Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year lost

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Stone inscription recording the donation of 50 goats.

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

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00040.

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00040.xml.

Version: 2026-08-26 06:30 (9040b06), last modified 2026-08-26 06:30 (9040b06).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī tribhu⟨va⟩na-c-cak⟨kara⟩-vattikaḷ śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu kā-
⟨2⟩ [****] [Iraṭṭapāṭi]-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu Uṟattūr-kūṟṟattu koṭumpāḷū⟨r⟩ kai-
⟨3⟩ [**************] ḷ-[u]ṭaiyāṉ-āṉa kōnāṭṭu pallavataraiyaṉ periya-kuḷattu kuḻumiyil paṭa
⟨4⟩ [********************] ka viṭṭa Āṭu 5 10 kuṉṟaṉ Āḷuṭaiyāṉ ta¡m!mam paṉmāheśvara-ra-
⟨5⟩ [kṣai]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ yāṇṭu kā⟨2⟩[4+][Iraṭṭapāṭi] ⬦ yāṇ ko⟨2⟩[5+] IPS • Maybe read yāṇṭu 1 ā[vatu] [Iraṭṭapāṭi]

⟨3⟩ ḷ[u]ṭaiyāṉāṉa ⬦ ḷaṭaiyāṉāṉa IPS.

⟨4⟩ [1+]ka viṭṭa ⬦ kkaviṭṭa IPS.

Translation by Srinivasa Aiyar 1946

Hail! Prosperity! In the ... ... ... ... year of Tribhuvanaccakravartikaḷ Śri Kulōttuṅga Cōla Dēvar: Whereas Kōnāṭṭu Pallavadaraiyan, also called Kai ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ḍaiyan, of Koḍumbāḷūṟ in the Uṟattūr Kūṟṟam of the K(aḍalaḍaiyādilaṅgaiko)ṇḍa cōḻavaḷanāḍu, perished in a strife(kuḻumi) in Periyakuḷam, I, Kunṟan Āḷuḍaiyān, made this endowment of 50 sheep to keep alight a lamp on his behalf. May this be protected by the Māhēśvaras.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ […] year of the glorious king Kulottuṅga, the emperor of the three worlds.

⟨3–4⟩ Whereas Pallavataraiyaṉ of Kōṉāṭu, alias the lord of […] ... of Koṭumpāḷūr, in the Uṟattūrkūṟṟam, in the [Iraṭṭapāṭi]koṇṭacōḻavaḷanāṭu, fell (paṭa) ... ⟨there are⟩ 50 goats that ... gave.

⟨4–5⟩ ⟨This⟩ pious donation (tammam¹) of the lord Kuṉṟaṉ ⟨is under the⟩ protection of the paṉmāheśvarars.

Bibliography

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 and translated in Srinivasa Aiyar 1946 (IPS 233).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.

Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. & N. Swaminatha Aiyar. 1929. Inscriptions (texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 233, page 130.

Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1946. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai state: translated into English. Part II: Early, Cola and Pandya inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 233, pages 201–202.

Notes

1. Sanskrit dharma.

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