Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājendracōḻa I, year 15

Editors: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMelKil00011.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; on the base of the northern façade of the sanctuary and the ardha-maṇḍapa, begins below the niche of Brahmā; four lines are engraved on the round part of the base (kumuda), and six lines on the flat lower part of the base (jagati); 15th regnal year of Kōpparakesarivarman Uṭaiyar Śrī Rājendracōḻadeva = Rājendracōḻa I (circa 1027 A.D.); meykkīrtti of Rājendracōḻa, lines 1 to 6; because the inscription is built over at the end, I cannot give a continuous translation.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (0c6f29a), last modified (a753314).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappa

tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-(ni)la-maṭa[n]t[ai]yu(m)

1

pōṟ-(je)ya-p-pāvaiyum c¡i!⟨ī⟩r-t-ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩[i]-c-celv[i]yun

2

taṉ perun=tē‡v(i)yar āk(i) Iṉpu(ṟu)

3

neṭutuy[a ‡ l ūḻiyuḷ iṭa]tuṟai nāṭum

4

tuṭa(r)va¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a vēl[i]p paṭar va¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avāciyum

5

cuḷḷ(i)c cūḻ mat[i](l) koḷḷ(i)pp[ākkai](yum)

6

[naṇṇa] ṟkk’ arumuraṇ maṇ(ṇai)kkaṭakkamum

7

poru kaṭal [ī]ḻatt’ araicar tamuṭ⟨i⟩(y)um

8

Āṅkavaṉ tēvi(ya)r O(ṅk’ e)[ḻil] mu(ṭi)yum

9

muṉṉavar ¿m?⟨p⟩akkal teṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avār vaitta

10

cun=t¿i?⟨a⟩ra⟨ṉ⟩ muṭiyum In=tira¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ āramum

11

te¡ṉ!⟨ṇ⟩ (t)i[r]ai [īḻamaṇṭalam muḻuvatum]

12

[eṟi paṭaik kē] ⟨2⟩ raḷar muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ

13

kulata¡n!⟨ṉ⟩am ākiya palar puka⟨ḻ⟩ muṭiyum

14

ceṅ katir mālaiyum caṅk¿i?⟨a⟩tir vēlait

15

tol peruṅ kā‡va(l) pal paḻan= t¡i!⟨ī⟩vum

16

(ceru)[vil ‡ ciṉavi]l Irupatt’ oru kāl

17

Araicukaḷ(ai) kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ

18

mēvaruñ cān=tima¡ṟṟ!⟨tt⟩¡i!⟨ī⟩v’ araṇ karuti

19

Iruttiya cempo¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tiru t taku muṭiyum

20

payaṅ koṭu paḻimika muyaṅkiyil m(u)tukiṭṭ’

21

oḷitta cayaciṅkaṉ Aḷapparum pu(ka)ḻoṭu

22

pīṭiyal iraṭṭapāṭi Ēḻarai

23

Ilakkamum navane(t)i kulap peru malaikaḷum

24

vikramavīra-cakkara[-k-kōṭṭamum]

25

[mutirapaṭa vallai matura-maṇṭa] ⟨3⟩ lamum

26

kāmiṭai vaḷar nāmaṇaik kōṇaiyum

27

veñ cilai vīrar pañca-p-paḷḷiyum

28

pārcaṭaip paḻa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a mācuṇitēcamum

29

a(ya)r‡vil vaṇ kīrttiy āti(nakara)-vayi‡[l]

30

(ca)n=tiraṉ tol kulatt’ in=tira-rātaṉai

31

viḷaiyamark kaḷattuṭ kiḷaiyoṭum piṭittu

32

pala ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩at toṭuniṟ(ai) kula (ta)¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ak kuvaiyum

33

kiṭṭaruñ ceṟimuḷai Oṭṭa-viṣaiyamum

34

pūcura cey nalk kōcalai-nāṭun=

35

tanmapālaṉai vemmuṉai(y) aḻittu

36

vaṇṭuṟai cōlait taṇṭa puttiyum

37

Iraṇa-cūraṉai mu¡r!⟨ṟ⟩aṇu[ṟat tākkit]

38

[tikkaṇaik kīrtti takkaṇalāṭamum]

39

[kō] ⟨4⟩ vin=tacan=taṉ māviḻin= tōṭat

40

taṅkāta cāral (vaṅ)k(āḷa)tē(camu)m

41

to(ṭu )ka[ca. 5+](vo ṭala) mahipālaṉai

42

veñcamar vi‡(ḷā)katt’ a(ñ)cuvitt’ aruḷiy

43

oṉ{i}[t]i[ṟal] (yāṉaiyu)m peṇṭir paṇṭāramum

44

nittira neṭuṅ kaṭal uttiralāṭamum

45

veṟimalar(t) tī(r)tt’ (e/ē)ṟi puṉaṟ kaṅ(kaiyu)m

46

a(laikaṭal) naṭuvuṭ pala kalañ celuttic

47

saṅkrāmavijayōttuṅkavanma¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

48

ākiya kaṭāratt’ araiyaṉai vāykayam

49

poru ¿t?⟨k⟩aṭaṟ kumpa-k-kariyoṭum akappaṭutt’

50

urimaiyiṟp piṟakkiya pe[ru-nitip piṟakkamum]

51

[ārttavaṉ akanakarp pōr] ⟨5⟩ ttoḻil [vā]calil

52

(vi)jātara-t-tōraṇamum (O)ttoḷi

53

puṉai maṇip putavamum ka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩amaṇik katavum

54

ni‡[ṟai cīr vica]yamum tu‡[ṟai nīr]p pa¡ṉṉ!⟨ṇṇ⟩aiyum

55

⟨na⟩ṉ malai yūr eyiṟ [to]ṉmalaiyūrum

56

āḻ kaṭal akaḻ c¡u!⟨ū⟩ḻ māyir(u)ṭiṅkamum

57

kalaṅ (kā) val viṉai Ilaṅkā[cō]kamum

58

kōppuṟu niṟai pu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩al māppappāḷamum

59

kāvaṉ puricai mēv(i)liṉpaṅkamum

60

viḷaippan= tū¡ṟ!⟨r⟩uṭai vaḷaippan= tū¡ṟ!⟨r⟩um

61

(ka)[lāmutirk kaṭun tiṟal ilāmuri-tēcamum]

62

[kalait takkōr pukaḻt talai-t-takkōlamum]

63

⟨6⟩ t¡i!⟨ī⟩t’ am¿ā?⟨a⟩r val viṉai mātam(āli)ṅkamum

64

kalāmurik kaṭun tiṟal ilāmuritēcamum

65

tē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩akk’ alar poḻil mānakkavā(ra)‡[mum]

66

[toṭu kaṭaṟ kā]vaṟk kaṭu mu(ra‡ṇ) kaṭāramum

67

māp perun= taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa

68

kōpparakē(sa)rivanmarāna Uṭaiyar śrīrājen¿trira?⟨dra⟩ coḻadevaṟkku yāṇṭu 10 5 Āvatu

vaṭakarai Uttuṅkatuṅkavaḷanāṭṭu(k) kuṉṟakkūṟṟattup paḻuvūr nakarattōm nampirāṭṭiyār mukkoṟkiḻān aṭikaḷ […] ⟨7⟩ ḻaṅkai makaṉ cōmaṉ{p} puvaniyaip paṭak kuttip pōnav araṅkaṉ paṭṭaṉai nāṅkaḷ avaṉai pōkāmey ‡ […] ṉ pu(va) ‡ niyai […] ti nakarattōm paḻuvūr pakaiviṭai y-iśvarattu mahādevarkku pakalum Iravu cantirātittaval Eriya vaitta tirunon=t(ā)-viḷak=ku Oṉṟu vaittum Araṅkaṉ paṭṭaṉaik kaṇṭāl kaṇṭārēy kilākka peṟuvatākavum paḻuvūr nakarattōm tirunontāviḷak […] ⟨8⟩ tuṅ koṇṭu Ittēvatānam Iṉṉāṭṭu pakaiviṭai-catu⟨r⟩vvetimaṅkalattu kuḷa maṭai kuḷapaṭṭuk kiṭakka I ‡ […] (kku)ḷaṅ ‡ kalli Iv(vū)r aṭuttu mutalāyk kūṭi varum nellile(y) (Ā)ṇṭu varai tevakālāl muppatiṉ kala nel luk koṇṭu It-tirunontā-viḷa [1+] Erikka-k kaṭavōm ānōm

Ikkōyil kāṇiyuṭaiya śivabrāhmaṇar nālvōm paḻuvūr vaḷaiñciyarum caṅkarappāṭiyāru(m) […] ⟨9⟩ vūr caṅkarappāṭiyāṉ [1+] kumiḻi manappaṉai kāṇāk kol paṭṭu Ivaṉ paṭṭamaiyil (ca) [1+] ṉap paṭa (Ey)cārai Aṟiyā [1+] ‡ […] (kumi)ḻ(i) manappaṉaic cāt‡ti paḻuvūr vaḷaiñci(ya)rōm Ivvūr Amani(gandha)⟨r⟩vva-Īśvarattu mahādevaṟk=ku Iravum pakalum Eriya vaitta nontā-viḷak=ku Oṉṟiṉu(kku) vaitta kācu 5 10

Ikkācu Aiñpatum koṇṭu Ittēvar tēvatānam kaṇṭaṉ Eriyāna dirttak kuḷattē kalli muṉpu [1+] riñcu varuki […] ⟨10⟩ [3+] cantrādittavaṟ Erikka kaṭavōm ānōm Ittaḷik kāṇiyuṭaiya paṭṭuṭaiyōm Ēḻuvōm

kumiḻi mana[p]‡[pa]ṉ muṉpu ceytu varuki(ṉ)‡(ṟa) maṉaikālum Itukkuppaṭum na(ṉ)ceyum puṉceyum Ivaṉ maṇavāṭṭik=kum Ivaṉ vaṟkkattark=kum cantrā[ditta]vaṟ I(kō)yili ce(y)tu kuṭuttōm paḻuvūr nakarattōm

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ tirunon=t(ā) ⬦ tirunot(ā) VG • After this word, the line continues a little higher. The stones are not properly aligned.

⟨9⟩ Iva_ṉ vaṟkkattark=kum ⬦ Iva_ṇavaṟkkattāk=kum VG.

Translation by Gillet 2024

Commentary

(6–9) End of lines built in.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923-1924 (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/372).

Edited and translated in Gillet 2024, based on autopsy and photographs (by Valérie Gillet, 2018).

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[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 144–146, item 11.

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 372.