Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of (Vīrapāṇḍya), year 5

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Stone-inscription mentioning the Ṛṣabha of a temple named Bhūtīśvara and, seemingly, a donation by Vīrapāṇḍya for coating/gilding it.

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

Version: 2025-11-13 23:30 (5e1d845), last modified 2025-10-28 17:58 (c062410).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī yaṇṭu 5
⟨2⟩ Āvatu tiru-p-pūti-
⟨3⟩ -c-cuvarattu ṛṣapa-
⟨4⟩ -p-perumāṉaṭikaḷuk-
⟨5⟩ ku-p (pūcc’ iṭa v)¡(i)!(ra-pā)-
⟨6⟩ ṇṭi [******************]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 5th year.¹

⟨2–6⟩ (So as to put) (iṭa) (a coating/gilding) (pūccu) for the lord (perumāṉatikaḷ) Rṣapa² of the glorious Pūticcuvaram³, (Vīrapāṇḍya) […]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907-08 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/138).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.138).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Srinivasa Rao 1979.

Primary

[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 138, page 111.

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 138.

Notes

1. Probably of (Vīrapāṇḍya), mentioned in lines 5-6.
2. Sanskrit Ṛṣabha.
3. Sanskrit Bhutīśvara.

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