# Pāccil-Kōpurappaṭṭi, Avanīśvara/Amalīśvara temple, time of
Parakesarivarman, year 12

Nicolas Cane and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Nicolas Cane, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00009

Repository: Cempiyaṉ Mahādevī (tfa-cempiyan-mahadevi-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00009.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:15 (8953cda), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08
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## Summary

Temple de Avanīśvara (Amalīśvara), face est du garbhagr̥ha (sur la face
médiane du tripaṭṭa-kumuda). Uttama Cōḻa = 982-83 CE.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-p-para-kēcari-paṉmaṟku yānṭu 10 2-Āvatu

maḻa-nāṭṭu-p pāccil tiru-Avan¡i!⟨ī⟩śvarattu mahā-devaṟku
kaṇṭar-ātitta-perumāḷ tēvi⟨Zone 2⟩yār cempiyaṉ mahātēviy(ār) ⟨2⟩ ⟨Zone
1⟩ vaitta tarā nilai-viḷakk’ oṉṟu niṟai mu-ṉ-ṉūṟṟu mu-p-pattu ⟨⟨nālu
n⟩⟩iṟai Iru-nūṟṟu nāṟ-patu nilai-viḷakk’ o¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟu niṟai nūṟ⟨Zone 2⟩ṟu
toṇṇūṟu nilai-vi⟨3⟩⟨Zone 1⟩ḷakk’ oṉṟu ni(ṟ)ai nūṟṟu toṇṇūṟu
nilai-viḷakk’ oṉṟu ⟨ni⟩ṟai nūṟṟu toṇṇūṟu Ā⟨ka⟩ nilai-viḷakku Uru ⟨Zone
2⟩ Añcu can¡(t)!⟨d⟩(rā)ti(ṟṟa) […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śrī ⬦ srī C. — ⟨1⟩ °perumāḷ C ⬦ °perumāṉ S.

⟨2⟩ muppattu ⟨⟨nālu n⟩⟩iṟai C ⬦ muppattu ⟨⟨nālu⟩⟩ niṟai S • C: “le
lapicide a incisé le -nālu (quatre) ainsi que le n- initial du niṟai
suivant sous le muppattu (trente).” — ⟨2⟩ Irunūṟṟu C ⬦ marunūṟṟu S • C:
“le i initial de iru- (deux) étant clairement lisible in situ, nous
écartons le marunūṟṟu donné dans SII 32: 101.” — ⟨2⟩ nūṟṟu toṇṇūṟu C ⬦
nū⟨ṟ⟩ṟutoṇṇūṟu S.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1992–93 (ARIE/1992-1993/B/1992-1993/419).

Edited in Swaminathan 2012 (SII 32.2.101); edited in Cane 2017 (no. 9),
based on photos (Charlotte Schmid).

This digital edition after Cane 2017, curated by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[S] Swaminathan, S. 2012. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXII:
inscriptions of the early Chola kings upto Uttama Chola. South Indian
Inscriptions 32. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director
General). Part II, page TBC, item 101.

[C] Cane, Nicolas. 2017. “Cempiyaṉ-Mahādevī, reine et dévote : un «
personnage épigraphique » du Xe siècle.” These de doctorat, Paris
Sciences et Lettres (ComUE). No place. [URL]. Pages 800–, item 9, figure
TBC.

### Secondary

ARIE 1992–93. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1992-93. Edited by
Madhav N. Katti. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1998. Page
67, appendixes B/1992-1993, item 419.