Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, time of Parakesarivarman, year 6 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00005

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 2019-2025 DHARMAbase Donation of gold for the upkeep of a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the Aintaḷi at Koṭumpāḷūr by Tāḻi Cattaṉ alias Rāciṅkappallavaraiyaṉ for the merit of/on behalf of Tāḻi Aṟañcikai.

The puḷḷi is regularly used, but not consistently. Note the rare occurrence of initial ai.

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svasti śrī

kō-p-parakēcari-paṉ·markku yāṇṭu Āṟāvatu

Uṟattūr-k-kūṟṟattu koṭum·pāḷūr tiru-Ai ntaḷi mātēvarkku Oru nontā viḷakkiṉukku tāḻi Aṟañcikaiy cātti tāḻi ca ttanṉ-ānṉa rāciṅkapalla varaiyaṉ· vaitta poṉ· pattu

vaṇ·ṇakkarun tēvakaṉ·mikaḷum· kai-vaḻi ceṉ·ṟatu

Itu paṉmāhe śvara-rakṣai

Āṟāvatu Āṟā(ā)vatu What is meant by by this reading is unclear. cātti cātti ca‡ttanṉ- caāttan- cattaṉ (Skt. śatta-) and cāttaṉ (Skt. śāstṛ-) both make sense. rāciṅkapallavaraiyaṉ· rāciṅkapallavaraiyaṉ vaṇ·ṇakkarun vaṇ·ṇakkaru Reading vaṇ·ṇakkaru is possible, but vaṇ·ṇakkarun is expected and it seems that the tē of tēvakaṉ· is in fact n tē. ceṉ·ṟatu ceṉ·ṟatu

Prosperity! Fortune!

Sixth year of the king Parakesarivarman.

There are ten poṉs that Tāḻi CattaṉAlternatively emend to Cāttaṉ.alias Rāciṅkappallavaraiyaṉ gave for a perpetual lamp for the Mahādeva of the Aintaḷi at Koṭumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūrkkūṟṟam for the merit of/on behalf of Tāḻi Aṟañcikai.

This donation went in the handsThat is, "is under the supervision". of the coin-testers and the temple officials.

This donation is under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

rāciṅkapallavaraiyaṉ. Naraciṅkapallavaraiyaṉ is possibly meant. The incorrect spelling might have been caused by the preceding word āna (that is, āṉa).

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/212).

Edited by (SII 32.2.37).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2020).

II 131-132 37 99 B/1940-41 212