# Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, time of Parakesarivarman, year 10

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00003

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00003.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-09-29 11:09 (783a257), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Fragment. On a single extant block. Records the donation of one kaḻañcu
of gold.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ s(va)sti śrī

kō-p-parakēcari-paṉma¡ṟ!⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 Ēḻ-āvatu

Iv-vāṇṭu Uṟattū⟨Block b⟩[r-k-kūṟṟattu] […] ⟨2⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ cattaṇattukk(u)
vai¡cc!⟨tt⟩a poṉ kaḻañcu

Ip-poṉ cantirāti¡cc!⟨tt⟩ava⟨Block b⟩[l] […]

## Apparatus

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

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Seventeenth year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨1–2⟩ 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

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photographs (E.
Francis, 2017).