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

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

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⟨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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