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

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN00005.

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

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappā

tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭan=taiyum

1

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

2

taṉ perun=-tēviyar āki Inpuṟa

3

neṭu-tuyal ūḻiyuḷ Iṭai-tuṟai-nāṭun=

4

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

5

cuḷḷi-c-cūḻ-matiṭ koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyum

6

naṇṇaṟk’ arum araṇ maṇṇai-k-kaṭakkamum

7

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

8

Āṅkavan tēviyar ōṅk’ eḻil muṭiyum

9

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

10

cun=tara-muṭiyum In=tira¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ āramum

11

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

12

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

13

kula-taṉam-ākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyum

14

ceṅ-katir-mālaiyuñ caṅk-atir-vēlai-t

15

tol⟨7⟩-peruṅ-kāvaṟ pala-paḻan=-tīvuñ

16

ceruviṟ ci¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avil irupatt’ oru kāl

17

araicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ

18

mēvaruñ cā⟨8⟩n=timat-tīv’ araṇ karuti

19

Iruttiya cem-poṟ ṟiru-t-taku muṭiyum

20

mā-p-poru-taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa

21

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⟩ 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.