Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, fragment, time of Parakesarivarman, year 10

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Gift of one kaḻañcu of gold.

Palaeographic description: Most letters have a serif on the left top part, which looks like a medial e.

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-06-17 14:18 (4c377e5), last modified 2025-06-17 14:18 (4c377e5).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ s(va)sti śrī kō-p-parakēcari-paṉma¡ṟ!kku yāṇṭu 10 Ēḻ-āvatu Iv-vāṇṭu Uṟattū⟨Block b⟩[r-k-kūṟṟattu] […]

⟨2⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ cattaṇattukk(u) vai¡cc!a poṉ kaḻañcu Ip-poṉ cantirāti¡cc!ava⟨Block b⟩[t] […]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ s(va)sti • The letter va looks like pa.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Seventeenth year of the king Parakesarivarman.

In this year […] [in the] Uṟattū[rkkūṟṟam] […] [there is] one kaḻañcu of gold that […] gave for the ¿Cattaṇam?.

⟨2⟩ This gold, as long as the moon and the sun, […]

Commentary

⟨2⟩ cattaṇattukk(u). The meaning of this word is unclear. It appears to be a dative designating the beneficiary of the gift.

Bibliography

Not reported so far, it seems.

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (Emmanuel Francis).

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