Corakkuṭi, Cōmanātacāmi temple

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Ardhamaṇḍapa, entrance, base. Ca 16th century CE.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pondicherry (tfa-pondicherry-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPondicherry00534.

File path: DHARMA_INSPondicherry00534.xml.

Version: 2026-11-04 20:32 (e2dd903), last modified 2026-10-27 12:14 (3137dcf).

Edition

⟨1⟩ grāme ⟨’⟩tra hi

⟨2⟩ grāme ⟨’⟩tra hita-bhāgeṣu bhāgārthaM kauśiko dvijaḥ |

⟨3⟩ pradoṣa-kāla-pūjārthaM somanāthāya dattavaN ∥

⟨4⟩ Iṉāṉilamkaḷu⟨m⟩ kuḻikkar¡aiI!lē ku⟨ṭu⟩t=ta mānyam

Translation by Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010

⟨1⟩ In this village ...

In this village the brāhmaṇa of the Kauśika-gōtra gave, among the shares distributed, for the sake of one share¹ to Sōmanātha for the worship during the twilight (pradoṣa).

⟨4⟩ These four lands were gifted in Kuḻikkarai.

Commentary

⟨1⟩ Line 1 is a draft or abandoned line for the text stating in line 2.

Bibliography

Not reported in ARIE.

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 534) and translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 534).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006. This translation adapted from Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 and corrected.

Primary

[PI] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & G. Vijayavenugopal. 2006. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part I: Introduction and texts with notes = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Page 521, item 534.

[PI] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & G. Vijayavenugopal. 2010. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part II: Translation, appendices, glossary and phrases, [and] preface = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Page 238, item 534.

Notes

1. Pace Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010: “half of the friend’s share of this village”.

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