Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, fragment, time of Parakesarivarman, year 10

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00003.

Summary: Gift of one kaḻañcu of gold.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).

Version: (cf4a6dc), last modified (87d8924).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ s(va)sti śrī

kō-p-parakēcari-paṉma¡ṟ!⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 Ēḻ-āvatu

Iv-vāṇṭu Uṟattū ⟨Block b⟩ [r-k-kūṟṟattu] […] ⟨2⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ cattaṇattukk(u) vai¡cc!⟨tt⟩a poṉ kaḻañcu

Ip-poṉ cantirāti¡cc!⟨tt⟩ava ⟨Block b⟩ [t] […]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ s(va)sti • The letter va looks like pa.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1) Seventeenth year of the king Parakesarivarman.

In this year […] [in the] Uṟattū[rkkūṟṟam] […] [there is] one kaḻañcu of gold that […] gave for the ¿Cattaṇam?.

(2) This gold, as long as the moon and the sun, […]

Commentary

(2) cattaṇattukk(u). The meaning of this word is unclear. It appears to be a dative designating the beneficiary of the gift.

Bibliography

Not reported so far, it seems.

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2020), based on autopsy and photographs (Emmanuel Francis).