Tirukkōṭikkāval, Tirukkōṭīśvara temple, time of Māṟaṉ Caṭaiyaṉ, year 11 author of digital edition Valérie Gillet Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPandya00269.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

Tirukkōṭīśvara temple, Tirukkōṭikkāval, Tiruviṭaimarutūr taluk, Tañcāvūr district. On the base of the southern façade of the sanctuary. We do not know who is the donor: his/her name is probably given in line 1 but presently (2017) covered by a later construction (the shrine of Dakṣiṇāmūrti).

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svasti śrī

Ituvummm oru paḻaṅ kal paṭi

kō-māṟaṉ caṭaiyarku yānṭu patiṉṉo mahā-devaṟku tiru-viḷakkiṉukku kuṭutta tiī-p-pokku-c cempoṉ mu-p-patiṉ kaḻañcu

Itaṉ palicaiyāl nāl Uḻakkum piḻaiyānāḻi y-oṭo kkum muḻaiyāl na ṭi Uḻakku y taḷi-Aṟccipāṟk' aḷantu nontā-vi

Itu paḻaaiya kal paṭi

Inta śrī-vimānattile Eṟa veṭṭinamaiyil muṉṉ-iv-vājagam veṭṭi-k-kiṭanta taṉi-k-kallāl Ubhaiyōgam Illāmaiyil Atu tavittatu

Itu muṭṭiṟ paṉmāyeśvararē kaṭai-k-kuṭṭa peṟṟār .

yānṭu patiṉṉo yānṭu patiṉṉo taḷiAṟccipāṟk' aḷantu nontā-vi taḷi Aṟccipāṟ kaḷantu nontā-vi Itu paḻaaiya kal paḻaya kal paḻaya kal paṉmāyeśvararē paṉmāyeśvar

Hail! Prosperity! This is also a copy of an old stone. This is the 11th regnal year of king Māṟañcaṭaiyaṉ For Mahādeva for a sacred lamp, he gave 30 kaḻañcu of pure fire-tested gold; with the interests of this gold, having measured aḷantu for the priests of the temple taḷi-aṟccipāṟku four uḻakku and one uḻakku with a ladle muḻaiyāl? for a measure called piḻaiyānāḻi perpetual lamp

This is a copy of an old stone; since it is engraved veṭṭinamai-yil completely ēṟa on this sacred sanctuary śrīvimāṉa, since there is no illāmaiyil use ubhaiyogam for the separate stones taṉi-k-kal-l-āl which were lying engraved veṭṭi-kiṭanta with this previous text muṉ-ṉ-i-vājagam, that has been removed tavittatu for tavirttatu. If this itu is deficient muṭṭ-il, the Paṉmāheśvaras will obtain peṟṟār and carry out kaṭai-k-kūṭṭa.

Reported in (ARIE/1930-1931/B/1930-1931/29), in (Tj 265).

Edited in (SII 14, appendix, no. 2), in (IEP 38). Edited and translated in , based on autopsy and photographs (Valérie Gillet).

This online edition by Valérie Gillet. Curated by Emmanuel Francis.

167 2 TBC 38 270-271 24 7 B/1930-1931 29