Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Parāntaka I, year 36 author of digital edition Valérie Gillet Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSMelKil00002.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata

AIM, southern shrine; lowest inscription on the easternmost wall section of the ardha-maṇḍapa of the northern façade; ARE 1924, no. 369; 36th regnal year of matirai koṇṭa Kōpparakesarivarman = Parāntaka I (circa 943 A.D.).

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svasti śrī

matirai koṇṭa kōpparakēcaripaṉmarkirkku yāṇṭu 3 10 6vatu

kuṉṟakūṟṟattu devatānṉam Avanṉikaṉntaṟpapurattu mahaādevarkku kurukāṭikiḻāṉ Ūraṉ piṭāraṉ Ittaḷi devatāṉam pa cuṅkuḷattūr Apohaṉaṅ kiṭaṉnta bhūmiyai macakki kuṭutta niīrnila m nāṅku māvum

param macakkal Iraṇṭu māvum kalam taṉkāri macakka l Iraṇṭu māvum Āka nilam Eṭṭu māvum koṇṭu Itinṉāl vanta pōkam koṇṭu Iravum pakalum Iraṇṭu taḷiyilum Orō no ntā viḷakku Erippōm ānōm Ittaḷi paṭṭu Uṭaiyōm eḻuvōm

Fortune! Prosperity! This is the 36th year of Kōpparakesarivarman who has taken Madurai. For Mahādeva of Avanikaṉtaṟpapuram, a devadāna of Kuṉṟakkūṟṟam, the lord kiḻāṉ of Kurukāṭi, Ūraṉ Piṭāraṉ, after preparing macakki the land bhūmiyai which was lying kiṭaṉta without enjoyment apōhaṉam in Pacuṅkuḷattūr, a devadāna of this temple ittaḷi, gave kuṭutta four mās nāṅku māvum of wet land nīrnilam, two mās iraṇṭu māvum of prepared land macakkal and two mās iraṇṭu māvum of prepared land macakkal in Kalam Taṉkāri?; having taken koṇṭu these eight mās eṭṭu māvum of land, having taken koṇṭu the produce pōkam which has come vanta from these itināl, we will burn erippōmānōm one perpetual lamp respectively orō nontāviḷakku in the two temples iraṇṭu taḷiyilum, we the Paṭṭuṭaiyārs of this temple ittaḷi paṭṭu uṭaiyōm, we the Seven eḻuvōm.

What preceeds macakkal in both its occurrences (param and kalam taṉkāri or kalam taṉ kāri) is not clear. It could be the names of plots or specifications about the grain measures yielded from these plots.

Reported in (ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/369).

Edited and translated in , based on autopsy and photographs (by Valérie Gillet, 2016-2018).

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

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