# Kōlār, Kōlārammā temple, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN00010

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN00010.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-14 17:47 (bb013b9), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(b2f53ec)

## Summary

Foundation of a pīṭam (Sanskrit pīṭha), that is an altar or a pedestal.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

Ip-p¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭañ ceyvittān (A/Ā)ṇṭa(kku)⟨2⟩ṭaiyāṉ mātavaṉ pōr-ēṟu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °p¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭañ. ⬦ piṭañ EC. — ⟨1⟩ (A/Ā)ṇṭa(kku)⟨2⟩ṭaiyāṉ ⬦
Aṇṭa[2+]⟨2⟩ṭaiyāṉ EC • See (A/Ā)ṇṭakkuṭaiyāṉ in TIOTN 13 (EC 10 Kl
109b).

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ He who had this pīṭam made ⟨is⟩ Mātavaṉ, Lord of (A/Ā)ṇṭa(kku)ṭi,
the fighting bull.

## Commentary

The same individual—Mātavaṉ, Lord of (A/Ā)ṇṭakkuṭi, the fighting bull—is
the donor of a pillar in TIOTN 13 (EC 10 Kl 109b).

## Bibliography

Edited and translated in Rice 1905 (EC 10 Kl 109b).

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 109b.