Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 11

Editor: Valérie Gillet.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMelKil00006.

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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

Version: (3c07ce5), last modified (9c2f25b).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-Irācakēcar(i)va(n)ma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu [[101Āvatu]] 10 1-Āvatu

Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭarai⟨2⟩yar maṟavaṉ [[kaṇṭaṉārkku]] kaṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ārkku karampi(ya)ṉ [[parāntakaṉāna]] parāntakaṉā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a karuviṭaip-perarai⟨3⟩yaṉ viṇṇappam Emperumāḷ paḻuvūr I(ra)ṇṭu [[taḷipatiyump pātamūlamum]] taḷipatiyum p-pātamūlamum Iraṇṭu nagaramu⟨4⟩m paṉ¿n?⟨ṉ⟩iraṇṭu kalaṉaiyum maṟṟu(m) Eppērppaṭṭāraiyu{m}ṅ kiḻpaṭa kalpaṭṭa ⟨5⟩ maṉṟupāṭum mēl maṉṟuvaṉavum ma(ṟ)ṟum [[Eppērppaṭṭanavum]] Eppērppaṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avum paṇṭai nan=tipurama⟨6⟩(ṟṟ’ ā)tiyē koṇṭ’ aruḷuvatu Eṉṟu viṇṇap(pa)ñ ceyya nāmum paṇṭai nan=tipuramaṟṟ¿u?⟨’ ā⟩tiyē ⟨7⟩ koḷkav eṉṟu tattan(ū)r-kiḻavaṉ vēḷāṉ [[(c)iṉtāmaṇikku]] (c)i¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tāmaṇikku śrīmu(ka)m va(ra ca)ntrātit(taval niṟkka ka)lliḷ mēl veṭṭik⟨8⟩koṇṭōm ⟨9⟩ Iraṇṭu taḷipa⟨10⟩tiyum pātamu⟨11⟩lattōm

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ (ca)ntrātit(taval niṟkka ka)lliḷ ⬦ cantrātittaval niṟkka kalliḷ GVSR • This part is no longer clearly legible because it has been covered with cement.

Translation by Valérie Gillet

Commentary

(1) Rājakesarin is probably Sundaracōḻa, during whose reign the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Maṟavaṉ Kaṇṭaṉār was ruling over Paḻuvūr.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/367 Venkoba Rao 1925; edited for the first time in SII 13, no. 215 Srinivasa Rao 1952; present edition by Valérie Gillet from autopsy and photographs.

First reported in Venkoba Rao 1925 (ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/367); edited for the first time by Srinivasa Rao 1952 (SII 13, no. 215); re-edited here by Valérie Gillet from autopsy and photographs.

Primary

[GVSR] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 116–117, item 215.

Secondary

Venkoba Rao, G. 1925. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1924. Madras: Government Press. Page 73, appendix C/1924, item 367.