# Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, time of Parakesarivarman, year 6

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00005

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

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Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of
the Aintaḷi at Koṭumpāḷūr by Tāḻi Cattaṉ alias Rāciṅkappallavaraiyaṉ for
the merit of/on behalf of Tāḻi Aṟañcikai.

## Palaeographic description

The puḷḷi is regularly used, but not consistently. Note the rare
occurrence of initial ai.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ svasti śrī

kō-p-parakēcari-paṉ(·)ma(r)kku yāṇṭu Āṟāvatu

Uṟattūr-k-kūṟṟat(tu) ⟨Block b⟩ k(o)ṭum·pāḷūr tiru-Ai⟨2⟩⟨Block a⟩ntaḷi
mātēvarkku Oru nontā viḷakkiṉukku tāḻi Aṟañcikaiy cāt(t)i tāḻi
(ca)⟨Block b⟩[t]ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a rāciṅkapalla⟨3⟩⟨Block a⟩varaiyaṉ·
vaitta poṉ· pattu

vaṇ·ṇakkaru(n) tēvakaṉ·mikaḷum· kai-va(ḻ)i ⟨Block b⟩ c(e)ṉ·ṟatu

Itu paṉmāhe⟨4⟩⟨Block a⟩śvara-rakṣai

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Āṟāvatu ⬦ Āṟā(ā)vatu SII • What is meant by Swaminathan 2012 by this
reading is unclear.

⟨2⟩ cāt(t)i ⬦ c(ā)tti SII. — ⟨2⟩ (ca)‡[t]ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩- ⬦ c¿a?⟨ā⟩ttan- SII •
cattaṉ (Skt. śatta-) and cāttaṉ (Skt. śāstr̥-) both make sense. — ⟨2⟩
rāciṅkapalla⟨3⟩varaiyaṉ· ⬦ rāciṅka⟨3⟩pallavaraiyaṉ SII.

⟨3⟩ vaṇ·ṇakkaru(n) ⬦ vaṇ·ṇakkaru SII • Reading vaṇ·ṇakkaru is possible,
but vaṇ·ṇakkarun is expected and it seems that the tē of tēvakaṉ· is in
fact n tē. — ⟨3⟩ c(e)ṉ·ṟatu ⬦ ceṉ·ṟatu SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Sixth year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨1–3⟩ ⟨There are⟩ ten poṉs that Tāḻi Cattaṉ[1]alias
Rāciṅkappallavaraiyaṉ gave for a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the
Aintaḷi at Koṭumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūrkkūṟṟam for the merit of/on behalf
of Tāḻi Aṟañcikai.

⟨3⟩ ⟨This donation⟩ went in the hands[2] ⟨of⟩ the coin-testers and the
temple officials.

⟨3–4⟩ This ⟨donation is under⟩ the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

## Commentary

⟨2⟩ rāciṅkapallavaraiyaṉ. Naraciṅkapallavaraiyaṉ is possibly meant. The
incorrect spelling might have been caused by the preceding word āna
(that is, āṉa).

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939–43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/212).

Edited by Swaminathan 2012 (SII 32.2.37).

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

### Primary

[SII] 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, pages 131–132, item 37.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1939–43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the
years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu & N.
Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 99, appendixes
B/1940-41, item 212.

[1] Alternatively emend to Cāttaṉ.

[2] That is, "is under the supervision".