# Mātarāppaṭṭi, slab near the tank, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00053

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00053.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-09-29 11:09 (783a257), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(783a257)

## Summary

Stone-slab inscription. Mentions the Miṉṉāmaḻai-Īśvara at Koṭumpāḷūr
(possibly one of the three vimānas of the present-day Mūvarkōyil) and
the temple (kōyil) of Vīra Murukki Nāṅkai (probably Durgā/Koṟṟavai),
both apparently objects of an installation by Acīti Paṇṭitar. Mentions a
kapālam in connexion with Aciti Paṇṭitar, thus possibly a skull-bearer
ascetic. Records the donation of a pillar (tirunilai) of the maṇḍapa
built by another Paṇṭitar.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

Uṟa⟨2⟩ttūr koṭum⟨3⟩pā⟨ḷū⟩r m(i)¡ṉṉ!⟨ṇṇ⟩ā⟨4⟩maḻai-Īśvara⟨5⟩mum kapālattu
⟨6⟩ (Ē/E)ṟṟu peṟṟu Ac¡i!⟨ī⟩⟨7⟩ti-paṇṭitar
v¡i!⟨ī⟩⟨8⟩ra-muruk=k¡i!⟨u⟩-naṅkai ⟨9⟩ kōyil pridi⌈⟨10⟩[ṣṭh]ai ceytu Ā
[2+] ⟨11⟩ [2+] tinpu Araḷa ⟨12⟩ [2+] r pādi siṅ ⟨13⟩ [2+] paṇ⟨ṭi⟩tar
E⟨14⟩(ṭu)picca maṇṭa⟨pa⟩mu ⟨15⟩ [2+] -t tirunilai ⟨16⟩ [4+]

## Apparatus

⟨6⟩ Ēṟṟu ⬦ Ēṟṟup RM.

⟨10⟩ Ā [2+] ⟨11⟩ [2+] tinpu ⬦ Āṉa ⟨11⟩ tinpu RM.

⟨11⟩ Araḷa ⟨12⟩ [2+] r ⬦ Araḷa⟨12⟩var RM.

⟨12⟩ siṅ ⟨13⟩ [2+] paṇ⟨ṭi⟩tar ⬦ siṅ ⟨13⟩ paṇ⟨ṭi⟩tar RM • Probably
siṅka-paṇ⟨ṭi⟩tar

⟨13⟩ E⟨14⟩(ṭu)picca ⬦ E⟨14⟩ṭupicca RM.

⟨14⟩ maṇṭa⟨pa⟩mu ⟨15⟩ [2+] -t ⬦ maṇṭa⟨pa⟩mu⟨15⟩nt RM.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–16⟩ Having made an installation (pridiṣṭhai[1]) ⟨in⟩ the
Miṉṉāmaḻai-Īśvara[2] at Koṭumpāḷūr in ⟨the kuṟram of⟩ Uṟattūr ⟨and in⟩
the temple (kōyil) of Vīra Murukki[3] Nāṅkai ... a pillar (tirunilai) of
the maṇḍapa built by ... Paṇṭitar ...

## Bibliography

Edited (15 lines only) online in Rājēntiraṉ 25/08/2016 and Rajendran
Melappanayur 25/08/2016 with visual documentation.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Rājēntiraṉ 25/08/2016
and Rajendran Melappanayur 25/08/2016.

### Primary

[RM] Rājēntiraṉ, Karu. 25/08/2016. “கொடும்பாளூர் இருக்கு வேளிர்கள் வேளாளர்
இனத்தை சார்ந்தவர்கள் என்பதை சான்றுகள்.” தென்னக தொல்லியல் ஆய்வுக்கழகம் (blog). [URL].

Rajendran Melappanayur, Karu. 25/08/2016. “New inscriptions discovered
about Kodumbalur history.” தென்னக தொல்லியல் ஆய்வுக்கழகம் (blog). [URL].

[1] Sanskrit pratiṣṭhai.

[2] From INSKotumpalur00001 we know that Minnāmaḷa, Sanskrit rendering
of Miṇṇāmaḻai (“rain that does not emit lightning”), is a title of Bhūti
Vikramakesarin, the founder of the present-day Mūvarkōyil. The temple of
the lord (īśvara) of Miṇṇāmaḻai might thus be the present-day Mūvarkōyil
complex or the central of its three vimānas.

[3] That is, Murukku.