# Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Vikrama Cōḻa, year 6

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00030

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00030.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 (base of wall). Records the donation of goats for
maintaining a perpetual lamp for Mahādeva of Tirumutukuṉṟam in
Koṭumpāḷūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ↜ svasti (śrī)

[vikki]rama-cōḻa-devarkku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu

Iraṭṭa-pāṭi-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭ’ uṟattūr-kūṟṟattu koṭumpāḷūr
tiru-mutu-kunṟattu [ma]hā-devarkku tiru-non=tā-viḷakk’ o¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟukku
In-nāṭṭi [8+] tu vaṭat [16+] ⟨2⟩ ṭi me [3+] Ūrāḷi-nāta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Ampala-k-kūtta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa cōḻa-viccātira-p-pēraiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ēṉ E¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ makaṉ
ku¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩(uk)ku tanmam-āka-c can=tirātittar uḷḷavu [4+] k
koṭumpāḷūr iṭaiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ pirān=taka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ku¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa
pala-maṇṭala-k-kō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vacam cāva m¡u!⟨ū⟩vā-p pē[r-āṭu] ⟨3⟩ koṇ [8+]

nittam uḻakku neyy aḷakka kaṭava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

[4+] Aṭi(t)ta v-āṭu nūṟu

panmāheśvara-rakṣai

[4+] nūṟṟu-p palattāl iṭṭa viḷakk’ o[ṉ]ṟu ↝

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [ma]hādevarkku ⬦ mahātēvarkku Āvaṇam. — ⟨1⟩ viḷakko¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟukku ⬦
viḷakkoṉṟukku Āvaṇam. — ⟨1⟩ Innāṭṭi [8+] tu vaṭat [16+] ⬦ Innāṭṭi(l)
vaṭata [2+] ru [3+] Āvaṇam.

⟨2⟩ peraiyanēṉ ⬦ peraiyanēn Āvaṇam. — ⟨2⟩ kunṟan(uk)ku ⬦ kunṟa(ṉukku)
Āvaṇam. — ⟨2⟩ can=tirātittar uḷḷavu [4+] k ⬦ cantirātitta ruḷḷa(ḷa)vukku
Āvaṇam. — ⟨2⟩ pē[rāṭu] ⬦ pērāṭu Āvaṇam.

⟨3⟩ koṇ [8+] nittam uḻakku ⬦ koṇṭu nitta muḻakku Āvaṇam. — ⟨3⟩
kaṭava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ [4+] Aṭi(t)ta ⬦ kaṭavanāka A(ṭ)ṭi(t)ta Āvaṇam. — ⟨3⟩ nūṟu
panmāheśvara-rakṣai ⬦ nūṟuvu māhecvarar raṭcai Āvaṇam. — ⟨3⟩ [4+] nūṟṟup
⬦ [1+] tarā nūṟṟup Āvaṇam. — ⟨3⟩ palattāl iṭṭa ⬦ palattāviṭṭa Āvaṇam.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! (Fortune!)

⟨1⟩ Sixth year of the king Vikkirama Cōḻa.

⟨1–3⟩ For one perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of Tirumutukuṉṟam in
Koṭumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūrkūṟṟam in the Iraṭṭapāṭikoṇṭacōḻavaḷanāṭu I,
Cōḻa Viccātira Pēraiyaṉ alias Ūrāḷinātaṉ Ampalakkūttaṉ from this nāṭu …
⟨and⟩ my son, [we have put] in the care of (vacam) Palamaṇṭalakkōṉ alias
… Pirāntakaṉ Kuṉṟaṉ, unaging and undying great goats as a pious donation
for Kuṉṟaṉ,[1] for as long as the moon and the sun.

⟨3⟩ He is appointed to perpetually measure one uḻakku of ghee.

⟨3⟩ … one hundred goats.

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

⟨3⟩ ⟨There is⟩ one lamp put/given …

## Bibliography

Edited in Pāskaraṉ & Irājēntiraṉ 2004 (Āvaṇam 15.10.6).

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 10.6, page 38.

[1] The one of the hill, that is, Śiva residing in Tirumutukuṉṟam.