Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 12 opposite to one (year 13) author of digital edition Valérie Gillet Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSMelKil00008

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AIM, southern shrine; upper inscription, on the eastern and middle wall sections of the northern façade of the ardha-maṇḍapa, engraved over the two consecutive wall sections; 12th regnal year opposite to one of Kōrājakesarivarman = probably Sundaracōḻa (circa 969 A.D.).

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svasti śrī

kō Irājakēcaripanmakku yāṇṭu 10 2-Āvatin etirām āṇṭu

kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu devadā ṉam Avaṉikandhavva-Īśvaragṛhattu devakanmikaḷōmum patipātamulattōmum paṭṭuṭaiyōmum camaiyattōmu maṟṟum Ittaḷi paṅkuṭaiyōm Eppērpaṭṭōmum Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar maṟavaṉ kaṇṭanār Aruḷiceyyum poykaikkuṟuviṭattu veṭṭakkuṭaiyāṉ kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉukku kuṭi niīkkā deva tāṉam āka cantrātittavaṟ kāṇiceyti kuṭutta nilam Ittaḷi tēvadānam viṟaikkūṟṟattu pacuṅkuḷattūr veṭṭappeṟuṉap paṭa nilam Irupattunāl vēliyālum vēli nūṟṟirupatiṉ kalam kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta nellu Iruṇṭ' āyirattu eṇṇūṟṟu E ṇpatiṉ kalamum tiruvaiyāṟaṉōṭokku marakkālāl kār pātiyum picāṉam pātiyum vāṭākkaṭaṉ Eṅkaḷ taraviṉālēy pacuṅkuḷattūri lēy Aḷappat' ākavum

ivvūr viḷakk' eṇṇaic cey muṉpu kalmēl veṭṭiṉa niīkki Uṇṇilam oḻiviṉṟi vaḷaiyil cuṟṟu Uṭump' ōṭi y-āmai tava ḻnta nilamuṟṟum kārāṇkiḻamai Uṭpaṭa ciṟṟiṟai ciṟupaṅkum Ivaṉēy peṟuvat' ākavum

avurk kaḻañcum perumāḷ koḷḷil kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉē ṉ tākavuvu kulaiyuṅ kurampuñ ceyvatākavum

pērppaṭṭatum Itt' ākavum

Iṟukka vanta ṉḷatu Eṅkaḷaic collātēy iṟuttuk kaṭamayilē y vaiccuk koḷḷap peṟuvat' ākavum

cāsaṉam peṟṟuṭaiyār peṟuvat' ellām peṟuvat' ākavum

Ipparicu cantrātittavat kuṭi niīkkā devadāṉam ākak kāṇi ceytu kuṭuttōm veṭṭakkuṭaiyāṉ kōvintaṉ kaṭampaṉukku devakanmikaḷōmum patipātamulattōmum paṭṭuṭaiyōmum camaiyattōmu maṟṟum Ittaḷi paṅkuṭai yōmum

Ivakaḷ paṇikka Eḻutiṉēṉ ivuvūr madhyastaṉ Eṟaṉ maḻavāṭiyāṉa brahmapṛyanēṉ Ivai Eṉ Eḻuttu .

ṉap ṉap This part is no longer legible. kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta kāṇikkaṭaṉāka vaṉta This part is no longer legible. veṭṭiṉa veṭṭiṉa This part is no longer legible.

Rājakesarin is probably Sundaracōḻa, during whose reign the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Maṟavaṉ Kaṇṭaṉār was ruling over Paḻuvūr.

The inscription is engraved over two consecutive wall sections.

This line was forgotten in the edition of South Indian Inscriptions.

Reported in (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/370).

Edited by (SII 13.236). Edited and translated in , based on autopsy.

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

126-127 236 141-142 8 73 C/1924 370