# Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year lost

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00040

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00040.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 recording the donation of 50 goats.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī

tribhu⟨va⟩na-c-cak⟨kara⟩-vattikaḷ śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu
kā⟨2⟩[4+]

[Iraṭṭapāṭi]-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu Uṟattūr-kūṟṟattu koṭumpāḷū⟨r⟩
kai⟨3⟩[14+] ḷ-[u]ṭaiyāṉ-āṉa kōnāṭṭu pallavataraiyaṉ periya-kuḷattu
kuḻumiyil paṭa ⟨4⟩ [20+] ka viṭṭa Āṭu 5 10

kuṉṟaṉ Āḷuṭaiyāṉ ta¡m!⟨ṉ⟩mam paṉmāheśvara-ra⟨5⟩[kṣai]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ yāṇṭu kā⟨2⟩[4+][Iraṭṭapāṭi] ⬦ yāṇ ko⟨2⟩[5+] IPS • Maybe read yāṇṭu 1
ā[vatu] [Iraṭṭapāṭi]

⟨3⟩ ḷ[u]ṭaiyāṉāṉa ⬦ ḷaṭaiyāṉāṉa IPS.

⟨4⟩ [1+]ka viṭṭa ⬦ kkaviṭṭa IPS.

## Translation by Srinivasa Aiyar 1946

Hail! Prosperity! In the ... ... ... ... year of
Tribhuvanaccakravartikaḷ Śri Kulōttuṅga Cōla Dēvar: Whereas Kōnāṭṭu
Pallavadaraiyan, also called Kai ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ḍaiyan,
of Koḍumbāḷūṟ in the Uṟattūr Kūṟṟam of the K(aḍalaḍaiyādilaṅgaiko)ṇḍa
cōḻavaḷanāḍu, perished in a strife(kuḻumi) in Periyakuḷam, I, Kunṟan
Āḷuḍaiyān, made this endowment of 50 sheep to keep alight a lamp on his
behalf. May this be protected by the Māhēśvaras.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ […] year of the glorious king Kulottuṅga, the emperor of the three
worlds.

⟨3–4⟩ Whereas Pallavataraiyaṉ of Kōṉāṭu, alias the lord of […] ... of
Koṭumpāḷūr, in the Uṟattūrkūṟṟam, in the [Iraṭṭapāṭi]koṇṭacōḻavaḷanāṭu,
fell (paṭa) ... ⟨there are⟩ 50 goats that ... gave.

⟨4–5⟩ ⟨This⟩ pious donation (tammam[1]) of the lord Kuṉṟaṉ ⟨is under
the⟩ protection of the paṉmāheśvarars.

## Bibliography

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 and translated in
Srinivasa Aiyar 1946 (IPS 233).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.

### Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & N. Swaminatha Aiyar. 1929. Inscriptions
(texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties.
Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 233, page 130.

Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1946. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai state:
translated into English. Part II: Early, Cola and Pandya inscriptions.
Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 233, pages 201–202.

[1] Sanskrit dharma.