Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, time of Rājakesarivarman, year 14 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00015

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase Gifts of gold by Kaṇṭaṉ Kaṟṟaḷi, a tēvaputtira of the Aintaḷi, and by another donor (name lost), for the upkeep of two perpetual lamps, in honour, respectively, of the Mahādeva of the Aintaḷi of Koṭumpāḷūr and of another deity (name lost) of the Aintaḷi.

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svasti śrī

kāntaḷūr-c cālai kalam aṟuttu-k kaṅka-pāṭi yum nuḷampa-pāṭiyum taṭikai-vaḻiyum koṇṭa kō-v-irāja rājakēcari-paṉmarkku yāṇṭu 10 4-Āvatu

Uṟattūr-k-kūṟṟattu-k koṭump āḷūr-t tiru-v-aiṉn-taḷi mahādevaṟku it-taḷi-t tēvaputtiraṉ māṟ kaṇṭaṉ kaṟṟaḷi O ru noṉntā viḷakkukkku vaitta poṉ patiṉā kaḻañcu

It-taḷi-t tiru-k-kōyil Oṉpa tiṉ kaḻañcu

It-taḷi vaṇ ṇakkaṉ koṇṭa poṉ kaḻañcum Ākavum

Itu paṉmā heśvarar Irakṣai

Prosperity! Fortune!

14th year of the king Rājakesarivarman, who, after having distributed pots in the cālai of Kantaḷūr, took the country of the Gaṅga, the country of the NuḷampaThat is, Noḷamba. and the Taṭikaivaḻi.

There are ten kaḻañcus of gold that Kantaṉ Kaṟṟaḷi, one among the tēvaputtiras of this temple, gave for one perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the glorious Aintaḷi of Kotumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūr-k-kūṟṟam.

There are also nine kaḻañcus of gold that gave for of the glorious templeAlternatively: "shrine". kōyil of this temple it-taḷi.

Let these be kaḻañcus of gold that the coin-tester of this temple takesThat is, "manages"..

This donation is under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvarars.

It-taḷi-t tiru-k-kōyil. Note the use of the synonyms taḷi and kōyil, the first to designate the entire complex made of five temples and the second to designate one of these five temples.

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/214).

First edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020).

99 B/1940-41 214