Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, inscription of the time of Rājakesarivarman, year lost

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-06-06Z

Editor:   Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSKotumpalur00014

Summary: Gift of gold by Kōmāṉ Pūti for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp in honour of the Perumāṉaṭikaḷ of the Aintaḷi of Koṭumpāḷūr.

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Edition

1svasti śrī

kō-Irācakēca(r)[ipaṉmarkku ...](ṭ)u
2[Uṟa]ttūr-k-kūṟṟattu-k ko(ṭ)u[mpāḷūr Ain-ta]ḷi perumāṉaṭikaḷukku Oru
3[no]¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ntā viḷakku cantrādittaval Eṟippatāka It-taḷi-k k(ō)māṉ pūti
4(kō) [?3×] poṉ muppati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañcu

It-taḷi-p pativōm
5koṇṭu cantirātitta[vat ...]

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

1Prosperity! Fortune!

1[... year] of the king Rājakesarivarman

2-4So as to burn, as long as the moon and the sun, one perpetual lamp for the Perumāṉaṭikaḷ of Koṭumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūr-k-kūṟṟām, [there are] tirthy kaḻañcus of gold [that] Kōmāṉ Pūti of this temple [gave].

We, the chiefs of this temple (pativōm), with [this gold], as long as the moon and the sun [...]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-1943 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/213).

First edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020).

Secondary

ARIE 1939-1943. Page 99, appendix B/1940–41, № 213. [siglum ARIE]