Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, fragment, time of Rājakesarivarman, year 15
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00004.
Summary: Mentions Naṅkaiyār Aṉantam Paḻiyili.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).
Version: (cf4a6dc), last modified (e8ce250).
Edition
⟨1⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ s(va)⟨sti⟩ śrī
kō-v-irācak¿o?⟨ē⟩cari-paruma¡k=ku!⟨rk=ku⟩ yāṇṭu pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩¿a?⟨ai⟩ñc-āvatu
Uṟattūr-⟨k⟩-kūṟṟat ⟨Block b⟩ [tu] […]
⟨2⟩ ⟨Block a⟩ naṅkaiyār Aṉantam paḻiyili vaḻiyu
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ s(va)⟨sti⟩ • The letter va looks like pa. — ⟨1⟩ -paruma¡k=ku!⟨rk=ku⟩ • It seems that the engraver first wrote kora and, realising his mistake, transformed the ra into ca.
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
(1) Prosperity! Fortune!
(1) Fifteenth year of the king Rājakesarivarman.
(1) […] [in the] Uṟattūrkkūṟṟam […]
(2) Naṅkaiyār Aṉantam Paḻiyili … (vaḻiyu)
Bibliography
Reported in Krishnamacharlu and Laksminarayan Rao 1952 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/211).
First edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020).
Secondary
[ARIE] Krishnamacharlu, C. R. and N. Laksminarayan Rao. 1952. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Delhi: Government of India. Page 99, appendixes B/1940-41, item 211.
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kō-v-irācak<choice><sic>o</sic><corr>ē</corr></choice>cari-paruma<choice><orig>k=ku</orig><reg>rk=ku</reg></choice> yāṇṭu pati<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice><choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>ñc-āvatu
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naṅkaiyār Aṉantam paḻiyili vaḻiyu
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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>
<p n="1">Fifteenth year of the king Rājakesarivarman.</p>
<p n="1"><gap reason="lost"/> <supplied reason="lost">in the</supplied> Uṟattūrkkūṟṟam <gap reason="lost"/></p>
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<p>The inscription stops short in line 2 after <foreign>vaḻiyu</foreign> and seems to have been left unfinished.</p>
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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1939-1943"/></bibl> (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/211).</p>
<p>First edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020).</p>
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Commentary
The inscription stops short in line 2 after vaḻiyu and seems to have been left unfinished.
(2) Naṅkaiyār Aṉantam Paḻiyili ("our unbounded and irreproachable lady"?) is possibly the donor.