Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year [14]

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Stone-inscription (base of wall, lower tier).

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

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00031.

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00031.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:30 (9040b06), last modified 2026-08-26 06:30 (9040b06).

Edition

⟨1⟩

⟨Zone A⟩
kō-p-para-kēcari-paṉmaṟku yāṇṭu (pa)[tiṉālāvatu] [Ivv-āṇṭu] [ma](yi)ṉmālai Irukkaivēḷar paṇi(y)[āl] ⟨tēva⟩(ka)ṉmikaḷōm perumāḷ […]
⟨2⟩ [*********] kaḷattū⟨r⟩ Irukka Uṭaiyā(r) mayimālai Irukkaivēḷar [****] [cenma-nakka¡n! tēcikar-āṉa]-p paṟṟa Itukku-p pirāyacittam ā-
⟨3⟩ ka [Ollaiyūr]-nā[ṭ]ṭu (m)¡(u)!vē¡ṉ!tavēḷāṉai Aḻaittu nā(ya)ṉāṟku tēvatānam-āka nilañ col Eṉṟa Iṭattu vi[ṇṉa]ppa [paṇṇa-p peṟṟu kuṭikki]
⟨4⟩ (E) Uṇṭ’ eṉṟu viṇṇa⟨p⟩pañ ce⟨y⟩ya Uṭaiyar (ti)ru-mutu-kuṉṟam-uṭaiya mahā-tēvaṟk(u) tiruv¿a?ttayām cantiku Arici pa(ta)k[ku] kaṟi-y-amutu tayir-amutu mi[ḷa](k’ a)mutu
⟨5⟩ tiru-viḷakk’ ⟨eṇṇey⟩ Uṭpata tēvata¡n!a⟨m⟩ ⟨kaṇṭu naṭuniravi Ēra⟩mpaḷḷam puraviṟ curukki Iṟaiyilil iḻicci kuṭi n¡i!kki tēvatā¡n!añ ceytu kuṭu[t]
⟨6⟩ 

⟨Zone B⟩

[…] […] cōḻa […] kku […] (ḷa)ttu […] kku

⟨7⟩ […] ṭa-pārkku [Ellai kī](ḻa)-k-kuṭi Ellai(kku) [teṟku] ku[ṭu]tēṉ mayiṉmālai Irukkaivēḷār paṇiyāl Ollaiyūr nāṭṭu m¡u!vēntavēḷaṉ-ēṉ paṉmāhe […]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ paṟṟa ⬦ paṭṭa Āvaṇam.

⟨4⟩ pa(ta)k[ku] kaṟiyamutu ⬦ patakkukku mamutu Āvaṇam.

⟨5⟩ tēvatānañ ⬦ tēvatāṉan Āvaṇam. — ⟨5⟩ ceytu kuṭu[t] ⬦ ceytu Āvaṇam.

⟨6⟩ […] cōḻa […] kku […] (ḷa)ttu […] kku ⟨7⟩ […] ṭapārkku ⬦ […] paṭikki Ellai kīḻpārkellai kuttaṭikku […] mēlpārkellai vīracōḻaṉ tiṭalukku vaṭapārkku Āvaṇam.

⟨7⟩ [kī](ḻa)kkuṭi ⬦ kīḻkuṭi Āvaṇam. — ⟨7⟩ mayiṉmālai ⬦ mayimālai Āvaṇam. — ⟨7⟩ muvēntavēḷaṉēṉ ⬦ mūvēntavēḷaṉē Āvaṇam.

Translation

⟨1⟩ [fourteenth] year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨2–6⟩ In this year, by order of Mayiṉmalai Irukkaivēḷāṟ, we, the temple officers, ... [this is the manner in which] ... made a donation.

⟨6⟩ I, Mūvēntavēḷāṉ of Ollaiyūr, by order of Mayiṉmalai Irukkaivēḷāṟ, I have given.

⟨6⟩ ⟨This is under the⟩ [protection] of the Paṉmāheśvarar-s.

Commentary

The same individuals (Mayiṉmālai Irukkaivēḷār, Mūvēntavēḷāṉ of Ollaiyūrnāṭu) appear also in a similar transaction in INSKotumpalur00031.

Bibliography

Edited (6 lines instead of 7) in Pāskaraṉ & Irājēntiraṉ 2004 (Āvaṇam 15.10.2).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos, and for lost portions on readings from Pāskaraṉ & Irājēntiraṉ 2004.

Primary

[Āvaṇam] Pāskaraṉ, Irā. & Karu. Irājēntiraṉ. 2004. “putukkōṭṭai māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ - 2.” Āvaṇam 15, pp. 35–39. Item 10.2, page 36.

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I, Mūvēntavēḷāṉ of Ollaiyūr,

by order of Mayiṉmalai Irukkaivēḷāṟ,

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