Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Pa[rakesarivaman Rājendra Cōḻa], year lost

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩  ⟨Block a⟩ svasti śrī tirumaṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭantai⟨Block b⟩yum pōr-ceya{ṟ}-pā⟨Block c⟩vaiyum c¡i!r-t-taṉi-c-celviyum taṉ perun-tēviyār āki ⟨Block d⟩ […] […] […]
⟨2⟩  ⟨Block a⟩ vēlipaṭa⟨r⟩ vaṉa-vāciyum cuḷḷi-c cūḻ matiḷ-k ko⟨Block b⟩ḷḷi-p-pākkaiyum naṇ⟨Block c⟩ṇaṟk’ aru-muraṇ maṇṇai-k-kaṭakkamum poru-kaṭal Īḻat[t’] ⟨Block d⟩ […] […] […]
⟨3⟩  ⟨Block a⟩ muṉṉavaṉ pakkal-t teṉṉavar vaitta cun=ta⟨Block b⟩ra-muṭiyum In=tiraṉ āramu[m] ⟨Block c⟩ Īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻutu mā-p-perun taṇṭāl koṇṭa kō-p-pa⟨Block d⟩[ra-kēcari] […]
⟨4⟩  ⟨Block a⟩ koṭumpāḷūr-t tiru-mutu-kuṉṟattu mahā-deva⟨Block b⟩rku Iv-ūr pāṇan viḻup⟨Block c⟩pēraiyaṉ vikkirama-kēcari-y-āṉa Aru-moḻi-tēva-c-cāk[k]ai […] ⟨Block d⟩ […]-
⟨5⟩ ⟨Block a⟩tta ney Arai-p piṭikkum vaitta Āṭu Eḻu I⟨Block b⟩v-āṭ’ ēḻinālum vanta po⟨Block c⟩ṉ kaḻañcu Ip-poṉṉil It-taḷi śiva-brāhmaṇan […] ⟨Block d⟩ […] [bra]-
⟨6⟩ ⟨Block a⟩hmaṇan vican= tiru-v-ālaṅ-kōyil (koṇ)ṭa po⟨Block b⟩ṉ kāl It-taḷi śiva-br[ā]⟨Block c⟩h[ma]ṇa[n] vikkiramaṉ ma […] ⟨Block d⟩ […]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ °cāk[k]ai P ⬦ cā ... Āvaṇam • See P (p. 5 and fn. 13): “Dr. C. Santhalingam of Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology and I visited the site, Mucukuntēcuvarar temple, in 2007 and were able to read also ‘k’ and the symbol for ‘ai’ in ‘kai’ with the letter ‘k’ in ‘kai’ covered by recent repair work”.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨3⟩ […] [year of the king Rājendra Cōḻa alias] the king Pa[rakesarivarman],

⟨1–3⟩ who took …¹

⟨4⟩ ⟨There are⟩, for the Mahādeva of Tirumutukuṉṟam in Koṭumpāḷūr, six goats that the bard of this village, Arumoḻitēva Cakkai alias Viḻuppēraiyaṉ Vikkiramakēcari gave […]

⟨4–5⟩ The gold accrued from these seven goats is one kaḻañcu.

⟨5⟩ ...

⟨5–6⟩ ...

Bibliography

Edited in Pāskaraṉ & Irājēntiraṉ 2004 (Āvaṇam 15.10.9). Edited and translated into French in Francis 2020 (pp. 51-53).

This revised 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 10.9, page 39.

[F] Francis, Emmanuel. 2020. “Pierres & inscriptions.” In: Rājamaṇḍala. Le modèle royal en Inde. Edited by Emmanuel Francis & Raphaël Rousseleau. Paris: Editions de l’EHESS, pp. 51–80. [URL].

Secondary

[P] Palaniappan, Sudalaimuthu. 2008. “On the unintended influence of Jainsim on the development of caste in post-classical Tamil society.” International Journal of Jaina Studies (4.2), pp. 1–65.

Notes

1. meykkīrtti of Rājendra I Cōḻa.

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