Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 12 opposite to one (year 13)

Editors: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMelKil00008.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; upper inscription, on the eastern and middle wall sections of the northern façade of the ardha-maṇḍapa, engraved over the two consecutive wall sections; 12th regnal year opposite to one of Kōrājakesarivarman = probably Sundaracōḻa (circa 969 A.D.).

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Language: Tamil.

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

Version: 2025-06-01 14:42 (0c6f29a), last modified 2025-06-01 13:43 (a9f31c6).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō Irājakēcaripanmakku yā(ṇṭu) 10 2-Āvati(n) etirām āṇṭu

kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu deva(dā)⟨2⟩ṉam Avaṉikandhavva-Īśvaragṛhattu devaka(n)mikaḷōmum patipātamulattōmum paṭṭuṭaiyōmum ⟨3⟩ camaiyattōmu maṟṟum (I)ttaḷi paṅkuṭaiyōm Eppērpaṭṭōmum Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar maṟavaṉ ⟨4⟩ kaṇṭanār Aruḷice(yyu)m poykaikkuṟuviṭattu veṭṭa(kku)ṭaiyāṉ kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉukku kuṭi n¿i?⟨ī⟩kkā deva ⟨5⟩ tāṉam āka cantrātittavaṟ kāṇice(yti) kuṭutta n(i)lam Ittaḷi tēvadānam viṟaikkūṟṟattu pacuṅkuḷattūr ve(ṭṭappeṟu)[ṉap] ⟨6⟩ paṭa nilam Irupattunāl vēliyālum vēli nūṟṟirupa(t)iṉ (ka)lam [kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta] nellu I(ruṇṭ’ āyirattu eṇṇūṟṟu E)⟨7⟩ṇpa(ti)ṉ kalamum tiruvaiyāṟaṉōṭokku marakkālāl (kār) pātiy(u)m picāṉam pātiyum vāṭākkaṭaṉ Eṅkaḷ taraviṉālēy pacuṅkuḷattūri⟨8⟩lēy (Aḷa)ppa(t)’ ākavum

ivvūr viḷakk’ eṇṇaic cey muṉpu kalmēl ve[ṭṭi](ṉa) n¿i?⟨ī⟩kki Uṇṇilam o(ḻi)viṉṟi vaḷaiyil cuṟṟu Uṭump’ ōṭi y-(ā)mai tava⟨9⟩ḻnta (ni)lamuṟṟum kārāṇkiḻamai Uṭpaṭa (ciṟṟiṟai) ciṟupaṅkum Ivaṉēy peṟuvat’ ākavum

avurk kaḻañcum perumāḷ koḷḷil kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉē⟨10⟩[ṉ] [ca. 3+] tākavuvu kulaiyuṅ kurampuñ ceyvatākavu(m)

[ca. 3+]p(ē)rppaṭṭatum (I)tt’ (ā)kavum

Iṟukka va(nta)[1+] (ṉ/ḷ)atu Eṅkaḷaic collātēy iṟuttuk ka(ṭa)mayilē⟨11⟩y vaiccuk koḷḷap peṟuvat’ ākavum

cāsaṉam peṟṟuṭai(yā)r peṟuvat’ ellām peṟuvat’ ākavum

Ipparicu cantrātittavat kuṭi n¿i?⟨ī⟩kkā devadāṉa(m ākak kā)ṇi ⟨12⟩ ceytu kuṭuttōm veṭṭakkuṭaiyāṉ kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉu(k)ku devakanmikaḷōmum patipātamulattō(mu)m paṭṭuṭaiyōmum camaiyattōmu maṟṟum Ittaḷi paṅku(ṭ)ai⟨13⟩(yō)mum

Iva(kaḷ) paṇi(kka) Eḻ(u)tiṉēṉ iv{u}vūr madhyastaṉ Eṟa(ṉ) maḻavāṭiyāṉa brahmapṛyanē(ṉ) Ivai (Eṉ) Eḻuttu <gomutra>

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī   kō Irājakēcaripanmakku yā(ṇṭu) 10 2-Āvati(n) etirām āṇṭu   kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu deva(dā)-
⟨2⟩ ṉam Avaṉikandhavva-Īśvaragṛhattu devaka(n)mikaḷōmum patipātamulattōmum paṭṭuṭaiyōmum 
⟨3⟩ camaiyattōmu maṟṟum (I)ttaḷi paṅkuṭaiyōm Eppērpaṭṭōmum Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar maṟavaṉ 
⟨4⟩ kaṇṭanār Aruḷice(yyu)m poykaikkuṟuviṭattu veṭṭa(kku)ṭaiyāṉ kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉukku kuṭi n¿i?⟨ī⟩kkā deva 
⟨5⟩ tāṉam āka cantrātittavaṟ kāṇice(yti) kuṭutta n(i)lam Ittaḷi tēvadānam viṟaikkūṟṟattu pacuṅkuḷattūr ve(ṭṭappeṟu)[ṉap] 
⟨6⟩ paṭa nilam Irupattunāl vēliyālum vēli nūṟṟirupa(t)iṉ (ka)lam [kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta] nellu I(ruṇṭ’ āyirattu eṇṇūṟṟu E)-
⟨7⟩ ṇpa(ti)ṉ kalamum tiruvaiyāṟaṉōṭokku marakkālāl (kār) pātiy(u)m picāṉam pātiyum vāṭākkaṭaṉ Eṅkaḷ taraviṉālēy pacuṅkuḷattūri-
⟨8⟩ lēy (Aḷa)ppa(t)’ ākavum   ivvūr viḷakk’ eṇṇaic cey muṉpu kalmēl ve[ṭṭi](ṉa) n¿i?⟨ī⟩kki Uṇṇilam o(ḻi)viṉṟi vaḷaiyil cuṟṟu Uṭump’ ōṭi y-(ā)mai tava-
⟨9⟩ ḻnta (ni)lamuṟṟum kārāṇkiḻamai Uṭpaṭa (ciṟṟiṟai) ciṟupaṅkum Ivaṉēy peṟuvat’ ākavum   avurk kaḻañcum perumāḷ koḷḷil kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉē-
⟨10⟩ [ṉ] [***] tākavuvu kulaiyuṅ kurampuñ ceyvatākavu(m)   [***]p(ē)rppaṭṭatum (I)tt’ (ā)kavum   Iṟukka va(nta)[*] (ṉ/ḷ)atu Eṅkaḷaic collātēy iṟuttuk ka(ṭa)mayilē-
⟨11⟩ y vaiccuk koḷḷap peṟuvat’ ākavum   cāsaṉam peṟṟuṭai(yā)r peṟuvat’ ellām peṟuvat’ ākavum   Ipparicu cantrātittavat kuṭi n¿i?⟨ī⟩kkā devadāṉa(m ākak kā)ṇi 
⟨12⟩ ceytu kuṭuttōm veṭṭakkuṭaiyāṉ kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉu(k)ku devakanmikaḷōmum patipātamulattō(mu)m paṭṭuṭaiyōmum camaiyattōmu maṟṟum Ittaḷi paṅku(ṭ)ai-
⟨13⟩ (yō)mum   Iva(kaḷ) paṇi(kka) Eḻ(u)tiṉēṉ iv{u}vūr madhyastaṉ Eṟa(ṉ) maḻavāṭiyāṉa brahmapṛyanē(ṉ) Ivai (Eṉ) Eḻuttu <gomutra>  

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō Irājakēcaripanmakku yā(ṇṭu) 10 2-Āvati(n) etirām āṇṭu

avurk kaḻañcum perumāḷ koḷḷil kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉē⟨10⟩[ṉ] [ca. 3+] tākavuvu kulaiyuṅ kurampuñ ceyvatākavu(m)

[ca. 3+]p(ē)rppaṭṭatum (I)tt’ (ā)kavum

Iṟukka va(nta)[1+] (ṉ/ḷ)atu Eṅkaḷaic collātēy iṟuttuk ka(ṭa)mayilē⟨11⟩y vaiccuk koḷḷap peṟuvat’ ākavum

cāsaṉam peṟṟuṭai(yā)r peṟuvat’ ellām peṟuvat’ ākavum

Iva(kaḷ) paṇi(kka) Eḻ(u)tiṉēṉ iv{u}vūr madhyastaṉ Eṟa(ṉ) maḻavāṭiyāṉa brahmapṛyanē(ṉ) Ivai (Eṉ) Eḻuttu <gomutra>

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ [ṉap] ⬦ ṉap SII • This part is no longer legible.

⟨6⟩ [kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta] ⬦ kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta SII • This part is no longer legible.

⟨8⟩ ve[ṭṭi](ṉa) ⬦ veṭṭiṉa SII • This part is no longer legible.

Translation by Gillet 2024

Commentary

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

(1) The inscription is engraved over two consecutive wall sections.

(10) This line was forgotten in the edition of South Indian Inscriptions.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923-1924 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/370).

Edited by Srinivasa Rao 1952 (SII 13.236). Edited and translated in Gillet 2024, based on autopsy.

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] 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 126–127, item 236.

[VG] Gillet, Valérie. 2024. Minor Majesties: The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars and their South Indian Kingdom of Paḻuvūr, 9th-11th centuries A.D. New York: Oxford University Press. [URL]. Pages 141–142, item 8.

Secondary

ARIE 1923-1924. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1924. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government Press, 1925. Page 73, appendix C/1924, item 370.

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