Tārācuram/Darasuram, Airavateśvara temple, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On a stone lying in the courtyard. Fragment. Starts with the meykkīrtti of Kulottuṅga I Cōḻa (1170-1120 CE).

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

Version: 2025-11-21 13:17 (c966eee), last modified 2025-11-17 12:42 (6b86cd8).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [*****] ṭi-t te¡n!ṟicai-t tēmaru [*****]
⟨2⟩ [*****] tiṭai kiṭappa Innāḷ [*********] p pi¡r!aipōl niṟan [******]
⟨3⟩ [*****] ṇṭalan koḷḷa tiru-v-¿i?ḷḷa(tt’ aruḷi) veḷḷa⟨m⟩ varu pari-t taḷaṅkaḷum [******]
⟨4⟩ [*****] lai kaḷiṭṭ’ aruḷi tiṟalkoḷ v¡i!ra-siṃhāsa¡n!am ti [******]
⟨5⟩ [*****] ti-maṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi mahāsabhaiyōm [******]
⟨6⟩ [*****] kaṇṇāṟṟu 2-ñ catirattu <nilam> 4 Itil teṟk’ aṭaiya [******]
⟨7⟩ [*****] ṟṟu l⟨m⟩tara catirattu <nilam> 4-lil teṟk’ aṭaiya nilam [******]
⟨8⟩ [1 lost line]
⟨9⟩ [1 lost line]

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ taḷaṅkaḷum S • Read taraṅkamum? — ⟨5⟩ °siṃhāsanam ti ⬦ siṃhāsanam ati S.

⟨6⟩ <nilam> ⬦ ni(nilam) S • It is not clear what ni(nilam) means in S.

⟨7⟩ <nilam> ⬦ ni(nilam) S • It is not clear what ni(nilam) means in S.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907-08 (ARIE/1907-1908/C/1908/26B).

Edited and translated in Srinivasan 1987.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Srinivasan 1987. The distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper visual documentation.

Primary

[S] Srinivasan, P.R. 1987. “Epigraphical study.” In: Darasuram. Epigraphical Study. Étude architecturale. Étude iconographique. Edited by Françoise L’Hernault. Mémoires Archéologiques 16. Paris: EFEO. Page 23, item a.III.

Secondary

ARIE 1907-08. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1908. Page 42, appendix C/1908, item 26B.

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