# Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, no king (lost?), no year (lost?)

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00007

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00007.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

Fragment. Appears to record a donation of gold for the upkeep of a lamp.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [ca. 12+] (vata) poṉ Ai(ṅ) ⟨2⟩ (koṇṭāṭai/mārāṉ pāṇṭa) [ca. 2+] ṟi
[ca. 2+] ḷ(u)kku Eri(vva/ppa) ⟨3⟩ [ca. 12+] koṇṭōm [ca. 1+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Ai(ṅ) • Ai(ṅ) makes sense with kaḻañcu (beginning of line 4 of
DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00008): aiṅ-kaḻañcu, "five kaḻañcus".

⟨2⟩ (koṇṭāṭai/mārāṉ pāṇṭa) • None of these alternative readings makes
sense in continuity with pakal no¡ṉ!⟨n⟩t (end of line 5 of Kotumpalur
8), where one expects nontā viḷakku. — ⟨2⟩ Eri(vva/ppa) • Erippa makes
sense with tāka (beginning of line 5 of Kotumpalur 8): erippatāka, "so
as to burn" (a lamp).

## Translation

⟨1⟩ […] gold […]

⟨2⟩ […]

⟨3⟩ […] we have taken […]

## Commentary

Possibly a fragment to be read with another preserved fragment at the
site. It could give the beginning of lines 4-6 of Kotumpalur 8, which is
on the block continuous to the right, although a continuous reading is
not warranted, which, however, could be explained if Kotumpalur 8 and
the present inscription are two block fragments of an inscription, of
which a third fragment block is lost.

## Bibliography

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