Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 14

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00026.

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00026.xml.

Version: 2026-09-15 14:25 (7bc9080), last modified 2026-09-09 14:17 (c0f0fd7).

Edition

⟨Zone A⟩
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-p-parakēcar[i]‡-paṉmaṟku yāṇṭu pati⟨ṉ⟩ nāl-āvatu
⟨2⟩ Ivv-āṇ(ṭu) Uṭai[yā]r ma(I)‡[m](ā)laiy-Irukkuvēḷār paṇiyāl
⟨3⟩ [********************] ‡ [****] y mārāyaṉ Er(i)ñca kaḷattūr
⟨4⟩ [************] mayi(mā)lai (I)‡rukkuvēḷār iṭaikkēy koṭu(m)-

⟨Zone B⟩
⟨5⟩ pāḷūr tiru-p‡-pūt¿i?śvarattu śivabrāhmaṇan pārat‡tūyaṉ Ulappaṉ
⟨6⟩ v¡i!raṉ vantu nā‡ṉ koṭumpāḷūr-t tiru-mutu-kuṉṟattu [t]ē‡varkku periya Uṭai-
⟨7⟩ yār pēr tēvaṭi ca‡n=ta paṇi ceytu vārā niṉṟa U¡n!akkum ti(ru-Ai)‡n-taḷi [śiva]br[āhmaṇa]-
⟨8⟩ ¡n! kavuciyaṉ vikkira‡maṉ maṅkalava¡ṉṉ!ukku I⟨k⟩-kōyil (pi)ritiṭṭai ce‡ytu Ivv-(iru)varkum Udaka(m)
⟨9⟩ (lup) ceytu kal mēl veṭṭuvittu-k kuṭukka v-eṉṟu cempiyaṉ ‡ Ollaiyūr-nāṭ(ṭu) muvē(nta)-

⟨Zone C⟩
⟨10⟩ v[ē]ḷāṉai-
⟨11⟩ -(t ) taḷi ce-
⟨12⟩ [y]tu Uṭai-
⟨13⟩ [****] kki-
⟨14⟩ [**********]-
⟨15⟩ [*][i]ḷaṅkō-
⟨16⟩ [vē]ḷār iṭai-

⟨Zone D⟩

⟨17⟩ kkē ‡ […]-

⟨18⟩ ṭṭa ‡ […]-

⟨19⟩ kuṭu ‡ […]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ ma(I)[m](ā)laiyIrukkuvēḷār ⬦ makimālai Irukkai vēḷār Āvaṇam.

⟨3⟩ [24+] y mārāyaṉ ⬦ [3+] ḷañ [3+] ḷāy mārāyaṉ Āvaṇam.

⟨4⟩ mayi(mā)lai (I)rukkuvēḷār iṭaikkēy ⬦ mayimālaiya Irukkai vēḷāriṭaik Āvaṇam.

⟨5⟩ tiruppūt¿i?⟨ī⟩śvarattu ⬦ tiruppūti Īcuvarattu Āvaṇam. — ⟨5⟩ pārattūyaṉ ⬦ pārattūr Āvaṇam. — ⟨5⟩ Ulappaṉ ⬦ Ulappaṉ vēḷāvaṉ Iṅkē Āvaṇam • Āvaṇam takes line 10 and 17 as gridlike continuation of line 5.

⟨6⟩ viraṉ ⬦ vīraṉ Āvaṇam. — ⟨6⟩ koṭumpāḷūrt tirumutukuṉṟattu [t]ēvarkku ⬦ koṭumpāḷūr mutukuṉṟattu varkku Āvaṇam.

⟨7⟩ pēr tēvaṭi can=ta ⬦ pērtēvaṭi [3+] canta Āvaṇam. — ⟨7⟩ Unakkum ⬦ Ūkkum Āvaṇam. — ⟨7⟩ (Ai)ntaḷi [śiva]br[āhmaṇa]⟨8⟩n kavuciyaṉ ⬦ Aintaḷi [3+]⟨8⟩[1+] ṅ kavuciyaṉ Āvaṇam.

⟨8⟩ maṅkalavaṉṉukku Ikōyil (pi)ritiṭṭai ⬦ maṅkalavaṉukku Ikkōyil piratiṭṭai Āvaṇam. — ⟨8⟩ Ivv(iru)varkum Udaka(m) ⬦ Ivarkkum Utakam Āvaṇam.

⟨9⟩ (lup) ⬦ [3+] lup Āvaṇam. — ⟨9⟩ veṭṭuvittuk ⬦ veṭṭuvittu Āvaṇam. — ⟨9⟩ muvē(nta)⟨10⟩v[ē]ḷāṉai ⬦ muvēntavēḷār Āvaṇam.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Fourteenth year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨2–19⟩ In this year, by order of the lord Mayimālai Irukkuvēḷ ... regarding (iṭaikkē) Mayimālai Irukkuvēḷ ... Kaḷattūr, which the great king destroyed (eṟiñca) ... Ullappaṉ Vīraṉ, a Śivabrāhmaṇa of the Tiruppūtīśvaram in Koṭūmpaḷūr,¹ having come ... for you (u⟨ṉ⟩akkum) who constantly come doing services ... for the god of the Tirumutukuṉṟam in Koṭumpāḷūr,² for Kavuciyaṉ³ Vikkiramaṉ⁴ Maṅkalavaṉ, a Śivabrāhmaṇa of the Tiru-Aintaḷi,⁵ having made an installation in this temple, saying that it should be given for these two, after having made the ceremony of offering water and having ⟨this donation⟩ engraved on stone, Cempiyaṉ ... a Mūvēntavēḷāṉ of Ollaiyūrnāṭu ... having made the temple (taḷi) ... regarding Iḷaṅkōvēḷār ...

Commentary

⟨17–19⟩ These three lines are heavily damaged. It is not certain that they are part of our inscription, but it is most probable.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907–08 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/292).

Edited (6 lines which correspond to lines 1-10 and 17) in Pāskaraṉ & Irājēntiraṉ 2004 (Āvaṇam 15.10.3).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.

Primary

[Āvaṇam] Pāskaraṉ, Irā. & Karu. Irājēntiraṉ. 2004. “putukkōṭṭai māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ - 2.” Āvaṇam 15, pp. 35–39. Item 10.3, page 36.

Secondary

ARIE 1968–69. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1968-69. Edited by G. S. Gai. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India, 1974. Page 54, appendixes B/1968-1969, item 292.

Notes

1. This is probably the present-day Mūvarkōyil founded by Bhūti Vikramakesarin. See INSKotumpalur00001.
2. This is the present-day Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple.
3. Sanskrit Kauśika.
4. Sanskrit Vikrama.
5. This is the the present-day Aivarkōyil.

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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>

<p n="1">Fourteenth year of the king Parakesarivarman.</p>

In this year, by order of the lord Mayimālai Irukkuvēḷ

...

regarding <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iṭaikkē</foreign></supplied> Mayimālai Irukkuvēḷ

...

Kaḷattūr, which the great king destroyed <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>eṟiñca</foreign></supplied>

...

Ullappaṉ Vīraṉ, a Śivabrāhmaṇa of the Tiruppūtīśvaram in Koṭūmpaḷūr,<note>This is probably the present-day Mūvarkōyil founded by Bhūti Vikramakesarin. See <ref target="DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00001"/>.</note> having come

...

for you <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>u<reg>ṉ</reg>akkum</foreign></supplied> who constantly come doing services ... for the god of the Tirumutukuṉṟam in Koṭumpāḷūr,<note>This is the present-day Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple.</note>

for Kavuciyaṉ<note>Sanskrit Kauśika.</note> Vikkiramaṉ<note>Sanskrit Vikrama.</note> Maṅkalavaṉ, a Śivabrāhmaṇa of the Tiru-Aintaḷi,<note>This is the the present-day Aivarkōyil.</note>

having made an installation in this temple,

saying that it should be given for these two, after having made the ceremony of offering water and having <supplied reason="subaudible">this donation</supplied> engraved on stone,

Cempiyaṉ

...

a Mūvēntavēḷāṉ of Ollaiyūrnāṭu

...

having made the temple <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>taḷi</foreign></supplied>

...

regarding Iḷaṅkōvēḷār

...

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<p>This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.</p>

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