Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, fragment, time of <gap reason="lost"/>kesarivarman, year 13

Koṭumpāḷūr, Aivarkōyil, fragment, time of <gap reason="lost"/>kesarivarman, year 13 EpiDoc encoding Emmanuel Francis intellectual authorship of edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00008

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Donation of gold for the Mahādeva of the Aintaḷi at Koṭumpāḷūr for the upkeep of perpetual lamps.

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kēcari parmakrkku yāṇṭu 10 3Āvatu

Ivvv-āṇṭu Uṟattūr -k-kūṟṟattu koṭumpā ḷūr AñAintaḷi mahādevarkku Oru noṉtā viḷakku cilat tirumeṟṟaḷi mātaṉ caṉntikkum ti ruviḷakku kaḻañcu caṉntirātitavattavat pakal noṉnt ā viḷakku tarku nakkaṉ ceti

Ik-kaḻañcum kai A ñn-taḷi

Itu paṉmā hecuvara-rakṣai

A ‡ ñn-taḷi The restoration is consistent with the spelling of the rest of the inscription. The recontructed original has to be fully normalised to Aintaḷi. hecuvara-rakṣai These are the only letters clearly readable on the third block.

13th year of kecarivarman

In this year, for the Mahādeva of the Aintaḷi at Koṭumpāḷūr in the Uṟattūrkkūṟṟam, one perpetual lamp cilat tirumeṟṟaḷi mātaṉ, one lamp for the twilight kaḻañcu, as long as the moon and the sun, a perpetual day-lamp Nakkaṉ Ceti

This kaḻañcu the Aintaḷi

This donation is under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

The inscription Kotumpalur 7, another fragment on the site, possibly gives the beginning of lines 4-6.

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