Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Vīra Cōḻa Irukkuvēḷ, year 7

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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Edition

⟨Zone A⟩

⟨1⟩ svast[i] śr[ī] kēcar(i)-paṟmar-ā‡(ṉa v)¡(i)!(ra)-cōḻa-(I)ru(k)kuvēḷukku 7-vatu Uṭan [**] kūṭṭattu (Aḻa)‡ka¡n! v¡i!ra-cōḻa-viśvakamāvum kaṇmā‡ḷarum ko‡ṭumpāḷūr t(i)ru-(mutu)-[kuṉṟam] (E)ṅkaḷ pē[rā]lē Akkacālic(u)ram-uṭai(ya) […] yum […] ya-

⟨2⟩ (rai)yum Eḻunt-aru⟨ḷa⟩ paṇ‡ṇi Amutu-paṭi⟨k⟩ku tiru-nāḷ aḻi(vu)kkum tēvatāna [**] ta(n)‡(t-a)ruḷa vēṉum enṟu viṇappañ ce(y)‡ya [******] ‡ vetir vēḷār [************] tēvatānam (āvatu) ceral ‡ […] Iṭa […] cēraṉ kuḷam uḷḷiṭṭa kuḷa-

⟨Zone B⟩

⟨3⟩ ttukku Ellai [y-ā]va[tu] k¡(i)!ḻ-pā[ṟ] (E)⟨l⟩lai mēl-p(āṟ E)⟨l⟩(lai) [ki]ḻa(k)ku mē(ṟku) [********************] ḻai-k kuḷattu ‡ [************] ‡ [**] kku vaṭak[ku] [********] [po]yā-mēṭṭu⟨k⟩ku kiḻa⟨k⟩ku [vaṭa]‡-pāṟ E‡⟨l⟩lai [****] ⌈‡p(o)yā-mēṭṭu⟨k⟩ku-p po [**] ‡ […]-

⟨4⟩ (ru) vaḻikku teṟkum I⟨n⟩-nān E⟨l⟩laikk’ uṭpaṭṭa nila⟨m⟩ (I)ṟai-y (I)ḻi(c)[ci] purava[ri cu]rukki kuṭi n¡[i]!(k)⟨ki⟩ tiru-nāmattu kā‡[ṇi Āka] [*******] ‡ [**************] [Ip](paṭi)⟨k⟩(ku) [****] (cō)ḻa-(m)¡(u)!vē‡n=t¿ā?vēḷā¡n! ‡ Eḻu⟨t⟩tu panmākeśvara-Ila‡[kṣai]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ 7th ⟨year⟩ of Vīra Cōḻa Irukkuvēl alias Kesarivarman.

⟨1–2⟩ Whereas […] Vēḷār made a petition stating that a devadāna should graciously be given for the expenses (aḻivu) ... (there is) a devadāna.

⟨2–4⟩ The boundaries for the the pond ... are as follows:

the eastern boundary is east of the western boundary ... north of ... east of ...
the [northern] boundary is south of ...

⟨4⟩ The land comprised within these four boundaries, having remitted its taxes, having ... (puravari¹ curukki), having removed its tenants, [is given] as a temple-land (tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi).

⟨4⟩ In this manner […] the signature of Cōḻamūvēntavēḷāṉ.

⟨4⟩ ⟨This is under the⟩ protection of the Paṉmāheśvarars.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907–08 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/134).

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar and Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 (IPS 766); in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.134).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.

Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. and N. Swaminatha Aiyar. 1929. Inscriptions (texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 766, page 532.

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII: inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Item 134, page 108.

Secondary

ARIE 1907–08. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1908. Page 16, appendix B/1907, item 134.

Notes

1. That is, puravuvari

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