.s3.t7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.2) \*\*B.\*\* L. 1 \*\*ekkāṭṭūru-³\*\* L. 2 \*\*k-kōṉ peruntacaṉ⁴\*\* ### [c28.s3.t7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.3) L. 1 \*\*எக்காட்டூரு\*\* L. 2 \*\*க் கோன் பெருந்தசன்\*\* ### [c28.s3.t7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.4) Chieftain of Ekkāṭṭūru, the master mason.⁵ ### [c28.s3.t7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.5) | \*\*ILL.\*\* | Tracing: Fig. 8.52. Estampage: Pl. 51. | | \*\*Locus\*\* | On a pilaster of the western rock wall in the rock-cut Piḷḷaiyār shrine; well-preserved. See section 1.8.5. | | \*\*No. of lines\*\* | 2 | | \*\*Length\*\* | L. 1: 32 cm.; L. 2: 53 cm. | | \*\*Date\*\* | ca. 6th century A.D. | | \*\*Publ.\*\* | \*ARE\* 156/1935-36. \*IM\*:75/1966. | | | \*HTS\*:20 (pp. 63-64); \*RN\*:19 (pp. 79-80); RPS:46 (pp. 103-197). | | | I. Mahadevan 1965d, 1997d. | ### [c28.s3.t7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.6) Notes ### [c28.s3.t7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.7) 1. The short vowel \*e\* is marked by the \*puḷḷi\* placed inside the letter. 2. All the six basic consonants are marked by the \*puḷḷi\*. The \*puḷḷi\* marks came to light when the thick layer of sandal paste on the pilaster was removed by our team (I. Mahadevan 1992:pp. 154-155). 3. Probably \*ek-\* \< \*\*eru-k\*. Cf. \*erukāṭu-ūru\* (No. 52) and \*erukāṭur\* (No. 55). Cf. LT \*erukkāṭṭūr\*. 4. Reading according to RN; verified \*in situ\* at the time of checking the inscription again. \*-taccaṉ\*. Cf. (inscr.) \*peruntaccaṉ\*. 5. See Commentary on the dating of the rock-cut cave from palaeographic evidence. ### [c28.s3.t7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.8) 118. ### [c28.s3.t7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.9) 119. ### [c28.s3.t7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.10) Figure 8.53. \*XL. EDAKAL-B 1 & 2\* Inscriptions Nos. \*118 & 119\* Tracings. Scale: one-eighth. ### [c28.s3.t7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.11) XL. EDAKAL - B (எடக்கல் - ஆ) - 1 ### [c28.s3.t7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.12) A. \*\*pa l¹ pu li tā t² ta kā ri\*\* ### [c28.s3.t7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.13) B. \*\*\*palpuli³ tātta kāri\*\*\* ### [c28.s3.t7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.14) பல்புலி தாத்த காரி ### [c28.s3.t7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.15) Tātta Kāri of Palpuli. ### [c28.s3.t7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.16) | \*\*ILL.\*\* | Tracing: Fig. 8.53. Estampage: Pl. 52. | | \*\*Locus\*\* | On the south rock wall of the Edakal cave with prehistoric carvings; well-preserved. See section 1.8.6 (ii). | | \*\*No. of lines\*\* | 1 | | \*\*Length\*\* | 102 cm. | | \*\*Date\*\* | ca. 5th century A.D. | | \*\*Publ.\*\* | \*ARE\* 121/1897. \*SII.\* VI: No. 75. | | | F. Fawcett 1901: Estampage No. 2; Pl. I, Fig. 1 (top line); Pl. II, Fig. 1 (top line at left); with comments by E. Hultzsch. | | | I. Mahadevan and S. Swaminathan 1998: pp. 20-29. I. Mahadevan 1999: pp. 1-19 (with Pl.). | | \*\*Notes\*\* | | | 1. | The letter is marked with a \*puḷḷi\*. Hultzsch read this earlier as \*laṁ\* treating the \*puḷḷi\* as the \*anusvāra\*, but later corrected the reading as \*l\*. | | 2. | The letter is marked with a \*puḷḷi\*. Hultzsch reads \*naṁ\* . | | 3. | A place name. | ### [c28.s3.t7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.17) EDAKAL - B (எடக்கல் - ஆ) - 2 ### [c28.s3.t7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.18) \*\*119. A.\*\* \*\*ve ṅ¹ ko ma lai ka c¹ ca va nu ca t¹ ti\*\* ### [c28.s3.t7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.19) \*\*B.\*\* \*veṅkōmalai kaccavanu² catti\* ### [c28.s3.t7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.20) வெங்கோமலை கச்சவநு சத்தி ### [c28.s3.t7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.21) Kaccavaṉu Catti of Veṅkōmalai. ### [c28.s3.t7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7.22) | \*\*ILL.\*\* | \*\*Tracing: Fig. 8.53. Estampage: Pl. 52.\*\* | | \*\*Locus\*\* | \*\*On the south rock wall of the cave; well-preserved.\*\* | | \*\*No. of lines\*\* | \*\*1\*\* | | \*\*Length\*\* | \*\*133 cm.\*\* | | \*\*Date\*\* | \*\*ca. 5th century A.D.\*\* | | \*\*Publ.\*\* | \*\*ARE 122/1897. \*SII.\* VI: No. 76.\*\* | | | \*\*F. Fawcett 1901: Estampage No. 3; Pl. I, Fig. 2; Pl. II, Fig. 1 (top line at right).\*\* | | | \*\*I. Mahadevan and S. Swaminathan 1998: pp. 20-29. I. Mahadevan 1999: pp. 1-19 (with Pl.).\*\* | | \*\*Notes\*\* | | | 1. | All the basic consonants are marked with the \*puḷḷi\*. | | 2. | Read \*kaccavaṉu\*. Cf. \*kaśyapa\*, \*kacchapa\* (Skt.), gōtra names. | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s3.t7) · Pramāṇa