Mēlappaḻuvūr, Agastyeśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year [lost]

Editors: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMelKil00018.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; b) on the westernmost wall section of the southern façade of the ardha-maṇḍapa, lowest inscription; lost regnal year of [Mati]rai koṇṭa Kōpparakesarivarman = Parāntaka I; the western half of the inscription is built in the wall of the mukha-maṇḍapa.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: 2025-06-06 15:33 (bf3fb67), last modified 2025-05-31 13:00 (3ae1a4f).

⟨1⟩ […] rai koṇṭa kōpparakēcaripaṉmakki yā ⟨2⟩ […] maṉaip poṉṉum taṇṭap poṉṉum ta ⟨3⟩ […] [1+] ṉā(r va)cca poṉ muppatu ṉāl paṭṭam mu

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ mu ⬦ mū VG.

Translation by Gillet 2024

[This is the year] […] of Kōpparakesarivarman who has taken [Madu]rai; […] the gold from the houses (maṉaip poṉṉum) and the gold from the fines (taṇṭap poṉṉum) […] gave (vacca , that is, vaitta) thirty (muppatu) [kaḻañcus] of gold (poṉ) for four (nāl) forehead-plates (paṭṭam)¹ […]

Commentary

The beginning of the lines is built in.

Bibliography

Reported, edited and translated in Gillet 2024, based on autopsy and photographs (by Valérie Gillet, 2016-2018).

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]. Page TBC, item TBC.

Notes

1. Alternatively: thirty four gold coins for three / tirthy ... forehead plates.

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