# Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 14

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00027

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00027.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-p-para-kēcari-paṉmaṟku yā‡ṇṭu pati⟨ṉ⟩ nāl-āvatu

koṭumpā‡[ḷūr] tiru-mutu-kuṉṟam Uṭaiyarkku
Iraṭṭa-[pā]⟨2⟩(ṭi)-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu Ollaiyūr-kūṟ‡ṟattu 3 10 vāy
maṅkalam [pu]ravi⟨ṟ⟩ ‡ (cu)rukki Iṟaiyil⟨i⟩ Iḻicci kuṭi n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki-t
tē[va]⟨3⟩(r)tānañ c¡e!⟨ey⟩tu-k kuṭuttē⟨ṉ⟩ mayimālai-Irukku(v)ē‡ḷ-ēṉ

Ucciyam pōtai san=tikku cū‡lattāl A¿ḷ?⟨ḻ⟩akkum Arici-kuṟuṇiyum ⟨4⟩
(ney)-y-amutu⟨m⟩ tayir-amutum celutta-k kaṭava[ṉ]

‡ paṉmāheśvararē Avarkaḷ rakṣai ↝

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ 3 10 vāy ⬦ nalvāy Āvaṇam. — ⟨2⟩ [pu]ravi⟨ṟ⟩ ⬦ nāvi Āvaṇam • Compare
Iṟaiyil iḻiccip puravil curukki kuṭi nīṅkāt (SII 34.337, ll. 11-12),
Iṟaiyili puravil curukki (SII 34. 386, l. 15). — ⟨2⟩ Iṟaiyil⟨i⟩ ⬦
Iṟaiyili Āvaṇam. — ⟨2⟩ nikki ⬦ nīkki Āvaṇam. — ⟨2⟩ tē[va]⟨3⟩(r)tānañ ⬦
tē⟨3⟩vatānañ Āvaṇam.

⟨3⟩ cetu ⬦ ceytu Āvaṇam. — ⟨3⟩ Irukku(v)ēḷēṉ ⬦ Irukku vēḷ(ā)ṉ Āvaṇam.

⟨4⟩ paṉmāheśvararē ⬦ māhecvararrē Āvaṇam. — ⟨4⟩ tayiramutum ⬦ tayiramutu
Āvaṇam.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Fourteenth year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨1–3⟩ I, Mayimālai Irukkuvēḷ, I have given for the lord of
Tirumutukuṉṟam in Koṭumpāḷūr ⟨the land named⟩ 30 vāy maṅkaḷam after
having it cleared from stone (nāvi), having it ... (curukki), having
exempted it tax-free, having removed the tenants, and made it a
devadāna.

⟨3–4⟩ He[1] is due to deliver one aḻakku as per the trident standard,
one kuṟuṇi of rice, ghee food-offering, and curd food-offering at midday
twilight.

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

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907–08 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/293).

Edited (3 lines instead of 4) in Pāskaraṉ & Irājēntiraṉ 2004 (Āvaṇam
15.10.7).

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 10.7, page 38.

### 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 293.

[1] The temple priest or officer.