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Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Kōpparakesarivarman (Uttamacōḻa), year 15

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Current Version: draft, 2024-06-06Z

Editor: Valérie Gillet.

DHARMA Identifier: INSMelKil00019

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^{Zone A} ¹svasti śrī

kō-p-parakēcari-paṉmaṟkku^👤 yā-
²ṇṭu 10 5-Āvatu

kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu nāṭ-
³ṭōmukku Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar kaṇṭaṉ ma-
⁴ṟavaṉār^👤 Ināṭṭu Uṟattūraip^🧭 paḻam
⁵perum paḻaṅ kuṭiyu[m] n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki karuppūr^🧭-u-
⁶ṭaiya vēṅkaṭavaṉ Araṅkaṉ-āṉa cem-
⁷piyaṉ viṟaināṭṭu^🧭 kōnārkku^👤 janma-
⁸bh¡u!⟨ū⟩miy-ākak karuppūr^🧭 eṉṉum pēriṉāl kā-
⁹ṇi ceytu Itukku Āṭṭai-vaṭṭam tāla-
¹⁰c cemmai poṉ Irupattai¡y!ṅ kaḻañ-
¹¹cum cantrādityaval nilai ⟨⟨I⟩⟩ṟaiy-āvat’ ākavum nā-
¹²ṭu tarañ ceyyum pōtu Irupattai¡y!ṅ
¹³kaḻañcum allatu Ēṟat tarañ ceyyāta-
¹⁴t’ ākavum Ipparicu candrādittavat kāṇi-
¹⁵y-ākac ceytu kuṭuttōm nāṭṭār niṅ-
¹⁶kaḷum Ipparicu ceytu kuṭuṅkaḷ eṉṟ’ aruḷi-
¹⁷c-ceyya nāṭṭōmum Iṉṉāṭṭu Uṟattū-
¹⁸rai^🧭 paḻam perum paḻaṅ kuṭiyu n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki karuppū-
¹⁹r^🧭 eṉṉum pēyar ākki Āṭṭai-vaṭṭam nilai-
²⁰y iṟai tālac cemmai poṉ Irupattai-
²¹¡y!ṅ kaḻañc’ ākki nāṭṭōm tarañ ceyum po-
²²ṉ Irupattai¡y!ṅ kaḻañcum allatu Ēṟat ta

^{Zone B}-
²³rañ ceyyātat’ ākavum I-
²⁴pparicu karuppūr^🧭-uṭaiya vē-
²⁵ṅkaṭavaṉ Araṅkaṉ-āṉa
²⁶cempiyaṉ viṟai¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āṭ-
²⁷ṭu^🧭 kōṉārkku^👤 janmapūmiy-āka
²⁸karuppūr^🧭 eṉṉum (pē)yar(i)ṉāl
²⁹cantrātittaval kāṇiy-āka A-
³⁰ṟai-y-ōlai ceytu kuṭut-
³¹tōm kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu nāṭ-
³²ṭōm (ci)ṟṟiṟaiyum Aṇa-
³³[1 line illegible]

^{Zone C}
³⁴Ivai paḻuvēṭṭaraiyaṉ (kaṇṭa)ṉ maṟa-
³⁵vaṉ^👤ēṉ Ivai E¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩eḻuttu [1×] Ipparicu I-
³⁶caintōmarutūr^🧭-uṭaiya kāṭaṉ mā(ṟu)yaṉē-
³⁷ṉ^👤 Ivaiy e¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩eḻuttu_3_

^{Zone D}
³⁸[1 line lost]
³⁹(ṉa/ḷa)ṭṭār (A)ṟaiyō [1×] la [2×]-
⁴⁰l eḻutt’ eḻutaṉāraiy eḻutiya
⁴¹[2×]mallūr^🧭-uṭaiya caṅkaṉ nāke-
⁴²[2×]kamāṉ^👤ṉēṉ Eḻuttu(p) puttūr^🧭-u-
⁴³ṭaiya tū(caṭi) kōṉ^👤{e} E¿ṉa?⟨ḻu⟩ttu
⁴⁴Āṟaṇitallūr^🧭-Uṭaiya ceruvan
⁴⁵(U)ta co(mi)tēvaṉ cuvāmi^👤 E⟨ḻu⟩ttu
⁴⁶cāttaṉūr^🧭-uṭaiya tiṇeyāṉ mā-
⁴⁷yilaṭṭi^👤 Eḻuttu _1_ mēlmaru{t}-
⁴⁸ttūr^🧭-uṭaiya tiṇaiyāṉ kuṭitara-
⁴⁹ṅki^👤 Eḻuttu paṭṭuṭaiya (c)iṅka-
⁵⁰ṉeyyoṟaṉ^👤 eḻuttu
⁵¹Umapaḷakkāṉattūr^🧭-uṭai-
⁵²ya Oṉeṉpāmpaṉ^👤 eḻu-
⁵³ttu Āṇpāṉ cukūr^🧭-u-
⁵⁴ṭaiya cāttaṉ nampaṉ^👤 e-
⁵⁵ḻuttu kuṟṟūr^🧭-uṭaiyaṉ ṉe-
⁵⁶[1 line lost]^👤-
⁵⁷ttu vākūr^🧭-uṭaiya Oṉeṉ-
⁵⁸(pa)mpal^👤 eḻuttu (Ali?)mi [1×]^🧭-
⁵⁹Uṭaiya ve(li)taraṅki^👤 Eḻuttu
⁶⁰Āttūr^🧭-uṭaiya cāttaṉ tara-
⁶¹[1×]^👤 Eḻuttu (|) kuḷattūr^🧭-uṭaiya
⁶²Aṉaiyaṉamutaṉ^👤 eḻuttu
⁶³varākupāṭi^🧭-Uṭaiya māṉtaṉp-
⁶⁴peraiyaṉ^👤 eḻuttu _4_

^{Zone E}
⁶⁵(caṅ)kaṇamūr^🧭-uṭaiya kāra[2×]mu-
⁶⁶kaṉ^👤 Eḻuttu [3×]-Uṭaiya
⁶⁷vaṭukaṉ pūti^👤y eḻuttu | timmi^🧭-
⁶⁸y-uṭaiya cuntaracōḻapperunti-
⁶⁹ṇ(ai)^👤y eḻuttu | puttūr^🧭-uṭaiya Ā-
⁷⁰ramālakkōṉ peraiya-
⁷¹ṉ^👤 eḻuttu (pe)raṟconi^🧭y-u-
⁷²ṭaiya Araiyaṉāccaṉ^👤 e-
⁷³ḻuttu | ciṅkaraṉattūr^🧭-uṭai-
⁷⁴ya perumāṉ maḻapāṭi^👤y eḻu-
⁷⁵[ttu 5×]ppati^🧭-Uṭaiya
⁷⁶kali(yiva) [3×]^👤y (e)ḻut-
⁷⁷tu | kūṟaṅ [1×]ṭaiya maṟava ko-
⁷⁸ṉ peruna[1×]ṇai^👤 Eḻuttu
⁷⁹ kaṟakāṭṭur-uṭaiya vempa-
⁸⁰ṉuḷveli^👤 Eḻuttu
⁸¹pokaḻi^🧭y-uṭaiya kaṇṭama-
⁸²laiyama[1×]ṉ^👤 eḻuttu
⁸³kiḷiy-u(ṭai)ya nāraṇaṉā-
⁸⁴[1×]ṅkay^👤 eḻuttu [3×]-
⁸⁵ṇi^🧭y-uṭaiya kaṇṭap pe [2×]-
⁸⁶ṉ^👤 eḻuttu ciṅkaṇamūr^🧭-uṭai-
⁸⁷ya paṭaipperaiyaṉa(ddhay)āṟa-
⁸⁸ṉ^👤 eḻuttu | Aruṅkarayil^🧭-u-
⁸⁹ṭaiya Āccaṉ nakkaṉ^👤 e-
⁹⁰ḻuttu _1_ Āṉaiñallū-
⁹¹r^🧭-uṭaiya nakkaṉ kumaraṉ^👤 eḻut-
⁹²tu _1_ vaṭavacukūr^🧭-uṭaiya niru(pa/va)-
⁹³[1×] kacarama(lai)ya[2×]ṉ^👤 (e)ḻu(ttu)
⁹⁴mālvāyil^🧭-uṭaiya mana-
⁹⁵vakōṉ pe(rai)yaṉ^👤 eḻu-
⁹⁶ttu |

Translation by Valérie Gillet

Commentary

The epigraph is inscribed on 3 wall sections: A and B on the eastern side of the main niche of the southern façade; C on southernmost wall section of the eastern façade. Moreover, it is not inscribed continuously: from lines 1 to 22, inscribed from the middle of wall section A; from lines 23 to 33, inscribed on the bottom of wall section B; lines 34 to 37, inscribed on top of wall section A; lines 38 to 64, inscribed on the upper part of wall section B; lines 65 to 96, inscribed on the wall section C. From the line 34, this is a series of signatures. The editions in SII do not consider the signatures after the line 37. Only the revised edition in Āvaṇam includes them.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1923-1924 (ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/356).

Edited (36 lines) in Srinivasa Rao, Sircar, and Gai 1967 (SII 19.378), in Swaminathan 2012 (SII 32.2.166).

Edited (93 lines), in Tiyākarācaṉ 1993 (Āvaṇam 3.2).

This edition by Valérie Gillet (2020), based on autopsy and photographs.

Primary

Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar & G.S. Gai. 1967. South-Indian Inscriptions. Volume XIX: Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman. South Indian Inscriptions 19. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications).

Pages 197–198, № 378. [siglum SR]

Swaminathan, S. 2012. South Indian Inscriptions. Volume XXXII: Inscriptions of the Early Chola Kings Upto Uttama Chola. South Indian Inscriptions 32. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General).

Part II, pages 292–294, № 166. [siglum S]

Tiyākarācaṉ, Ila. 1993. “paluvūrp paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar kalveṭṭu.” Āvaṇam 3: 8–10.

[siglum T]

Secondary

ARIE 1923-1924. Page 73, appendix C/1924, № 356.