# Kōlār, Kōlārammā temple, time of Rājakesarivarman Rājarāja, year 22

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN00006

Repository: Tamil Outside of Tamil Nadu (varia)
(tfa-tamil-outside-TN-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN00006.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-14 17:47 (bb013b9), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Summary

Donation of a village for Piṭāriyār of Kuvaḷālam.

## Palaeographic description

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

Dental n regularly found instead of expected alveolar ṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

ko-rājakēsari-pammar-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a Uṭaiyār śrī-rājarāja-devarkku yāṇṭu 2 10
2-Āvatu kaṅkāsāyirattu-k kuvaḷāla-nāṭṭu-k kuvaḷālattu-p piṭāriyārku-t
tiru-c-ceṉna(pe)p-puṟam-āka It-tēvarai Ārātikkum civa-brāhmaṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
kauśikaṉ pu [2×]⟨2⟩ḷi(ṭṭa) bhaṭṭaṉ kaiyyil dhārai Aṭṭi-k
kuṭutt-aruḷi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a deva-tāṉam kuvaḷāla-nāṭṭu Aṟaiyūrai
sa⟨r⟩vva-bādhā-parihāram-āka-k kuṭutt-aruḷi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °panmar° ⬦ °pammar° EC. — ⟨1⟩ kaṅkāsāyirattuk ⬦ kaṅkāsāyarattuk EC.
— ⟨1⟩ tirucceṉna(pe)ppuṟamāka ⬦ t [1+] cce [1+] na pempuṟam [1+] EC. —
⟨1⟩ pu [2×] ⬦ [3+] EC.

⟨2⟩ sa⟨r⟩vva° ⬦ sarva EC.

## Bibliography

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

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 106b.