V.  Kongarpuliyankulam  (கொங்கர்புளியங்குளம்) - 1

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V.  Kongarpuliyankulam  (கொங்கர்புளியங்குளம்) - 1
11.
A.
ku ṟa1  ko ṭu pi tā vā ṉa ū pā cā a ṉa ū pā ṟu2  vā3  . . . 4
    
B.
kuṟa5  koṭupitavaṉ6  upaca-aṉ7  upaṟuva[ṉ*]8
    
அ.
கு ற கொ டு பி தா வா ன ஊ பா சா அ ன ஊ பா று வா . . .    
    
ஆ.
குற கொடுபிதவன் உபசஅன் உபறுவ[ன்*]
Translation
U(p)paṟuva(ṉ), the preceptor (upaccaṉ), caused to be given (this) cutting (kuṟai).9
Locus
The first inscription (from left) on the brow of the cave on the Perumāḷkōvilmalai hill; incomplete at the end.
No. of lines
1
Length
Approximately 186 cm. (extant).
Date
ca. 2nd century B.C.E
Notes
1. HKS reads ṭū, KVS ṭu and TVM ṟu. The -u medial sign is not present.
2. HKS reads ṭū and KVS and TVM ṟu.
3. According to TVM, "two horizontal strokes indicative of the ā long symbol appear to be added to the right of this letter, thus making it vā ā ". Rechecking of the inscription in situ has not confirmed the feature.
4. The stone has flaked off here resulting in the loss of at least one letter.
5. cf. LT kuṟai 'cutting'
6. koṭuppittavaṉ.
7. upaccaṉ.
8. uppaṟuvaṉ. [ṉ*] is restored from the evidence of the -aṉ ending of the antecedent nouns.
9. 'of the section of the drip ledge' is understood from the context.
Field Notes