Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, fragment, king and year lost

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00010.

Summary: Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).

Version: (be0ce40), last modified (e8ce250).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ s(va)s(ti) [śrī]

[…] ⟨Block b⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ [ca. 2+] (vaṉ) [ca. 2+] varkku […] ⟨Block b⟩ […] ⟨3⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ māheśva(ra) Oru nontā viḷak=ku (cātti tta) ⟨Block b⟩ kal Erippataṟkkum poṉ pattu

⟨4⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ […] p […] p […] ⟨Block b⟩ […] ⟨5⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ […] ⟨Block b⟩ […]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ (cātti tta) ⟨Block b⟩ kal • Read cantirātittaval?

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! [Fortune!]

(1–3) [There are] ten poṉs for burning ¿as long as the moon and the sun? one perpetual lamp ¿for? the Māheśvaras […]

(4–5) […]

Bibliography

First reported, edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020).