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kings. The length of a meikeerthi may vary from a few lines to a few paragraphs. Only the start of a particular king's meikeerthi remains constant in all his inscriptions and the content varies depending upon the year of his reign the inscription was issued (as he might have made new conquests or new
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Svastisrī tirumakaḷ pōlap perunilac celviyum taṉakkē urimai pūṇṭamai maṉakkoḷak kāntaḷūrc cālai kalamaṟut taruḷi vēṅkai nāṭuṅ kaṅka pāṭiyum taṭikai pāṭiyum nuḷampa pāṭiyum kuṭamalai nāṭuṅ kollamuṅ kaliṅkamum muraṭṭoḻiṟ ciṅkaḷa rīḻamaṇṭalamum iraṭṭa pāṭi yēḻarai ilakkamum munnīrp paḻantīvu paṉṉī
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grants since the previous inscription was made). Meikeerthis do not mention a calendar year. Instead they always mention the year of the king's reign in which the inscription was made.
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rāyiramum tiṇṭiral veṉṟit taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḷarūḻiyuḷ ḷellā yāṇṭun toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭē ceḻiyarait tēcukoḷ kōrāca kēcari varmarāṉa uṭaiyār srīrācarāca tēvarkku yāṇṭu.
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336:sri rajendra chola devarku aandu moonravadhu
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169:பூதல வனிதை
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