Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.t8: XLI. Ezhuttukallu
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s3.t8
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XLI. Ezhuttukallu
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L. 1¹ **mā ca ko ṭu nī ra ṇa** L. 2² **vā ya**
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¹ L. 1 has been read *ma ē ti ṭa ni ra ṇa* in *ARE* and as *mā va ku ṭu nī ra ṇa* by Narayanan.
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² L. 2 has been read *vā ṟ* by Narayanan. This line has not been read in *ARE*.
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**B.** L. 1 *mācakōṭu nīr=aṇa-*³ L. 2 *vāy*
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³ Cf. Ta. *aṇai*, Ma. *aṇa* 'dam'.
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L. 1 மாசகோடு நீரண L. 2 வாய்
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Mouth of the dam⁴ (across) the watercourse at Mācakōṭu.
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⁴ See section 1.8.6 (i) on the probable purpose of the dam.
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| **ILL.** | Direct photograph (computer-enhanced): Pl. 53. |
| **Locus** | On a boulder in the Cherupuzha river in Neṭuṅkayam reserve forest near Nilambur (Kerala). Part of the inscription is submerged in water except in very dry weather. See section 1.8.6 (i) and Fig. 1.18. |
| **No. of lines** | 2 |
| **Length** | (Could not be measured as the inscription was partly submerged in the river.) |
| **Date** | ca. 5th century A.D. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* B. 281/1958-59. |
| | M.G.S. Narayanan 1972:pp. 317-321. I. Mahadevan 1996d: pp. 65-68 (with Pl.), 1999: pp. 1-19 (with Pl.). |
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Notes
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[Figure: Figure 8.54. XLII. TAMATAKALLU
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Tracing. Scale: one-half.]