Kōvintapputtūr (Govindapputtūr), Gaṅgājaṭādhara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 22

Editors: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00511.

Summary: On the lowest part of the base (jagati) of the southern façade of the ardha-maṇḍapa. Regnal year 22 of matirai koṇṭa Kōpparakesarivarman = Parāntaka I (circa 929 CE). The inscription does not begin with the expected svasti śrī. The inscription is presently not entirely legible notably because of sprayed cement. ARIE 1928-1929 states: “Gives a list of three plots of land, one of which was a gift (by purchase) by Kāḍaṉ-Mādēvaṉ of Ma[da]nakāmīśvarapuram, for providing for offerings to Vijayamaṅgalattu-Mahādēva, the other two being endowments by the assembly.”

Hand description:

The script resembles that of inscriptions from the 11th century on this very façade, suggesting it is a copy.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-07-16 14:38 (945c2a7), last modified 2025-07-01 22:47 (e1bfa9c).

⟨1⟩ matirai koṇṭa kō-p-para-kēcari-⟨pa⟩(nma)⟨r⟩k=ku yāṇtu 2 10 2-vatu

vaṭa-karai-brahmatēyam peri⟨ya⟩ śrī-vā(ṇavaṉ)-mā(tevi)-c-catu(rvv)eti-ma(ṅ)kalattu ma [1+] (ṉa) k(ā) [3+] pu⟨ra⟩t(tu kāṭaṉ) mātēvaṉ (śrī)-vi⟨ja⟩(ya)-maṅkalattu [3+] […] ⟨2⟩ va [1+] vatu Ic-cēri tiru-pēr śrī-ka(ṇ)ṭaṉ cō(ma)ṉ iṭaiyu(m) [4+] ṭai(ya) [6+] (ḻa)tu (teva) ku(ṭutta pa)ṅku (Oṉṟu)m (Iv) [2+] A [3+] [ca](drā)(tit) [6+] (Eṟi) [1+] ṇi Oṉṟu mā (vi)jaya-maṅkala(ttu) [1+] […] ⟨3⟩ I-vijaya-maṅkalattu mahā-deva(r) (Arā)tikku (ma) [11+] (Ā)ṟa [3+] (makaḷ) (Iṟai)-[y]-(i)li (kuṭu)tta ci(vai) (s)(a/i) [.]i [1+] ṇya-va(ti)k=ku kiḻak=ku [7+] k=ku [4+] (ka)ṇṇa(ṟu 1 ca) [3+] mēṟk’ aṭaiya [5+] (ṭṭa) […] ⟨4⟩ [2+] ṟk=ku peruṅ-kuṟivvōm peru-mak=kaḷ ti(ru) [2+] (ṉāḻi)[kai](-p-puṟa) [2+] (Iṟai-y-ili paṇi)⟨t⟩(tu)k= kuṭu(tta) [9+] m vatik=ku mē⟨ṟ⟩(ku mēlai Iraṇṭa-vati)k=ku-k= kiḻa [3+] ṇa(ṟṟu)k=ku [2+] (ni)lam [6+] […]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °⟨pa⟩(nma)⟨r⟩k=ku ⬦ °(nva)kku G. — ⟨1⟩ °catu(rvv)eti° ⬦ catuveti G. — ⟨1⟩ ma [1+] (ṉa) k(ā) [3+] pu⟨ra⟩t(tu) ⬦ ma [2+] ka [2+] put(tu) G • See Madana Kāmīśvarapuram of the ARIE.

⟨2⟩ Iccēri ⬦ Iñceri G.

⟨3⟩ °va(ti)k=ku ⬦ va(ni)kku G.

Commentary

The end of all lines is built in.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1928-1929 (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/177).

Edited in Gillet 2023, based on autopsy and photographs (by Valérie Gillet, 2018).

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[G] Gillet, Valérie. 2023. “Constructing temple, constructing power: Temple reconstruction process in 10th-century Tamil-speaking South with special emphasis on Govindapputtur.” In: The Routledge Handbook of Hindu Temples. By Himanshu Prabha Ray, Salila Kulshreshtha and Uthara Suvrathan. London: Routledge India, pp. 57–95. [URL]. Page 74, item 1.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1928-1929. Annual report on epigraphy for the year 1928-1929. Edited by S. V. Viswanatha. Madras: Government Press, [1930]. Page TBC, appendixes B/1928-1929, item 177.

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