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

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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 and 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. and 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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