Kōlār, Kōlārammā, time of Parakesarivarman Rājendra Cōḻa, year 8

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of five buffaloes (erumai) for maintaining one perpetual lamp for Piṭāriyār of Kuvaḷālam.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Letter na regularly found instead of expected ṉa.

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-03-06 10:11 (3a652e5), last modified 2024-06-21 17:12 (daf2540).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭan=taiyum pōr-ceya-p-pāvaiyuñ c¡i!r-t-ta¡n!i-c-ce-
⟨2⟩ lviyun= taṉ perun=-tēviyar āki Inpuṟa neṭu-tuyal ūḻiyuḷ Iṭai-tuṟai-nāṭun= tuṭar-vaṉa-vēli-p-pa-
⟨3⟩ ṭar va¡n!avāciyum cuḷḷi-c-cūḻ-matiṭ koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyum naṇṇaṟk’ arum araṇ maṇṇai-k-kaṭakkamum
⟨4⟩ poru-kaṭal ¡i!ḻatt’ araicar tam muṭiyum Āṅkavan tēviyar ōṅk’ eḻil muṭiyum muṉ¡n!avar pakkal te-
⟨5⟩ ṉ¡n!ava¡n! vaitta cun=tara-muṭiyum In=tira¡n! āramum ¿n=t?eṇ-ṭirai Īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻuvatum Eṟi-paṭai-k kēraḷan mu-
⟨6⟩ ṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭum kula-taṉam-ākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyum ceṅ-katir-mālaiyuñ caṅk-atir-vēlai-t tol-
⟨7⟩ -peruṅ-kāvaṟ pala-paḻan=-tīvuñ ceruviṟ ci¡n!avil irupatt’ oru kāl araicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ mēvaruñ cā-
⟨8⟩ n=timat-tīv’ araṇ karuti Iruttiya cem-poṟ ṟiru-t-taku muṭiyum mā-p-poru-taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa kō-p-para-kēcari-panma-
⟨9⟩ r-ā¡n!a Uṭaiyār śrī-rājen¡t!ra-cōḻa-devark=ku yāṇṭu Eṭṭ-āvatu cōḻa-maṇṭalattu Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷa-nāṭṭu ⟨⟨tiraimūr-nā⟩⟩-
⟨10⟩ ⟨⟨ṭṭu-c⟩⟩ cātta-maṅkalattu-c- cāttamaṅkalam-uṭaiyā¡n! Araiya¡n! rājarāja¡(n)!-āṉa vikkirama-cōḻa-c-cōḻiya-v-a-
⟨11⟩ raiyar nuḷampa-pāṭi-y-āṉa nikarili-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu-k kuvaḷāla-nāṭṭu-k kuvaḷālattu-p piṭāriyārku cantirā-
⟨12⟩ titta-vaṟ Erikka-kaṭavat’ āka vaiytta tiru-nuntā-viḷakku Oṉṟukku vaiytta cāvā mūvā nall-erumai Aiñcum I⌈-
⟨13⟩ vai it-tēvarai Ārātikkum śiva-brāhmaṇar kauśika-kōttirattu-c cornapuḷiya¡n!um viṉakkāla¡n!um Ivv-iruva-
⟨14⟩ ruṅ kai-y-k-koṇṭu Erikka-kaṭava tiru-nun=tā-viḷakk’ oṉṟu Itu pan-māheśvarar rakṣai ⁋

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭan=taiyum

pōr-ceya-p-pāvaiyuñ c¡i!⟨ī⟩r-t-ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i-c-ce⟨2⟩lviyun=

taṉ perun=-tēviyar āki Inpuṟa

neṭu-tuyal ūḻiyuḷ Iṭai-tuṟai-nāṭun=

tuṭar-vaṉa-vēli-p-pa⟨3⟩ṭar va¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avāciyum

cuḷḷi-c-cūḻ-matiṭ koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyum

naṇṇaṟk’ arum araṇ maṇṇai-k-kaṭakkamum

⟨4⟩ poru-kaṭal ¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻatt’ araicar tam muṭiyum

Āṅkavan tēviyar ōṅk’ eḻil muṭiyum

muṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avar pakkal te⟨5⟩ṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vaitta

cun=tara-muṭiyum In=tira¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ āramum

¿n=t?⟨t⟩eṇ-ṭirai Īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻuvatum

Eṟi-paṭai-k kēraḷan mu⟨6⟩ṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭum

kula-taṉam-ākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyum

ceṅ-katir-mālaiyuñ caṅk-atir-vēlai-t

tol⟨7⟩-peruṅ-kāvaṟ pala-paḻan=-tīvuñ

ceruviṟ ci¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avil irupatt’ oru kāl

araicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ

mēvaruñ cā⟨8⟩n=timat-tīv’ araṇ karuti

Iruttiya cem-poṟ ṟiru-t-taku muṭiyum

mā-p-poru-taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa

kō-p-para-kēcari-panma⟨9⟩r-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a Uṭaiyār śrī-rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-cōḻa-devark=ku yāṇṭu Eṭṭ-āvatu

cōḻa-maṇṭalattu Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷa-nāṭṭu ⟨⟨tiraimūr-nā⟩⟩⟨10⟩⟨⟨ṭṭu-c⟩⟩ cātta-maṅkalattu-c- cāttamaṅkalam-uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Araiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ rājarāja¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa vikkirama-cōḻa-c-cōḻiya-v-a⟨11⟩raiyar nuḷampa-pāṭi-y-āṉa nikarili-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu-k kuvaḷāla-nāṭṭu-k kuvaḷālattu-p piṭāriyārku cantirā⟨12⟩titta-vaṟ Erikka-kaṭavat’ āka vaiytta tiru-nuntā-viḷakku Oṉṟukku vaiytta cāvā mūvā nall-erumai Aiñcum

I⌈⟨13⟩vai it-tēvarai Ārātikkum śiva-brāhmaṇar kauśika-kōttirattu-c cornapuḷiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um viṉakkāla¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um Ivv-iruva⟨14⟩ruṅ kai-y-k-koṇṭu Erikka-kaṭava tiru-nun=tā-viḷakk’ oṉṟu

Itu pan-māheśvarar rakṣai ⁋

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ °panma⟨9⟩r° ⬦ °pamma⟨9⟩r° EC.

⟨9⟩ ⟨⟨tiraimūrnā⟩⟩⟨10⟩⟨⟨ṭṭuc⟩⟩ • Added on the pilasters framing the temple walls where the inscription is engraved, except for the final c.

⟨11⟩ cantirā⟨12⟩tittavaṟ ⬦ cantirā⟨12⟩tittavaṟa EC.

⟨13⟩ kauśika° ⬦ kauśika° EC.

⟨14⟩ panmāheśvarar ⬦ pammāheśvarar EC.

Bibliography

Edited and translated in Rice 1905 (EC 10 Kl 106a).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on EFEO pictures (2004, 2017).

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 106a.

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