# Kōlār, Kōlārammā temple, time of Parakesarivarman Rājendra Cōḻa, year
8

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

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Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of five buffaloes (erumai) for maintaining one perpetual lamp
for Piṭāriyār of Kuvaḷālam.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Letter na regularly found instead of expected ṉa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭan=taiyum
pōr-ceya-p-pāvaiyuñ c¡i!⟨ī⟩r-t-ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i-c-ce⟨2⟩lviyun=
taṉ perun=-tēviyar āki Inpuṟa
neṭu-tuyal ūḻiyuḷ Iṭai-tuṟai-nāṭun=
tuṭar-vaṉa-vēli-p-pa⟨3⟩ṭar va¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avāciyum
cuḷḷi-c-cūḻ-matiṭ koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyum
naṇṇaṟk’ arum araṇ maṇṇai-k-kaṭakkamum
⟨4⟩ poru-kaṭal ¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻatt’ araicar tam muṭiyum
Āṅkavan tēviyar ōṅk’ eḻil muṭiyum
muṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avar pakkal te⟨5⟩ṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vaitta
cun=tara-muṭiyum In=tira¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ āramum
¿n=t?⟨t⟩eṇ-ṭirai Īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻuvatum
Eṟi-paṭai-k kēraḷan mu⟨6⟩ṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭum
kula-taṉam-ākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyum
ceṅ-katir-mālaiyuñ caṅk-atir-vēlai-t
tol⟨7⟩-peruṅ-kāvaṟ pala-paḻan=-tīvuñ
ceruviṟ ci¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avil irupatt’ oru kāl
araicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ
mēvaruñ cā⟨8⟩n=timat-tīv’ araṇ karuti
Iruttiya cem-poṟ ṟiru-t-taku muṭiyum
mā-p-poru-taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa

kō-p-para-kēcari-panma⟨9⟩r-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a Uṭaiyār
śrī-rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-cōḻa-devark=ku yāṇṭu Eṭṭ-āvatu

cōḻa-maṇṭalattu Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷa-nāṭṭu ⟨⟨tiraimūr-nā⟩⟩⟨10⟩⟨⟨ṭṭu-c⟩⟩
cātta-maṅkalattu-c- cāttamaṅkalam-uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Araiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
rājarāja¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa vikkirama-cōḻa-c-cōḻiya-v-a⟨11⟩raiyar
nuḷampa-pāṭi-y-āṉa nikarili-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu-k kuvaḷāla-nāṭṭu-k
kuvaḷālattu-p piṭāriyārku cantirā⟨12⟩titta-vaṟ Erikka-kaṭavat’ āka
vaiytta tiru-nuntā-viḷakku Oṉṟukku vaiytta cāvā mūvā nall-erumai Aiñcum

I⌈⟨13⟩vai it-tēvarai Ārātikkum śiva-brāhmaṇar kauśika-kōttirattu-c
cornapuḷiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um viṉakkāla¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um Ivv-iruva⟨14⟩ruṅ kai-y-k-koṇṭu
Erikka-kaṭava tiru-nun=tā-viḷakk’ oṉṟu

Itu pan-māheśvarar rakṣai ↝

## Apparatus

⟨8⟩ °panma⟨9⟩r° ⬦ °pamma⟨9⟩r° EC.

⟨9⟩ ⟨⟨tiraimūrnā⟩⟩⟨10⟩⟨⟨ṭṭuc⟩⟩ • Added on the pilasters framing the
temple walls where the inscription is engraved, except for the final c.

⟨11⟩ cantirā⟨12⟩tittavaṟ ⬦ cantirā⟨12⟩tittavaṟa EC.

⟨13⟩ kauśika° ⬦ kauśika° EC.

⟨14⟩ panmāheśvarar ⬦ pammāheśvarar EC.

## Bibliography

Edited and translated in Rice 1905 (EC 10 Kl 106a).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on EFEO pictures (2004,
2017).

### Primary

[EC] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1905. Epigraphia Carnatica. Vol. X.
Inscriptions in the Kolar district. Mysore Archaeological Series.
Epigraphia Carnatica 10. Mangalore: Basel Mission Press. Item Kl 106a.