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

Metadata

Current Version:  draft, 2024-06-06Z

Editor:   Valérie Gillet.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMelKil00010

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Edition

1svasti śrī

kōvirāca[kesaripan]akku yānṭu 6-Āvatu

kunṟakku-
2ṟṟattu devatānam Avanikantaṟppa Īśvaragṛhattu tenvāyi⟨l⟩ śrī
3kōyil mahādevaṟku It(t)aḷi tēvaṉār makaḷār piḷḷai cēramāṉār (d)e-
4viyār ṉakkaṉ Akkāra naṅkaiyār cantrādittavaṟ Iravum pakalum Eri (vai)-
5tta ṉondā viḷakku Onṟiṉukku paṭi Uḻakkiṉāl nicatam Uḻakku ṉeyy eriya
6vaitta poṉ 10 2m paṉṉiru kaḻañcu Ivviḷakk’ eriya vaitta (ti)rā viḷakk’ o-
7[ṉṟu] ṉirai 2ḷakaru Iruppu nārāyam U(ḷ)paṭa ce(ruvi)ṭaiyāl 2 100 10 5 Itu pa-
8nmāyeśvara rakṣai

Apparatus

1 [kesaripan]kesaripan SR • This part is no longer legible.
7 [ṉṟu]ṉṟu SR • This part is no longer legible.

Translation by Valérie Gillet

Commentary

1Rājakesarin is a king difficult to identify; identified with Gaṇḍarāditya by Balasubrahmanyam (1963: 62–63) and Balambal (1978: 183); identified with Rājarāja I in SII.

1The inscription is engraved over two consecutive wall sections.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/364 ; edited for the first time in SII 13, no. 153 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.
Page 81, № 153. [siglum SR]

Secondary

ARIE 1923-1924. Page 73, appendix C/1924, № 364.