Kuraṅkaṇilmuttam/Kuranganilmuttam, Koyyāmalarīśvara temple, time of Vikrama Cōḻa, no year

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Foundation inscription or label inscription of the stone temple. On the lintel of the southern door of the central shrine.

Palaeographic description: Characters seem to be from 11th–12th century.

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

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00065.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00065.xml.

Version: 2026-04-21 23:12 (ba5f4d4), last modified 2026-03-16 11:20 (83ffe00).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī It-tiru-k-kaṟṟa(ḷi vi)kkirama-cōḻa¡n!

Translation

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity!

⟨1⟩ This glorious stone temple (tirukkaṟṟaḷi) ⟨was constructed by/is named after⟩ Vikrama Cōḻa.¹

Bibliography

Not noticed in ARIE. This digital edition by Renato Dávalos based on autopsy and photographic documentation.

Notes

1. The record does not unambuiguously specify if it is a temple that was constructed by Vikrama Cōḻa or whether it was erected in his honour. The translation, therefore, keeps the ambiguity of the original.

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