Kōlār, Kōlārammā, time of Rājendra Cōḻa, year 20

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, Margherita Trento, S.A.S. Sarma, Vigneshwaran Muralidaran.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN00003.

Summary: ...

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Tamil Outside of Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamil-outside-TN-epigraphy).

Version: (daf2540), last modified (daf2540).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩svasti śrī

tiru ma¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉi viḷaṅkum iru-kuva(ṭaṉai)⟨Zone B⟩yata¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

1

tōḷum vāḷun= tuṇai y-eṉa-k kē¡ḻ!⟨ḷ⟩a(lar)

2

[vañca]⟨2⟩⟨Zone A⟩ṉai kaṭan=tu vayirākarattu-k

3

kuñcara-k-kuḻām pala vāri Añcali⟨l⟩

4

cakkara-kōṭṭattu-t tārā-v-aracaṉai-t

5

tikku nikaḻa-t tiṟai koṇṭ-aruḷi

6

Arukkaṉ utaiyatt’ [ā]cai⟨Zone B⟩yil irukkuṅ

7

kamalam aṉaiya nilamakaḷ taṉṉai

8

mu¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩¡i!⟨ī⟩(r)[k kuḷitta] ⟨3⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩ vannāḷ tirumāl

9

āti-k kēḻal āki y-eṭu-t taṉavi

10

yātuñ caliyā vakaiyi[¡n!⟨ṉ⟩]it’ eṭuttu-t

11

taṉ kuṭai niḻalil iṉpuṟa Irutti¿t?⟨l⟩

12

tikiriyum puliyun= ticai toṟu naṭāttip

13

pukaḻun= tarumamum (p)uvi ⟨Zone B⟩ toṟum niṟutti

14

v¡i!⟨ī⟩ramun= tiyākamu māṉamuṅ karuṇaiyum

15

Urimai-c c(u)[ṟṟam-āka-p piri]⟨4⟩⟨Zone A⟩yāt

16

tala nikaḻ jayamun= tāṉum vīṟṟ-irun=tu

17

kula-maṇi ma‡kuṭa muṟai‡yiṟ cūṭi-t

18

taṉ kaḻal tarāti¡v!⟨p⟩ar cūṭa-c ceṅ‡kōl

19

nāva‡lam puvitoṟum naṭāttiya

20

kō-rāja-kēsari-vanmar-āṉa (U)⟨Zone B⟩(ṭ)aiyār śrī-rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-cōḻa-devarkku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āvatu

Atikāri[kaḷ jayaṅ-koṇṭa]⟨5⟩⟨Zone A⟩⟨⟨cō⟩⟩ḻa-maṇṭalattu-k kāliyūr-k-kōṭṭattu-p perum-puliyūr-nāṭṭu-p p(ā)ṇṭiyam-pākkattu-p pāṇṭiyam-pākkam-uṭaiyār Ampalava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tiru-p-pon=taiyār-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a vīra-cikā-maṇi-mūvē⟨Zone B⟩n=tavēḷār vijaiya-rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-maṇṭalattu-k kuvaḷāla-nā[ṭṭu] [ kuvaḷāla-pura]⟨6⟩⟨Zone A⟩ttu-p piṭāriyār kōyiliṉ uḷḷāl tiru-c-cuṟṟu-maṇṭapattu-k kōyiṟ karumam ārāyā v-irun=tu It-tēvar tēvatā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩am-āṉa Ūrkaḷāl van=ta māṭai ⌈⟨Zone B⟩nell ākki It-tēvarkkum pati-pāta-mūla-p-paṭṭ-uṭaiya [pañcācāryarkkum] ⟨7⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩pala-paṇi-nivan=takkārkkum nivan=tañ ceyta paṭi Uṇṭō v-eṉṟu It-tēvarkku māṭāpattiyañ ceykiṟa ka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉāṭaka-paṇṭitaraiyum pati-pāta-mūla-p-paṭṭ-uṭai⟨Zone B⟩-p pañcācāriya-t-tēvakanmikaḷaiyuṅ kēṭka Uṭaiyār śrī-[rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra]-[cō]⟨8⟩⟨Zone A⟩ḻa-devarkku yāṇṭu iraṇṭ-āvatu varaiy(u)m nivan=tañ ceytat’ illai y-eṉ(ṟu) colla mēṟ-paṭiyārkaḷaiyum puravu-vari-tiṇaikaḷattu mukaveṭṭi * * * yūr-k⟨Zone B⟩-kōṭṭattu (A)raṇi-nilai mumm(u)ṭi-cōḻa-nallūr (Iḷai)[ya-mūvēn=ta]⟨9⟩⟨Zone A⟩vēḷāṉ kaṇpu * m-āṉa nirupa-cikāmaṇi-viḻupparaiyaṉai vaiyttu-k koṭa * tu Atikārikaḷ vīra-cikāmaṇi-mūvēn=tavēḷar nivan=tañ ceyta paṭi tēvatānam kuṟuṇi nel [...] ⟨10⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩māṭai nūṟṟ’ eṇ-patt’ ēḻē mūnṟu mā ||

parakkampaḷḷi māṭai Iru-nūṟṟu Iraṇṭē mā-kāṇi || * r māṭai patt’ araiyē Oru mā va[.]ai kaḻai * māṉṟaṉ pa * * * Eṇ-ṇūṟṟ’ oru paṟ to * * <pcs> Āka⟨11⟩⟨Zone A⟩* Aiñ-ñūṟṟ’ oru patt’ ēḻē mūnṟu mā-kāṇiyināl māṭai Onṟukku kācu Iraṇṭ’ āka kācu Āyirattu mu-p-pattu nālē ¿ḻ?⟨m⟩ummā v-araikku kāc’ onṟukku rāja * * * * * * * * nellu * Ira * ṭi * * nellu Iraṇṭ’ āyirat [...] ⟨12⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩* * * nē tūṇiyināl kalaṅ kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē tūṇi nā-nāḻi vāci * ṟṟi Aru-moḻi-tēvaṉ marakkālāl nellu Iraṇṭ’ āyiratt’ eṇ-ṇūṟṟu nāṟ-pattu mu-k-kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē y-Iru-tūṇi mu-k-kuṟuṇikkum nivan=tañ ce⟨y⟩ta paṭi ||

  • vīra-bhadra-devarku sa[n=ti] Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut’ arici nā-ṉāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amu[tu] Iraṇṭum Aṭai-k-kā-y-a[mutu iraṇṭum] ⟨13⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩[ilai-y-a]mutu nālum |
  • brahmāṇiyārkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut’ arici nā-ṉāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum Aṭai-k-kāy-amutu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nālum |
  • Īśvariyārkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut-arici [nā-ṉāḻiyum] kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum Aṭai-[k-kāy-amutu Ira]ṇṭum ilai-y-amu[tu nālum]
  • ⟨14⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩[kaumāriy]ārkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut’ arici nā-nāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amutu I(ra)ṇṭum aṭai-k-kāy-amutu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nālum (|)
  • vaiyiṣṇav(i)yārkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut-arici nā-ṉāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum aṭai-k-(k)⟨Zone B⟩āy-amutu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nālum
  • rāhi(y)ār[kku] san=t(i) Oṉ[ṟukku tiru-v-amut’ arici nā]⟨15⟩⟨Zone A⟩-[nāḻiyum kaṟi]-y-amutu Iraṇṭum Aṭai-k-kāy-amutu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nālum (|)
  • Indrāṇiyārkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut’ arici nā-ṉāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum Aṭai-k-kāy-amutu Iraṇṭum ilai-y-amutu nā⟨Zone B⟩lum (|)
  • muṇṭēśvariyārkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut-arici nā-nāḻiyu[m] * * * * *
  • ⟨16⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩[ca. 5+] kuṟuṇi nā-ṉāḻiyum Arddhayāmattukku tiru-v-amut-arici nā-ṉāḻiyum san=ti nālukku kaṟi-y-amutu Eṭṭum Aṭai-k-kāy-amutu Eṭṭum Ilai-y-amutu patiṉāṟum gaṇapatiyār Arumukkiya ko tu ⟨Zone B⟩ ku la ppiḷḷaiyārkku san=ti (Oṉṟu)kku (ti)ru-v-amut-ari(ci) nā-ṉāḻiyum [kaṟi-y-amutu] ⟨17⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩[Iraṇṭum A]ṭai-k-kāy-amutu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nālum
  • mūlasthāṉattu cāmuṇṭēśvariyārkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut-arici nā-ṉāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum Aṭai-k-kāy-amutu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nālum
  • ge⟨Zone B⟩śvariyārkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut-arici nā-ṉāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum [Aṭai-k-kāy-a]⟨18⟩⟨Zone A⟩[mutu iraṇṭu]m Ilai-y-amutu nālum
  • kṣettra-pāla-dēvarkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut-arici nā-ṉāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum Aṭai-k-kāy-amutu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nālum
  • mahā-śāstāvukku tiru-v-amut-arici nā-⟨Zone B⟩ṉāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum aṭai-k-kāy-amutu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nā[lum] * * * *
  • ⟨19⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩* * * * * * kku tiru-v-amut-arici (nā-ṉāḻiyum) kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum aṭai-k-kāy-amutu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nālum
  • ⟨r⟩yya-devarkku san=ti Oṉṟukku tiru-v-amut-arici nā-ṉāḻiyum kaṟi-y-amutu Iraṇṭum Aṭai-k-kāy-amu⟨Zone B⟩tu Iraṇṭum Ilai-y-amutu nālum
Āka devarkaḷukku nāḷ oṉṟukku ti * * * * * ⟨20⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩* * * * * * mu¡n-n!⟨ṉ-ṉ⟩ūṟṟ’ a(ṟupa)ti(ṉukku) tiru-v-amut-arici Iru-nūṟṟ’ eḻu-patiṉ kalatti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl Iraṇṭ’ añc’ ākki nel Aṟu-nūṟṟ’ eḻu-patt’ aiṅ-kalam

  • kaṟi-y-amut’ oṉṟukku nel Uḻakk’ āka nāḷ Oṉṟukku nel ku⟨Zone B⟩ṟuṇi Oru nāḻi [y-āka nāḷ] munnūṟṟ’ aṟu-patiṉukku mu-p-pattu m[u-k-kalaṉē Oṉpatu] ⟨21⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩[kuṟuṇi]
  • [nāḷ Oṉ]ṟukku A[ṭ]ai-[k-k]āy-amutu muppatt’ (āṟ’ āka n)āḷ muṉ-nūṟṟ’ aṟu-patukku Aṭai-k-kāy-amutu paṉnīrāyirattu to¡ḷ!⟨ḷḷ⟩āyiratt’ aṟu-patukku Aṭai-k-kāy-amutu pattukku nel nāḻi y-āka patiṉ mu-k-kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē tūṇi-p ⟨Zone B⟩ patakku
  • nāḷ Oṉṟukku Ilai-y-amu(tu) Eḻupatt’ iraṇt’ āka nāḷ munnūṟṟ[’ aṟupatukku] [Irupat]⟨22⟩⟨Zone A⟩[t’ ai-y-āyira](ttu-t) to¡ḷ!⟨ḷḷ⟩āyirattu Irupatukku Ilaiyamut’ iru-patukku nel nāḻi y-āka nel patiṉ mukkala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē tūṇi-p patakk’
āka devarkaḷukku Ōr āṭṭaikku nellu Eḻu ṉūṟṟu mu-p-patt’ aiṅ-ka⟨Zone B⟩laṉē y-iru-tūṇi-k kuṟuṇi

  • Uttaram-ayana-[saṃkrā]n=ti nāḷ [snapanam Āṭi Aruḷu]⟨23⟩⟨Zone A⟩kaikku kalacatti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ Aṭṭa nel tūṇi Arici nā-ṉāḻiyāl nel ku(ṟu)ṇi
  • (snapa)na-dravyam vēṇṭuva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a koḷḷa-k kācu kālukku nellu Iru-tūṇi y-iru-nāḻi piratāna-kumpañ cūḻa-p puṭavai Onṟukku-k kācu Arai⟨Zone B⟩-[k-kālu]kku nellu tūṇi Oru (n)āḻi per(u)n=-tiru-v-amut’ arici tūṇi-p [patakki¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl I]⟨24⟩⟨Zone A⟩[ra](ṇṭ)’ añc’ ākki nel kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē mu-k-kuṟuṇi kaṟi-y-amutu nālukku nel iru-nāḻi A(ṭai)-k-kāy-amutu Iru-patukkum ilai-y-amutu nāṟ-patukku⟨m⟩ nel nā-nāḻi
  • ginī-yōgeśvara-pūjaikku mattiya-pānam Iru-kalattukku nel kala⟨Zone B⟩m [A](ri)[ci]] tūṇiyi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl Iraṇṭ’ añc’ ākki nel iru-tūṇi-p patakku [Āṭ’ onṟi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl] ⟨25⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩kācu kālē Arai-k-kālukku nel kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē mu-n-ṉāḻi
  • dakṣaṇam-ayana-saṃkrān=ti nā(ḷ) snapanam Āṭi Aruḷukaikku kalacatti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ aṭṭa nel tūṇi Arici nā-ṉāḻiyāl nel kuṟuni piratāna-kumpañ cūḻa-p puṭa(vai) Onṟukku kācu ⟨Zone B⟩ Arai-k-kālukku nel tūṇi Oru-nāḻi
  • ⟨26⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩snapana-dravya(ko)ḷḷa-k kācu kālukku nel Iru-tūṇi Iru-nāḻi perun=-tiru-v-amutukku Arici tūṇi-p- patakki¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl Iraṇṭ’ añc’ ākki nel * kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē mu-k-kuṟuṇi kari-y-amutu nāḻukku nel Iru-nāḻi Aṭai-k-kāy-amu⟨Zone B⟩tu Iru-patukkum Ilai-y-amutu nāṟ-pa⟨27⟩⟨Zone A⟩tukkum nel nā-nāḻi
  • gini-yōgeśvara-pūjaikku mattiya-pānam Iru-kalattināl neṟ kalam Arici tūṇiyiṉāl Iraṇṭ’ añc’ ākki nel v-iru-tūni-p patakku Āṭ’ onṟi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl kācu kālē Arai-k-kā⟨Zone B⟩li[n>ṉ]āl neṟ kala[n>ṉ]ē mu-n-nāḻi [...]
  • ⟨28⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩(r)yya-grahaṇattu nāḷ (snapa)nam āṭi Aruḷukaikku kalacatti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kīḻ Aṭṭa nel tūṇi Arici nā-¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āḻiyi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl nel kuṟuni piratāna-kumpañ cūḻa-p puṭavai Oṉṟukku kācu Araikkālukku nel (t)ūṇi Or[u] ⟨Zone B⟩ nāḻi

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ irukuva(ṭaṉai)yata¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i [1+] ku [5+] ṉa [1+] tan EC.

⟨4⟩ Atikāri[kaḷ jayaṅ-koṇṭa]⟨5⟩cōḻa° ⬦ Atikāri ⟨5⟩ [1+] ḻa° EC.

⟨5⟩ ⟨⟨cō⟩⟩ḻa° ⬦ [1+] ḻa° EC.

Translation by Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, S.A.S. Sarma, Margherita Trento and Vigneshwaran Muralidaran

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(4) Second year (yāṇṭu iraṇṭāvatu) [of the reign] of the glorious Lord, king Rājendra Cōḻa (uṭaiyār śrīrācēntiracōḻatēvarkku) alias king Rājakesarivarman (kōvirācakēcarivaṉmarāṉa1),

(1–4) who ...

Commentary

This inscription appears to be part of a group of three related inscriptions found in the same temple, the other two being EC 10 Kl 106d = TIOTN 4 and EC 10 Kl 112a TIOTN 17.

At the end of each line, approximately 6 characters are covered by a later construction.

Bibliography

Edited and translated in Rice 1905 (EC 10 Kl 108). The text is transliterated and translated along with EC 10 Kl 112a, which is edited independently as such in Tamil transcription, but considered as the continuation of EC 10 Kl 108 in the Roman transliteration and the translation.

This edition by Renato Davalos, Emmanuel Francis, Margherita Trento, S.A.S. Sarma, Vigneshwaran Muralidaran (2024), based on EFEO pictures (2004, 2017), except for lines 9-13, based on Rice 1905.

Primary

[EC] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1905. Epigraphia Carnatica. Vol. X. Inscriptions in the Kolar district. Mysore Archaeological Series. Epigraphia Carnatica 10. Mangalore: Basel Mission Press. Item Kl 108, parts Text of the Inscriptions in Roman characters, arranged to show the composition, pages 35–37.

[EC] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1905. Epigraphia Carnatica. Vol. X. Inscriptions in the Kolar district. Mysore Archaeological Series. Epigraphia Carnatica 10. Mangalore: Basel Mission Press. Item Kl 108, part Translations of the Inscriptions, pages 35–36.

[EC] Rice, Benjamin Lewis. 1905. Epigraphia Carnatica. Vol. X. Inscriptions in the Kolar district. Mysore Archaeological Series. Epigraphia Carnatica 10. Mangalore: Basel Mission Press. Item Kl 108, parts Text of the Inscriptions, arranged as in the original, in Tamil characters, pages 18–20.

Secondary

Cox, Whitney. 2016. Politics, kingship, and poetry in medieval South India: moonset on Sunrise Mountain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [URL].

Notes

  1. 1. That is, Kulottuṅga Cōḻa I, as named in inscriptions of the early years of his reign.