# Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Vīra Cōḻa Irukkuvēḷ, year
7

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00025

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00025.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1⟩ svast[i] śr[ī]

kēcar(i)-paṟmar-ā‡(ṉa v)¡(i)!⟨ī⟩(ra)-cōḻa-(I)ru(k)kuvēḷukku 7-vatu

Uṭan [2+] kūṭṭattu (Aḻa)‡ka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-cōḻa-viśvakamāvum
kaṇmā‡ḷarum ko‡ṭumpāḷūr t(i)ru-(mutu)-[kuṉṟam] (E)ṅkaḷ pē[rā]lē
Akkacālic(u)ram-uṭai(ya) […] yum […] ya⟨2⟩(rai)yum Eḻunt-aru⟨ḷa⟩ paṇ‡ṇi
Amutu-paṭi⟨k⟩ku tiru-nāḷ aḻi(vu)kkum tēvatāna [2+] ta(n)‡(t-a)ruḷa vēṉum
enṟu viṇappañ ce(y)‡ya [6+] ‡ vetir vēḷār [12+] tēvatānam (āvatu)

ceral ‡ […] Iṭa […] cēraṉ kuḷam uḷḷiṭṭa kuḷa⟨Zone B⟩⟨3⟩ttukku Ellai
[y-ā]va[tu]

- k¡(i)!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pā[ṟ] (E)⟨l⟩lai mēl-p(āṟ E)⟨l⟩(lai) [ki]ḻa(k)ku mē(ṟku)
  [20+] ḻai-k kuḷattu ‡ [12+] ‡ [2+] kku vaṭak[ku] [8+]
  [po]yā-mēṭṭu⟨k⟩ku kiḻa⟨k⟩ku

- [vaṭa]‡-pāṟ E‡⟨l⟩lai [4+] ⌈‡p(o)yā-mēṭṭu⟨k⟩ku-p po [2+] ‡ […]⟨4⟩(ru)
  vaḻikku teṟkum

I⟨n⟩-nān E⟨l⟩laikk’ uṭpaṭṭa nila⟨m⟩ (I)ṟai-y (I)ḻi(c)[ci] purava[ri
cu]rukki kuṭi n¡[i]!⟨ī⟩(k)⟨ki⟩ tiru-nāmattu kā‡[ṇi Āka] [7+] ‡ [14+]

[Ip](paṭi)⟨k⟩(ku) [4+] (cō)ḻa-(m)¡(u)!⟨ū⟩vē‡n=t¿ā?⟨a⟩vēḷā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ‡
Eḻu⟨t⟩tu

panmākeśvara-Ila‡[kṣai]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ 7th ⟨year⟩ of Vīra Cōḻa Irukkuvēl alias Kesarivarman.

⟨1–2⟩ Whereas […] Vēḷār made a petition stating that a devadāna should
graciously be given for the expenses (aḻivu) ... (there is) a devadāna.

⟨2–4⟩ The boundaries for the the pond ... are as follows:

- the eastern boundary is east of the western boundary ... north of ...
  east of ...

- the [northern] boundary is south of ...

⟨4⟩ The land comprised within these four boundaries, having remitted its
taxes, having ... (puravari[1] curukki), having removed its tenants, [is
given] as a temple-land (tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi).

⟨4⟩ In this manner […] the signature of Cōḻamūvēntavēḷāṉ.

⟨4⟩ ⟨This is under the⟩ protection of the Paṉmāheśvarars.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907–08 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/134).

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 (IPS 766); in
Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.134).

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 766, page 532.

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII:
inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian
Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India
(Director-General). Item 134, page 108.

### Secondary

ARIE 1907–08. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording the
progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. Edited by V.
Venkayya. No place, 1908. Page 16, appendix B/1907, item 134.

[1] That is, puravuvari