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

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00046

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00046.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

yaṇṭu 5 ⟨2⟩ Āvatu

tiru-p-pūti⟨3⟩-c-cuvarattu r̥ṣapa⟨4⟩-p-perumāṉaṭikaḷuk⟨5⟩ku-p (pūcc’ iṭa
v)¡(i)!⟨ī⟩(ra-pā)⟨6⟩ṇṭi [18+]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 5th year.[1]

⟨2–6⟩ (So as to put) (iṭa) (a coating/gilding) (pūccu) for the lord
(perumāṉatikaḷ) Rṣapa[2] of the glorious Pūticcuvaram[3], (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.

[1] Probably of (Vīrapāṇḍya), mentioned in lines 5-6.

[2] Sanskrit r̥ṣabha.

[3] Sanskrit Bhutīśvara.