# Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, time of Rājakesarivarman, year lost

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00014

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00014.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Gift of gold by Kōmāṉ Pūti for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp in honour
of the Perumāṉaṭikaḷ of the Aintaḷi of Koṭumpāḷūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-Irācakēca(r)[ipaṉmarkku] […](ṭ)u ⟨2⟩ [Uṟa]ttūr-k-kūṟṟattu-k
ko(ṭ)u[mpāḷūr Ain-ta]ḷi perumāṉaṭikaḷukku Oru ⟨3⟩ [no]¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ntā viḷakku
cantrādittaval Eṟippatāka It-taḷi-k k(ō)māṉ pūti ⟨4⟩ (kō) [ca. 3×] poṉ
muppati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañcu

It-taḷi-p pativōm ⟨5⟩ koṇṭu cantirātitta[vat] […]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ […] [year] of the king Rājakesarivarman

⟨2–4⟩ So as to burn, as long as the moon and the sun, one perpetual lamp
for the Perumāṉaṭikaḷ of Koṭumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūr-k-kūṟṟām, ⟨there are⟩
tirthy kaḻañcus of gold [that] Kōmāṉ Pūti of this temple [gave].

⟨4–5⟩ We, the chiefs of this temple (pativōm), with ⟨this gold⟩, as long
as the moon and the sun […]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939–43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/213).

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

### 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 213.