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

Editor: Valérie Gillet.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMelKil00011.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappa

tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru(ni)lamaṭa[n]t[ai]yu(m)

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pōṟ(je)yappāvaiyum c¡i!⟨ī⟩rtta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩[i]ccelv[i]yun

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taṉ perun=tē‡v(i)yar āk(i) Iṉpu(ṟu)

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neṭutuy[a ‡ l ūḻiyuḷ iṭa]tuṟai nāṭum

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

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

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[naṇṇa] ṟkk’ arumuraṇ maṇ(ṇai)kkaṭakkamum

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

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

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

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

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

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[eṟi paṭaik kē] ⟨2⟩ raḷar muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ

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

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

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

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

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Araicukaḷ(ai) kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ

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

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

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payaṅ koṭu paḻimika muyaṅkiyil m(u)tukiṭṭ’

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oḷitta cayaciṅkaṉ Aḷapparum pu(ka)ḻoṭu

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pīṭiyal iraṭṭapāṭi Ēḻarai

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Ilakkamum navane(t)i kulap peru malaikaḷum

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vikramavīra-cakkara[-k-kōṭṭamum]

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[mutirapaṭa vallai matura-maṇṭa] ⟨3⟩ lamum

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kāmiṭai vaḷar nāmaṇaik kōṇaiyum

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veñ cilai vīrar pañca-p-paḷḷiyum

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pārcaṭaip paḻa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a mācuṇitēcamum

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

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

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viḷaiyamark kaḷattuṭ kiḷaiyoṭum piṭittu

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

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kiṭṭaruñ ceṟimuḷai Oṭṭa-viṣaiyamum

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pūcura cey nalk kōcalai-nāṭun=

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tanmapālaṉai vemmuṉai(y) aḻittu

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vaṇṭuṟai cōlait taṇṭa puttiyum

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Iraṇa-cūraṉai mu¡r!⟨ṟ⟩aṇu[ṟat tākkit]

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[tikkaṇaik kīrtti takkaṇalāṭamum]

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[kō] ⟨4⟩ vin=tacan=taṉ māviḻin= tōṭat

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taṅkāta cāral (vaṅ)k(āḷa)(camu)m

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

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

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

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nittira neṭuṅ kaṭal uttiralāṭamum

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

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a(laikaṭal) naṭuvuṭ pala kalañ celuttic

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saṅkrāmavijayōttuṅkavanma¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

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ākiya kaṭāratt’ araiyaṉai vāykayam

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

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urimaiyiṟp piṟakkiya pe[ru-nitip piṟakkamum]

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

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(vi)tara-t-tōraṇamum (O)ttoḷi

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

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

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⟨na⟩ṉ malai yūr eyiṟ [to]ṉmalaiyūrum

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

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kalaṅ (kā) val viṉai Ilaṅkā[cō]kamum

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kōppuṟu niṟai pu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩al māppappāḷamum

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kāvaṉ puricai mēv(i)liṉpaṅkamum

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

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(ka)[lāmutirk kaṭun tiṟal ilāmuri-tēcamum]

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[kalait takkōr pukaḻt talai-t-takkōlamum]

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

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kalāmurik kaṭun tiṟal ilāmuritēcamum

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

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

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māp perun= taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa

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kopparake[sa]rivanmarāna ˚uṭaiyar śrīrājentrira coḻadevaṟkku yāṇṭu 15 ˚āvatu vaṭakarai ˚uttuṅkatuṅkavaḷanāṭṭu[k] kuṉṟakkūṟṟattup paḻuvūr nakarattom nampirāṭṭiyār mukkoṟkiḻān aṭikaḷ {built over}⟨7⟩ḻaṅkai makaṉ comaṉp puvaniyaip paṭak kuttip ponav araṅkaṉ paṭṭaṉai nāṅkaḷ avaṉai pokāmey // {broken} ṉ pu[va] // niyai {broken} ti nakarattom paḻuvūr pakaiviṭaiy iśvarattu mahādevarkku pakalum ˚iravu cantirāti ttaval ˚eriya vaitta tirunot[ā]viḷakku ˚oṉṟu vaittum ˚araṅkaṉ paṭṭaṉaik kaṇṭāl kaṇṭārēy kilākka peṟuvatākavum paḻuvūr nakarattom tirunontāviḷak {built over}⟨8⟩tuṅ koṇṭu ˚ittevatānam ˚iṉṉāṭṭu pakaiviṭai catuvvetimaṅkalattu kuḷa maṭai kuḷapaṭṭuk kiṭakka ˚i // {broken} [kku]ḷaṅ // kalli ˚iv[vū]r aṭuttu mutalāyk kūṭi varum nellile[y] [˚ā]ṇṭu varai tevakālāl muppatiṉ kala nel luk koṇṭu ˚ittirunontāviḷa X ˚erikkakkaṭavomānom ˚ikkoyil kāṇiyuṭaiya śivabrāhmaṇar nālvom paḻuvūr vaḷaiñciyarum caṅkarappāṭiyāru[m] {built over}⟨9⟩vūr caṅkarappāṭiyāṉ X kumiḻi manappaṉai kāṇāk kol paṭṭu ˚ivaṉ paṭṭamaiyil [ca] X ṉap paṭa [˚ey]cārai ˚aṟiyā X // {broken} [kumi]ḻ[i] manappaṉaic cāt // ti paḻuvūr vaḷaiñci[ya]rom ˚ivvūr ˚amani[gandha]vva ˚īśvarattu mahādevaṟkku ˚iravum pakalum ˚eriya vaitta nontāviḷakku ˚oṉṟiṉu[kku] vaitta kācu 50 ˚ikkācu ˚aiñpatum koṇṭu ˚ittevar tevatānam kaṇṭaṉ ˚eriyāna dirttak kuḷatte kalli muṉpu X riñcu varuki {built over}{built over}⟨10⟩X X X cantrādittavaṟ ˚erikkakaṭavomānom ˚ittaḷik kāṇiyuṭaiya paṭṭuṭaiyom ˚eḻuvom kumiḻi man X // X ṉ muṉpu ceytu varuki[ṉ] // [ṟa] maṉaikālum ˚itukkuppaṭum na[ṉ]ceyum puṉceyum ˚ivaṉ maṇavāṭṭikkum ˚iva ṇavaṟkkattākkum cantrā X X vaṟ ˚i[ko]yili ce[y]tu kuṭuttom paḻuvūr nakarattom

Apparatus

Translation by Valérie Gillet

Commentary

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Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/372Venkoba Rao 1925; for the first time edited here by Valérie Gillet from autopsy and photographs.

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 372.