Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, time of Rājakesarivarman, year lost

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Gift of gold by Kōmāṉ Pūti for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp in honour of the Perumāṉaṭikaḷ of the Aintaḷi of Koṭumpāḷūr.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Version: 2025-11-13 23:30 (5e1d845), last modified 2025-11-01 12:24 (3fb04ec).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-Irācakēca(r)[ipaṉmarkku] […](ṭ)u
⟨2⟩ [Uṟa]ttūr-k-kūṟṟattu-k ko(ṭ)u[mpāḷūr Ain-ta]ḷi perumāṉaṭikaḷukku Oru
⟨3⟩ [no]¡ṉ!ntā viḷakku cantrādittaval Eṟippatāka It-taḷi-k k(ō)māṉ pūti
⟨4⟩ (kō) [***] poṉ muppati¡n! kaḻañcu It-taḷi-p pativōm
⟨5⟩ koṇṭu cantirātitta[vat] […]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ […] [year] of the king Rājakesarivarman

⟨2–4⟩ So as to burn, as long as the moon and the sun, one perpetual lamp for the Perumāṉaṭikaḷ of Koṭumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūr-k-kūṟṟām, [there are] tirthy kaḻañcus of gold [that] Kōmāṉ Pūti of this temple [gave].

⟨4–5⟩ We, the chiefs of this temple (pativōm), with [this gold], as long as the moon and the sun […]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/213).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy and photographs (E. Francis, 2017).

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1939-43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu and N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 99, appendixes B/1940-41, item 213.

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