Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, fragment
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00007.
Summary: Appears to record a donation of gold for the upkeep of a lamp.
Hand description:
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).
Version: (cf4a6dc), last modified (e8ce250).
Edition
⟨1⟩ [ca. 12+] (vata) poṉ Ai(ṅ) ⟨2⟩ (koṇṭāṭai/mārāṉ pāṇṭa) [ca. 2+] ṟi [ca. 2+] ḷ(u)kku Eri(vva/ppa) ⟨3⟩ [ca. 12+] koṇṭōm [ca. 1+]
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ Ai(ṅ) • Ai(ṅ) makes sense with kaḻañcu (beginning of line 4 of DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00008): aiṅ-kaḻañcu, "five kaḻañcus".
⟨2⟩ (koṇṭāṭai/mārāṉ pāṇṭa) • None of these alternative readings makes sense in continuity with pakal no¡ṉ!⟨n⟩t (end of line 5 of Kotumpalur 8), where one expects nontā viḷakku. — ⟨2⟩ Eri(vva/ppa) • Erippa makes sense with tāka (beginning of line 5 of Kotumpalur 8): erippatāka, "so as to burn" (a lamp).
Translation by Emmanuel Francis
(1) […] gold […]
(2) […]
(3) […] we have taken […]
Bibliography
First reported, edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020).
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ṟi
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ḷ<unclear>u</unclear>kku Eri<choice><unclear>vva</unclear><unclear>ppa</unclear></choice>
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koṇṭōm
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<p>Possibly a fragment to be read with another preserved fragment at the site. It could give the beginning of lines 4-6 of <ref target="DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00008.xml">Kotumpalur 8</ref>, which is on the block continuous to the right, although a continuous reading is not warranted, which, however, could be explained if <ref target="DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00008.xml">Kotumpalur 8</ref> and the present inscription are two block fragments of an inscription, of which a third fragment block is lost.</p>
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<p>First reported, edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020).</p>
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Commentary
Possibly a fragment to be read with another preserved fragment at the site. It could give the beginning of lines 4-6 of Kotumpalur 8, which is on the block continuous to the right, although a continuous reading is not warranted, which, however, could be explained if Kotumpalur 8 and the present inscription are two block fragments of an inscription, of which a third fragment block is lost.