Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, no king, no year author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00045

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DHARMAbase Stone-inscription recording the donation of a pillar.

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Ik-kāl ceyvit tān koṭumpāḷūṟ kaikkōḷan maṅkan tāmattan-āṉa koulōttuṅka-cōḻa-k U ṭaiyān

He who had this stoneThat is, the pillar on which the inscription is engraved. made is the lord Kulottuṅga alias Maṅkaṉ Tāmattaṉ, a kaikkōḷaṉA member of the caste of weavers. from Koṭumpālur.

For other pillars donated by others kaikkōḷaṉs in the same temple see and .

and have been copied as one entry in ARIE 1907-1908. has been later copied as a single entry in ARIE 1968-1969. It seems that we have two pillars, each with an inscription naming its donor.

reads the personal name as Paṅgan Sāmantan alias Kolōttuṅgaśōḻak-koṅganāyaṉ alias Ma . Amalan Śēṉaṉ Uḍaiyān.

Reported in (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/137). See also (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/295).

Edited in (SII 23.137B).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on .

137B 110 16 B/1907 137 54 B/1968-1969 295