Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Māṟavarman Kulaśekhara, year 5

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-māṟa-paṉma(ṉ)-āṉa tiru-puvana-cakkaravattikaḷ śrī-kula-cēkara-tēvaṟku
⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 5-vatu kōṉāṭ-āṉa kaṭal-aṭaiyāta-Ilaṅkai-ko[ṇ]ṭa-cō-
⟨3⟩ ḻa-vaḷaṉāṭṭu Uṟattūr-kūṟṟattu vaṭa-kōṉāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tiru-mutu-
⟨4⟩ -kuṉṟam uṭaiya ṉāyaṉār tiru-k-kōyil vicaiya-pañcara¡n! tiru-maṭai-p-paḷ-
⟨5⟩ ḷi mutu-col-kuṭiṉāṭṭu ṉāṭṭavar tanmam ↝

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kōmāṟapaṉma(ṉ)āṉa SII ⬦ komārapaṉmarrāṉa IPS; komāṟapaṉmarāṉa SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 5th year of the glorious king Kulacēkaraṉ¹, the emperor of the three worlds, alias the king Māṟapaṉmaṉ.

⟨2–5⟩ The glorious kitchen (maṭaippaḷḷi) ⟨named after⟩ Vicaiyapañcaraṉ, which is in the glorious temple of the lord who owns Tirumutukuṉṟam ... is the pious donation (tanmam²) of a native (nāṭṭavar³) of Mutucolkuṭināṭu.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907–08 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/135).

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar & Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 (IPS 536), in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.135).

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 536, page 583.

[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 135, pages 108–109.

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 135.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Kulaśekhara.
2. Sanskrit dharma.
3. Unless Nāṭṭavaṉ is a personal name.

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