Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 11

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-06-06Z

Editor:   Valérie Gillet.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMelKil00006

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Edition

1svasti śrī

kō-Irācakēcar(i)va(n)ma⟨r⟩kku👤 yāṇṭu [[101Āvatu]] 10 1-Āvatu

Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭarai-
2yar maṟavaṉ [[kaṇṭaṉārkku]] kaṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ārkku👤
karampi(ya)ṉ [[parāntakaṉāna]] parāntakaṉā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a karuviṭaip-perarai-
3yaṉ👤
viṇṇappam Emperumāḷ paḻuvūr I(ra)ṇṭu [[taḷipatiyump pātamūlamum]] taḷipatiyum p-pātamūlamum Iraṇṭu nagaramu-
4m paṉ¿n?⟨ṉ⟩iraṇṭu kalaṉaiyum maṟṟu(m) Eppērppaṭṭāraiyu{m}ṅ kiḻpaṭa kalpaṭṭa
5maṉṟupāṭum mēl maṉṟuvaṉavum ma(ṟ)ṟum [[Eppērppaṭṭanavum]] Eppērppaṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩avum paṇṭai nan=tipurama-
6(ṟṟ’ ā)tiyē koṇṭ’ aruḷuvatu Eṉṟu viṇṇap(pa)ñ ceyya nāmum paṇṭai nan=tipuramaṟṟ¿u?⟨’ ā⟩tiyē
7koḷkav eṉṟu tattan(ū)r-kiḻavaṉ vēḷāṉ [[(c)iṉtāmaṇikku]] (c)i¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tāmaṇikku śrīmu(ka)m va(ra ca)ntrātit(taval niṟkka ka)lliḷ mēl veṭṭik-
8koṇṭōm
9Iraṇṭu taḷipa-
10tiyum pātamu-
11lattōm

Apparatus

7 (ca)ntrātit(taval niṟkka ka)lliḷcantrātittaval niṟkka kalliḷ GVSR • This part is no longer clearly legible because it has been covered with cement.

Translation by Valérie Gillet

Commentary

1Rājakesarin is probably Sundaracōḻa, during whose reign the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Maṟavaṉ Kaṇṭaṉār was ruling over Paḻuvūr.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/367 ; edited for the first time in SII 13, no. 215 GVSR; present edition by Valérie Gillet from autopsy and photographs.

First reported in ARIE 1923-1924 (ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/367); edited for the first time by Srinivasa Rao 1952 (SII 13, no. 215); re-edited here by Valérie Gillet from autopsy and photographs.

Primary

Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian Inscriptions (Texts) (with Introductory Notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India.
Pages 116–117, № 215. [siglum GVSR]

Secondary

ARIE 1923-1924. Page 73, appendix C/1924, № 367.
No identifier given for kō-Irācakēcar(i)va(n)ma⟨r⟩kkuNo identifier given for Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭarai-
2yar maṟavaṉ [[kaṇṭaṉārkku]] kaṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ārkku
No identifier given for karampi(ya)ṉ [[parāntakaṉāna]] parāntakaṉā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a karuviṭaip-perarai-
3yaṉ