Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 14 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00026

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svasti śrī

kō-p-parakēcari‡-paṉmaṟku yāṇṭu patiṉ nāl-āvatu

Ivv-āṇṭu Uṭaiyār maI‡mālaiy-Irukkuvēḷār paṇiyāl ‡ y mārāyaṉ Eriñca kaḷattūr mayimālai I‡rukkuvēḷār iṭaikkēy koṭum pāḷūr tiru-p‡-pūtiīśvarattu śivabrāhmaṇan pārat‡tūyaṉ Ulappaṉ viīraṉ vantu nā‡ṉ koṭumpāḷūr-t tiru-mutu-kuṉṟattu tē‡varkku periya Uṭai yār pēr tēvaṭi ca‡n=ta paṇi ceytu vārā niṉṟa Unṉakkum tiru-Ai‡n-taḷi śivabrāhmaṇa nṉ kavuciyaṉ vikkira‡maṉ maṅkalavaṉṉṉukku Ik-kōyil piritiṭṭai ce‡ytu Ivv-iruvarkum Udakam lup ceytu kal mēl veṭṭuvittu-k kuṭukka v-eṉṟu cempiyaṉ ‡ Ollaiyūr-nāṭṭu muvēnta vēḷāṉai -t taḷi ce ytu Uṭai kki iḷaṅkō vēḷār iṭai kkē ‡ ṭṭa ‡ kuṭu ‡

maImālaiyIrukkuvēḷār makimālai Irukkai vēḷār y mārāyaṉ ḷañ ḷāy mārāyaṉ mayimālai Irukkuvēḷār iṭaikkēy mayimālaiya Irukkai vēḷāriṭaik tiruppūtiīśvarattu tiruppūti Īcuvarattu pārattūyaṉ pārattūr Ulappaṉ Ulappaṉ vēḷāvaṉ Iṅkē takes line 10 and 17 as gridlike continuation of line 5. viraṉ vīraṉ koṭumpāḷūrt tirumutukuṉṟattu tēvarkku koṭumpāḷūr mutukuṉṟattu varkku pēr tēvaṭi can=ta pērtēvaṭi canta Unakkum Ūkkum Aintaḷi śivabrāhmaṇa n kavuciyaṉ Aintaḷi ṅ kavuciyaṉ maṅkalavaṉṉukku Ikōyil piritiṭṭai maṅkalavaṉukku Ikkōyil piratiṭṭai Ivviruvarkum Udakam Ivarkkum Utakam lup lup veṭṭuvittuk veṭṭuvittu muvēnta vēḷāṉai muvēntavēḷār

Prosperity! Fortune!

Fourteenth year of the king Parakesarivarman.

In this year, by order of the lord Mayimālai Irukkuvēḷ ... regarding iṭaikkē Mayimālai Irukkuvēḷ ... Kaḷattūr, which the great king destroyed eṟiñca ... Ullappaṉ Vīraṉ, a Śivabrāhmaṇa of the Tiruppūtīśvaram in Koṭūmpaḷūr,This is probably the present-day Mūvarkōyil founded by Bhūti Vikramakesarin. See . having come ... for you uṉakkum who constantly come doing services ... for the god of the Tirumutukuṉṟam in Koṭumpāḷūr,This is the present-day Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple. for KavuciyaṉSanskrit Kauśika. VikkiramaṉSanskrit Vikrama. Maṅkalavaṉ, a Śivabrāhmaṇa of the Tiru-Aintaḷi,This is the the present-day Aivarkōyil. having made an installation in this temple, saying that it should be given for these two, after having made the ceremony of offering water and having this donation engraved on stone, Cempiyaṉ ... a Mūvēntavēḷāṉ of Ollaiyūrnāṭu ... having made the temple taḷi ... regarding Iḷaṅkōvēḷār ...

These three lines are heavily damaged. It is not certain that they are part of our inscription, but it is most probable.

Reported in (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/292).

Edited (6 lines which correspond to lines 1-10 and 17) in (Āvaṇam 15.10.3).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.

10.3 36 54 B/1968-1969 292