# Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Māṟavarmar [Sundara
Pāṇḍya], year (5 + 1)

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00022

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00022.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Stone-inscription (wall and base of wall).

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## Edition

⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

[kō]-māṟa-paṉ(mar)-āṉa tiri-puva(ṉa)-[cak]kara-varttikaḷ
cōḻa-[nā]⟨2⟩(ṭu) vaḻaṅki-y-a[ruḷiya śrī-cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu]
(5) vat(i)ṉ Et(i)r (ā)[m ā]⟨3⟩ṇṭu Iṣapa-(nā)yaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu-c
caṉi-k(kiḻa)m(aiyu mu)lamum [peṟṟa nāḷ]

⟨4⟩ [kōṉāṭ-āṉa ka](ṭa)l-aṭaiyāt-ilaṅkai-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu Uṟat(tū)[r]
⟨5⟩ [kūṟṟattu ko]ṭumpāḷūr Uṭaiyār tiru-mutu-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ārku
Iv ⟨6⟩ [6+] ḷaṉ piccaṉ toṇṭan-āṉa vikkirama-pāṇṭiya-paṉmar-(āṉ)a ⟨7⟩
[10+] (ku)-t tiruvottacāmacantikku(n) tiru-(v-a)mutukkum (tayir-a)mu ⟨8⟩
[tu] [1 lost line] ⟨9⟩ [1+] (luppai)kkuṭ [3+] (k) kuṭi niṅkā-(t) [6+]
(t) tiru-k-kalveṭ(ṭi ku)⟨10⟩ṭutta paṭikku E[llai] y-āvatu

- k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pāṟk’ e[llai] [10+] Aḻaki[ya] (ma) ⟨11⟩ [2+]
  vāṉa-c-catur(v)ēti-maṅkalattu El(l)ai [8+]

- [te](ṉ)-pāṟk’ el ⟨12⟩ [lai] [10+] kku vaṭakku⟨m⟩

- mēl-pāṟk’ ellai marutūril (kū) [3+] ⟨Zone B⟩ ⟨13⟩ [20+] ka-p poṉ
  veḷḷāṟ[ṟuk]⟨14⟩[ku] t teṟkum

Āka Icainta pe[ru]-nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭpaṭṭa v¿a?⟨i⟩ḷai-nilam Añcu mā

Iṉ-ṉi ⟨15⟩ [la](m) Añcu māvukkuṅ kaṭamai

## Bibliography

Reported in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929 (IPS 299).

Edited (12 first lines only) in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar
1929 and translated in Srinivasa Aiyar 1941 (IPS 299).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.

### Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & N. Swaminatha Aiyar. 1929. Inscriptions
(texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties.
Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 299, page TBC.

### Secondary

Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Chronological
list of inscriptions of the Pudukkóttai state arranged according to
dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 299, page 40.