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

Authors of digital edition: Valérie Gillet (vagi), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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. Below ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/355.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSMelKil00018.

File path: DHARMA_INSMelKil00018.xml.

Version: 2026-09-29 11:09 (3c1804e), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (3c1804e).

Edition

⟨1⟩ […] rai koṇṭa kōpparakēcaripaṉmakki yā

⟨2⟩ […] maṉaip poṉṉum taṇṭap poṉṉum ta

⟨3⟩ […] [*] 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, 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. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197757710.001.0001. [URL]. Page TBC, item TBC.

Notes

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

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