Mātarāppaṭṭi, slab near the tank, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Stone-slab inscription. Mentions the Miṉṉāmaḻai-Īśvara at Koṭumpāḷūr (possibly one of the three vimānas of the present-day Mūvarkōyil) and the temple (kōyil) of Vīra Murukki Nāṅkai (probably Durgā/Koṟṟavai), both apparently objects of an installation by Acīti Paṇṭitar. Mentions a kapālam in connexion with Aciti Paṇṭitar, thus possibly a skull-bearer ascetic. Records the donation of a pillar (tirunilai) of the maṇḍapa built by another Paṇṭitar.

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

Repository: Koṭumpāḷūr (tfa-kotumpalur-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00053.

File path: DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00053.xml.

Version: 2026-09-29 11:09 (783a257), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (783a257).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī Uṟa-
⟨2⟩ ttūr koṭum-
⟨3⟩ pā⟨ḷū⟩r m(i)¡ṉṉ!ā-
⟨4⟩ maḻai-Īśvara-
⟨5⟩ mum kapālattu
⟨6⟩ (Ē/E)ṟṟu peṟṟu Ac¡i!-
⟨7⟩ ti-paṇṭitar v¡i!-
⟨8⟩ ra-muruk=k¡i!-naṅkai
⟨9⟩ kōyil pridi⌈-
⟨10⟩ [ṣṭh]ai ceytu Ā [**]
⟨11⟩ [**] tinpu Araḷa
⟨12⟩ [**] r pādi siṅ
⟨13⟩ [**] paṇ⟨ṭi⟩tar E-
⟨14⟩ (ṭu)picca maṇṭa⟨pa⟩mu
⟨15⟩ [**] -t tirunilai
⟨16⟩ [****]

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ Ēṟṟu ⬦ Ēṟṟup RM.

⟨10⟩ Ā [2+] ⟨11⟩ [2+] tinpu ⬦ Āṉa ⟨11⟩ tinpu RM.

⟨11⟩ Araḷa ⟨12⟩ [2+] r ⬦ Araḷa⟨12⟩var RM.

⟨12⟩ siṅ ⟨13⟩ [2+] paṇ⟨ṭi⟩tar ⬦ siṅ ⟨13⟩ paṇ⟨ṭi⟩tar RM • Probably siṅka-paṇ⟨ṭi⟩tar

⟨13⟩ E⟨14⟩(ṭu)picca ⬦ E⟨14⟩ṭupicca RM.

⟨14⟩ maṇṭa⟨pa⟩mu ⟨15⟩ [2+] -t ⬦ maṇṭa⟨pa⟩mu⟨15⟩nt RM.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–16⟩ Having made an installation (pridiṣṭhai¹) ⟨in⟩ the Miṉṉāmaḻai-Īśvara² at Koṭumpāḷūr in ⟨the kuṟram of⟩ Uṟattūr ⟨and in⟩ the temple (kōyil) of Vīra Murukki³ Nāṅkai ... a pillar (tirunilai) of the maṇḍapa built by ... Paṇṭitar ...

Bibliography

Edited (15 lines only) online in Rājēntiraṉ 25/08/2016 and Rajendran Melappanayur 25/08/2016 with visual documentation.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Rājēntiraṉ 25/08/2016 and Rajendran Melappanayur 25/08/2016.

Primary

[RM] Rājēntiraṉ, Karu. 25/08/2016. “கொடும்பாளூர் இருக்கு வேளிர்கள் வேளாளர் இனத்தை சார்ந்தவர்கள் என்பதை சான்றுகள்.” தென்னக தொல்லியல் ஆய்வுக்கழகம் (blog). [URL].

Rajendran Melappanayur, Karu. 25/08/2016. “New inscriptions discovered about Kodumbalur history.” தென்னக தொல்லியல் ஆய்வுக்கழகம் (blog). [URL].

Notes

1. Sanskrit pratiṣṭhai.
2. From INSKotumpalur00001 we know that Minnāmaḷa, Sanskrit rendering of Miṇṇāmaḻai (“rain that does not emit lightning”), is a title of Bhūti Vikramakesarin, the founder of the present-day Mūvarkōyil. The temple of the lord (īśvara) of Miṇṇāmaḻai might thus be the present-day Mūvarkōyil complex or the central of its three vimānas.
3. That is, Murukku.

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