Tirupparankunram (திருப்பரங்குன்றம்) - 2

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XVI. Tirupparankunram (திருப்பரங்குன்றம்) - 2
54.
A.
mā ra ya tu ka ya1
    
B.
mārayatu2 kaya[m*]3  
    
அ.
மா ர ய து க ய
    
ஆ.
மாரயது கய[ம்*]
Translation
The pool4 (kayam) (is the gift) of the mārāya(m).
Locus
In the upper cave on the rock wall abutting the headside of two stone beds. The first segment is above the stone bed at right and is engraved from right to left and upside down. The second segment is above the stone bed at left and engraved normally. The tracing of the second segment is reversed for direct reading. Click here to see inscription as in situ.
Length
28 cm.
No. of Segments
2
Date
ca. 1st century B.C.E.
Notes.
1. The first segment is read mā tā yē va and the second segment na ya in ARE (B.140-141- /1951-52).
2. Read mārāyatu (mārāyattu). cf. LT mārāyam, an ancient title.
3. [m*] is supplied from the context. cf. LT kayam 'tank'.
4. There is a pool just outside the two caves on the hill.
Field Notes