Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of (Vīrapāṇḍya), year 5

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Stone-inscription mentioning the Ṛṣabha of a temple named Bhūtīśvara and, seemingly, a donation by Vīrapāṇḍya for coating/gilding it.

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

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00046.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī yaṇṭu 5
⟨2⟩ Āvatu tiru-p-pūti-
⟨3⟩ -c-cuvarattu ṛṣapa-
⟨4⟩ -p-perumāṉaṭikaḷuk-
⟨5⟩ ku-p (pūcc’ iṭa v)¡(i)!(ra-pā)-
⟨6⟩ ṇṭi [******************]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 5th year.¹

⟨2–6⟩ (So as to put) (iṭa) (a coating/gilding) (pūccu) for the lord (perumāṉatikaḷ) Rṣapa² of the glorious Pūticcuvaram³, (Vīrapāṇḍya) […]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907–08 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/138).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.138).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Srinivasa Rao 1979.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII: inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Item 138, page 111.

Secondary

ARIE 1907–08. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1908. Page 16, appendix B/1907, item 138.

Notes

1. Probably of (Vīrapāṇḍya), mentioned in lines 5-6.
2. Sanskrit Ṛṣabha.
3. Sanskrit Bhutīśvara.

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