Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 6
Editor: Valérie Gillet.
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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
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Edition
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī
kōvirāca[kesaripan]akku yānṭu 6-Āvatu
kunṟakku⟨2⟩ṟṟattu devatānam Avanikantaṟppa Īśvaragṛhattu tenvāyi⟨l⟩ śrī ⟨3⟩ kōyil mahādevaṟku It(t)aḷi tēvaṉār makaḷār piḷḷai cēramāṉār (d)e⟨4⟩viyār ṉakkaṉ Akkāra naṅkaiyār cantrādittavaṟ Iravum pakalum Eri (vai)⟨5⟩tta ṉondā viḷakku Onṟiṉukku paṭi Uḻakkiṉāl nicatam Uḻakku ṉeyy eriya ⟨6⟩ vaitta poṉ 10 2m paṉṉiru kaḻañcu Ivviḷakk’ eriya vaitta (ti)rā viḷakk’ o⟨7⟩[ṉṟu] ṉirai 2ḷakaru Iruppu nārāyam U(ḷ)paṭa ce(ruvi)ṭaiyāl 2 100 10 5 Itu pa⟨8⟩nmāyeśvara rakṣai
Apparatus
Translation by Valérie Gillet
Bibliography
First reported in ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/364 Venkoba Rao 1925; edited for the first time in SII 13, no. 153 Srinivasa Rao 1952; present edition by Valérie Gillet from autopsy and photographs.
Primary
[SR] 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. Page 81, item 153.
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 364.
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Commentary
(1) Rājakesarin is a king difficult to identify; identified with Gaṇḍarāditya by Balasubrahmanyam (1963: 62–63) and Balambal (1978: 183); identified with Rājarāja I in SII.
(1) The inscription is engraved over two consecutive wall sections.