# Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 5 Emmanuel Francis Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00029 Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00029.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-09-29 11:09 (783a257), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (783a257) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-p-para-kēcari-pa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩maṟku yāṇṭu 5 Āvatu I⟨v⟩v-āṇṭu Uṟatt(ūr-kū)ṟṟa[t]tu-k koṭumpāḷū⟨r⟩ tiru-mutu-kuṉṟam-uṭai(y)[āṟku] mayinmālai Irukkaivēḷaṉ In-nāyaṉārk(u) tiru-k-kaṟ⟨ṟa⟩ḷiyuñ ceytu ⟨2⟩ Ollaiyū⟨r⟩-nāṭṭu m¡u!⟨ū⟩vēṉtavēḷ(ār va)ra Aḻaittu nāyaṉāṟku tēvatāna(m) [10+] l nāṭattu Ollaiyūr-kūṟ⟨ṟa⟩ttu (ka)ṭ(ārat)tūr (Ā)m e¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟu viṇṇappañ ce⟨y⟩t’ ¿a?⟨i⟩ṭattu A(tu)kku Ellai col⟨3⟩l eṉṟa Iṭattu - k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai Ā(ṟak)kuṭi Ellai-y-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a Iṭaicci-ku(ḻi)kkum pātiraṅ-kuḻikkum p(u/ū)ro ce [6+] (ku mē)ṟkum - teṉ-pāṟk’ellai Ollaiyūr ellai-y-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a neṭuñ kuḻi⟨4⟩kkum (t/k)iri-kuḻikkum kaṟ-kuḻikkum vaṭakkum - mēl-pāṟk’ e⟨llai⟩ mēt(ta)ṇiyattu Ellai-k-kallukkum neṭuñ-kuḻikkum [8+] [na](ṉ)ceykku kiḻakku⟨m⟩ - vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai (kaṉṟu)-mēyppar kuḻikku⟨5⟩m kuḻa-kuṇṭai-k-kallukku teṟkum peru-nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭpaṭṭa nilam [6+] c co paṭi Amutu-paṭikku nilam-[āka I]ṟ(ai)yil Iḻicci puraviṟ curukki kuṭi n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki (t)ēvatānam-āka kuṭuttē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ma⟨6⟩(y)iṉmālai Irukkaivēḷar paṇiyāl Ollaiyū⟨r⟩-(n)āṭṭu m¡u!⟨ū⟩ventavēḷān-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Itu paṉmākeśvara-ra(kṣ)ai ## Apparatus ⟨3⟩ Ā(ṟak)kuṭi ⬦ Āṅkuṭi Āvaṇam. — ⟨3⟩ p(u/ū)ro ce [6+] (ku mē)ṟkum ⬦ puroca ceykkum [3+] mēṟkum Āvaṇam. ⟨4⟩ (t/k)irikuḻikkum ⬦ kīrikuḻikkum Āvaṇam. — ⟨4⟩ mēlpāṟke⟨llai⟩ mēt(ta)ṇiyattu Ellai ⬦ mēlpāṟke [3+] mēt (ta)ṇiyattu Elkai Āvaṇam. — ⟨4⟩ kuḻikku⟨5⟩m kuḻa° ⬦ kuḻikku [3+]⟨5⟩kuḻa° Āvaṇam. ⟨5⟩ nilam [6+] c co paṭi ⬦ nilam nālumā cerupaṭi Āvaṇam. — ⟨5⟩ puraviṟ curukki kuṭi n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki ⬦ pura viṟaṉi nīkki kuṭinīṅka Āvaṇam. ⟨6⟩ … • Full line missing in Āvaṇam. ## Translation ⟨1⟩ Propserity! Fortune! ⟨1⟩ 5th year of the king Parakesarivarman. ⟨1–4⟩ In this year, for the lord of Tirumutukuṉṟam in Koṭumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūrkūṟṟam, Mayiṉmālai Irukkaivēḷāṉ, having made a stone temple for this lord, having summoned Mūvēntavēḷār of Ollaiyūrnāṭu to come, having made a petition stating that there is (ām) ⟨the village named⟩ Kaṭārattūr in the Ollaiyūrnāṭu ... ⟨as⟩ a devadāna for the lord, to that ⟨village⟩ ... ⟨the boundaries are as follows:⟩ - the east boundary ⟨is⟩ ... - the south boundary ⟨is⟩ ... - the west boundary ⟨is⟩ ... - the north boundary ⟨is⟩ ... ⟨5⟩ The land comprised within ⟨these⟩ four great boundaries, after ... I, Mūvēntavēḷāṉ of Ollaiyūrnāṭu, I have given ⟨it⟩, by order of Mayiṉmālai Irukkaivēḷār, as devadāna. ⟨5⟩ ⟨This is under the⟩ protection of the Paṉmāheśvarars. ## Commentary The same individuals (Mayiṉmālai Irukkaivēḷār, Mūvēntavēḷāṉ of Ollaiyūrnāṭu) appear also in a similar transaction in INSKotumpalur00031. ## Bibliography Edited (5 first lines only) in Pāskaraṉ & Irājēntiraṉ 2004 (Āvaṇam 15.10.1). 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 10.1, page 35.