Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of [Pa]rakesarivarman [Kulottuṅga] Cōḻa, year 6

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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Edition

⟨Zone A⟩

⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī] [kō-p-pa](ra-kē)car(i)panmar-āṉa Uṭaiyār śrī

⟨2⟩ [kulōttuṅka] cōḻa-devarkku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu

⟨Zone B⟩

⟨3⟩ (m) Aṭaiyār [********][8+] koṭumpai Ālaṅ-kōyil [.][.]e [********][8+] [tiru-mu]tu-kuṉ‧-

⟨4⟩ ṟaṭṭai paṭi putuk·kit·tē canikaḻ· tak·kaṇāmūr·t·(t)i [ti](ru)-māl ayaṉum(·) (vā)[cal iru-pālarum vai]ttāṉ ⁋

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī kōppa](rakē)car(i)panmar-āṉa ⬦ [svasti śrī kōp](parakē)car(i)panmar-āṉa IPS.

⟨2⟩ [kulōttuṅka] cōḻa-devarkku ⬦ [*****][5+]ka cōḻa-devarkku IPS.

⟨3⟩ [.][.]e [********][8+] [tiru-mu]tukuṉ‧ ⬦ ce Uṭaiyāṉ tiru [*][1+] tu kuḷ IPS.

⟨4⟩ (vā)[cal irupālarum vai]ttāṉ ⬦ vācalirupālarum [v]aittāṉ IPS • Most of this phrase is not anymore legible in 2017.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Sixth year of the lord, the glorious king [Kulottuṅga] Cōḻa alias [Pa]rakesarivarman.

⟨3–4⟩ ... having renovated ... he gave a Dakṣiṇāmūrti (takkaṇāmūrti), a Tirumāl¹, a Ayaṉ², [and two guardians of entrance].

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1968-69 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/294).

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929 (IPS 144).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.

Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. and Swaminatha Aiyar, N. P. 1929. Inscriptions (texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 144, page 79.

Secondary

[ARIE] 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/1968-19697, item 294.

Notes

1. That is, Viṣṇu.
2. That is, Brahmā.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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Sixth year of the lord, the glorious king <supplied reason="lost">Kulottuṅga</supplied> Cōḻa <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <supplied reason="lost">Pa</supplied>rakesarivarman.

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a Tirumāl<note>That is, Viṣṇu.</note>,

a Ayaṉ <note>That is, Brahmā.</note>,

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