Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 6 author of digital edition Valérie Gillet Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSMelKil00010

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AIM, southern shrine; on the northern façade of the sanctuary, on the two consecutive wall sections on the eastern side of the niche of Brahmā; 6th regnal year of Kōvirājakesarivarman = king difficult to identify; identified with Gaṇḍarāditya by Balasubrahmanyam (1963: 62–63) and Balambal (1978: 183); identified with Rājarāja I in SII; inscription similar to #34.

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svasti śrī

kōvirācasaripanakku yānṭu 6-Āvatu

kunṟakku ṟṟattu devatānam Avanikantaṟppa-Īśvaragṛhattu tenvāyil śrī kōyil mahādevaṟku Ittaḷi tēvaṉār makaḷār piḷḷai cēramāṉār de viyār ṉakkaṉ Akkāra naṅkaiyār cantrādittavaṟ Iravum pakalum Eri vai tta ṉondā-viḷakku Onṟiṉukku paṭi Uḻakkiṉāl nicatam Uḻakku ṉeyy eriya vaitta poṉ 10 2-m paṉṉiru kaḻañcu Ivviḷakk' eriya vaitta tirā viḷakk' o ṉṟu ṉirai 2 100 15 Iruppu nā‡rāyam U‡paṭa ceruviṭaiyāl 2 100 10 5

Itu pa nmāyeśvara rakṣai

kesaripan kesaripan This part is no longer legible. ṉṟu ṉṟu This part is no longer legible.

Rājakesarin is a king difficult to identify; identified with Gaṇḍarāditya by Balasubrahmanyam (1963: 62–63) and Balambal (1978: 183); identified with Rājarāja I in SII.

The inscription is engraved over two consecutive wall sections.

Reported in (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/364).

Edited by (SII 13.153). Edited and translated in , based on autopsy.

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

81 153 143-144 10 73 C/1924 364