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

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-06-06Z

Editor:   Valérie Gillet.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMelKil00008

Hand Description:


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Edition

1svasti śrī

kō Irājakēcaripanmakku yā(ṇṭu) 10 2-Āvati(n) etirāmāṇṭu

kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu deva(dā)-
2ṉam Avaṉikandhavva Īśvaragṛhattu🧭
devaka(n)mikaḷōmum patipātamulattōmum paṭṭuṭaiyōmum
3camaiyattōmu maṟṟum (I)ttaḷi paṅkuṭaiyōm Eppērpaṭṭōmum Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar maṟavaṉ
4kaṇṭanār👤
Aruḷice(yyu)m poykaikkuṟuviṭattu🧭 veṭṭa(kku)ṭaiyāṉ kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉukku👤 kuṭi n¿i?⟨ī⟩kkā deva
5tāṉam āka cantrātittavaṟ kāṇice(yti) kuṭutta n(i)lam Ittaḷi tēvanam viṟaikkūṟṟattu pacuṅkuḷattūr ve(ṭṭappeṟu)[ṉap]
6paṭa nilam Irupattunāl vēliyālum vēli nūṟṟirupa(t)iṉ (ka)lam [kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta] nellu I(ruṇṭ’ āyirattu eṇṇūṟṟu E)-
7ṇpa(ti)ṉ kalamum tiruvaiyāṟaṉōṭokku marakkālāl (kār) pātiy(u)m picāṉam pātiyum vāṭākkaṭaṉ Eṅkaḷ taraviṉālēy pacuṅkuḷattūri-
8ley (Aḷa)ppa(t)ākavum ivvūr viḷakk’ eṇṇaic cey muṉpu kalmēl ve[ṭṭi](ṉa) n¿i?⟨ī⟩kki Uṇṇilam o(ḻi)viṉṟi vaḷaiyil cuṟṟu Uṭump’ ōṭi y(ā)mai tava-
9ḻnta (ni)lamuṟṟum kārāṇkiḻamai Uṭpaṭa (ciṟṟiṟai) ciṟupaṅkum Ivaṉēy peṟuvatākavum avurk kaḻañcum perumāḷ koḷḷil kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉē-
10[ṉ?3+]tākavuvu kulaiyuṅ kurampuñ ceyvatākavu(m)[?3+]p(ē)rppaṭṭatum (I)tt(ā)kavum Iṟukka va(nta)[1+] (ṉa/ḷa)tu Eṅkaḷaic collātēy iṟuttuk ka(ṭa)mayilē-
11y vaiccuk koḷḷap peṟuvatākavum cāsaṉam peṟṟuṭai(yā)r peṟuvatellām peṟuvatākavum Ipparicu cantrātittavat kuṭi n¿i?⟨ī⟩kkā devadāṉa(m ākak kā)ṇi
12ceytu kuṭuttōm veṭṭakkuṭaiyāṉ kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉu(k)ku devakanmikaḷōmum patipātamulattō(mu)m paṭṭuṭaiyōmum camaiyattōmu maṟṟum Ittaḷi paṅku(ṭ)ai-
13(yō)mum Iva(kaḷ) paṇi(kka) Eḻ(u)tiṉēṉ iv{u}vūr madhyastaṉ Eṟa(ṉ) maḻavāṭiyāṉa brahmapṛyanē(ṉ)👤 Ivai (Eṉ) Eḻuttu |

Apparatus

5 [ṉap]ṉap SR • This part is no longer legible.
6 [kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta]kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta SR • This part is no longer legible.
8 ve[ṭṭi](ṉa)veṭṭiṉa SR • This part is no longer legible.

Translation by Valérie Gillet

Commentary

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

1The inscription is engraved over two consecutive wall sections.

10This line was forgotten in the edition of South Indian Inscriptions.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/370 ; edited for the first time in SII 13, no. 236 SR; present edition 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 126–127, № 236. [siglum SR]

Secondary

ARIE 1923-1924. Page 73, appendix C/1924, № 370.
No identifier given for Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar maṟavaṉ
4kaṇṭanār
No identifier given for poykaikkuṟuviṭattu🧭 veṭṭa(kku)ṭaiyāṉ kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉukkuNo identifier given for madhyastaṉ Eṟa(ṉ) maḻavāṭiyāṉa brahmapṛyanē(ṉ)No identifier given for kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu deva(dā)-
2ṉam Avaṉikandhavva Īśvaragṛhattu
No identifier given for poykaikkuṟuviṭattu