Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, fragment, time of <gap reason="lost"/>kesarivarman, year 13 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00008.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Donation of gold for the Mahādeva of the Aintaḷi at Koṭumpāḷūr for the upkeep of perpetual lamps.

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kēcari parmakrkku yāṇṭu 10 3Āvatu

Ivvv-āṇṭu Uṟattūr -k-kūṟṟattu koṭumpā ḷūr AñAintaḷi mahādevarkku Oru noṉtā viḷakku cilat tirumeṟṟaḷi mātaṉ caṉntikkum ti ruviḷakku kaḻañcu caṉntirātitavattavat pakal noṉnt ā viḷakku tarku nakkaṉ ceti

Ik-kaḻañcum kai A ñn-taḷi

Itu paṉmā hecuvara-rakṣai

A ‡ ñn-taḷi The restoration is consistent with the spelling of the rest of the inscription. The recontructed original has to be fully normalised to Aintaḷi. hecuvara-rakṣai These are the only letters clearly readable on the third block.

13th year of kecarivarman

In this year, for the Mahādeva of the Aintaḷi at Koṭumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūrkkūṟṟam, one perpetual lamp cilat tirumeṟṟaḷi mātaṉ, one lamp for the twilight kaḻañcu, as long as the moon and the sun, a perpetual day-lamp Nakkaṉ Ceti

This kaḻañcu the Aintaḷi

This donation is under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

The inscription Kotumpalur 7, another fragment on the site, possibly gives the beginning of lines 4-6.

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