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This interface allows you to look for texts in the DHARMA collection. The search form below can be used for filtering results. Matching is case-insensitive, does not take diacritics into account, and looks for substrings instead of terms. For instance, the query edit matches "edition" or "meditation". To look for a phrase, surround it with double quotes, as in "old javanese". Searching for strings that contain less than three characters is not possible.

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Documents 401–450 of 2284 matching.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Agastyeśvara temple, time of Rājakesarivarman, year 15

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; engraved across the two wall sections on the northern side of the niche of Skanda on the eastern façade of the sanctuary; 15th regnal year of Kōvirājarājakēsarivarman = Rājarāja I Cōḻa (circa 1000 A.D.); meykkīrtti of Rājarāja I Cōḻa from lines 1 to 5.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00012.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Agastyeśvara temple, time of Rājakesarivarman, year 22

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; on the easternmost wall section of the southern façade of the ardha-maṇḍapa, upper inscription; 22nd regnal year of Kōvirājakesarivarman = probably Āditya I (circa 893 A.D.); SII identifies the king with Rājarāja I; h) the puḷḷis (the dots added above the letter to signify that the vowel is dropped) are marked, which would confirm a date in the 9th century.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00014.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Agastyeśvara temple, time of Rājakesarivarman, year [unspecified]

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; on the wall section to the west of the central niche of the southern façade of the sanctuary; lost regnal year of Kōrājake[sarivarman]; unidentified king; this is just the beginning of an unfinished inscription.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00020.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Parakesarin, year 16

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, on the westernmost wall section of the northern façade of the sanctuary.

AIM, southern shrine; on the westernmost wall section of the northern façade of the sanctuary; 16th regnal year of Kōpparakesarivarman = perhaps Uttamacōḻa (circa 987 A.D.).

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00009.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Parakesarivarman, year 15

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; on the two wall sections on the eastern side of the niche of Śiva on the southern façade of the sanctuary and on the southernmost wall section of the eastern façade of the sanctuary; c) personally located and read in situ; SII 19, no. 378 [lines 1 to 37]; SII 32, part 2, no. 166 [lines 1 to 37]; Āvaṇam 3.2 [complete inscription]; 15th regnal year of Kōpparakesarivarman = probably Uttamacōḻa (circa 986 A.D.); the inscription is not engraved continuously: I have given the details in the edition itself. Lines 38–96 record a list of signatures which may have been added later, because the script is slightly different from the first part (lines 1–37).

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00019.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Parāntaka I, year 36

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; lowest inscription on the easternmost wall section of the ardha-maṇḍapa of the northern façade; ARE 1924, no. 369; 36th regnal year of matirai koṇṭa Kōpparakesarivarman = Parāntaka I (circa 943 A.D.).

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00002.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Parāntaka I, year lost

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, Ardhamaṇḍapa, northern face, western section of the wall.

AIM, southern shrine; on the westernmost wall section of the ardha-maṇḍapa of the northern façade (above INSMelKil00013); lost regnal year of matirai koṇṭa Kōpparakesarivarman = Parāntaka I; the end of the inscription is built over by a wall, rendering impossible a full translation.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00003.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 10

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, Ardhamaṇḍapa, northern face.

AIM, southern shrine; middle inscription on the central wall section of the ardha-maṇḍapa of the northern façade; 10th regnal year of Kōrājakesarivarman = probably Sundaracōḻa (circa 967 A.D.).

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00005.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 12

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; on the wall section immediately to the west of the niche of Brahmā, northern façade of the sanctuary; 12th regnal year of Kōrājakesarivarman = Cōḻa king unidentified.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00007.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 12 opposite to one (year 13)

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: AIM, southern shrine; upper inscription, on the eastern and middle wall sections of the northern façade of the ardha-maṇḍapa, engraved over the two consecutive wall sections; 12th regnal year opposite to one of Kōrājakesarivarman = probably Sundaracōḻa (circa 969 A.D.).

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00008.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 6

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, on the northern façade of the sanctuary, on the two consecutive wall sections on the eastern side of the niche of Brahmā

AIM, southern shrine; on the northern façade of the sanctuary, on the two consecutive wall sections on the eastern side of the niche of Brahmā; 6th regnal year of Kōvirājakesarivarman = king difficult to identify; identified with Gaṇḍarāditya by Balasubrahmanyam (1963: 62–63) and Balambal (1978: 183); identified with Rājarāja I in SII; inscription similar to #34.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00010.

Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājendracōḻa I, year 15

Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, on the northern façade of the sanctuary and on the ardha-maṇḍapa; four lines are engraved on the round part of the base (kumuda), and six lines on the flat lower part of the base (jagati).

AIM, southern shrine; on the base of the northern façade of the sanctuary and the ardha-maṇḍapa, begins below the niche of Brahmā; four lines are engraved on the round part of the base (kumuda), and six lines on the flat lower part of the base (jagati); 15th regnal year of Kōpparakesarivarman Uṭaiyar Śrī Rājendracōḻadeva = Rājendracōḻa I (circa 1027 A.D.); meykkīrtti of Rājendracōḻa, lines 1 to 6; because the inscription is built over at the end, I cannot give a continuous translation.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Mēlappaḻuvūr & Kīḻappaḻuvūr (tfa-melappaluvur-kilappaluvur-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSMelKil00011.

Mēl Paḷḷippaṭṭu, time of Parameśvaravarman, year 2

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPallava00298.

Mēlpaṭṭi, time of Kampavikramavarman, year 10

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Perunakar koṇṭa Kāviti.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPallava00209.

Mēl Puñcai, time of Māntavarman, year 19

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPallava00292.

Mōttakal, time of Mahendravarman, year 32

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPallava00280.

Mōttakal, time of Mahendravarman, year 32

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight with a tiger.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPallava00281.

Mūkkanahaḷḷi, time of Mahendravarman, year 4

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero whose name is lost.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPallava00410.

Mutūr, time of […][vi]kramavarman, year [figure lost]

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: See ARIE 1910-11 (p. 33): “Seems to record a gift of land which the donees were required not to mortgage.”

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

DHARMA_INSPallava00355.