Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Parakesarivarman (Uttamacōḻa), year 15 author of digital edition Valérie Gillet Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSMelKil00019

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AIM, southern shrine; on the two wall sections on the eastern side of the niche of Śiva on the southern façade of the sanctuary and on the southernmost wall section of the eastern façade of the sanctuary; c) personally located and read in situ; SII 19, no. 378 [lines 1 to 37]; SII 32, part 2, no. 166 [lines 1 to 37]; Āvaṇam 3.2 [complete inscription]; 15th regnal year of Kōpparakesarivarman = probably Uttamacōḻa (circa 986 A.D.); the inscription is not engraved continuously: I have given the details in the edition itself. Lines 38–96 record a list of signatures which may have been added later, because the script is slightly different from the first part (lines 1–37).

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kō-p-parakēcari-paṉmaṟkku yā ṇṭu 10 5-Āvatu

kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu nāṭ ṭōmukku Aṭikaḷ paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar kaṇṭaṉ ma ṟavaṉār Ināṭṭu Uṟattūraip paḻam perum paḻaṅ kuṭiyum niīkki karuppūr-u ṭaiya vēṅkaṭavaṉ Araṅkaṉ-āṉa cem piyaṉ viṟaināṭṭu kōnārkku janma bhuūmiy-ākak karuppūr eṉṉum pēriṉāl kā ṇi ceytu Itukku Āṭṭai-vaṭṭam tāla c cemmai poṉ Irupattaiyṅ kaḻañ cum cantrādityaval nilai Iṟaiy-āvat' ākavum nā ṭu tarañ ceyyum pōtu Irupattaiyṅ kaḻañcum allatu Ēṟat tarañ ceyyāta t' ākavum Ipparicu candrādittavat kāṇi y-ākac ceytu kuṭuttōm nāṭṭār niṅ kaḷum Ipparicu ceytu kuṭuṅkaḷ eṉṟ' aruḷi c-ceyya nāṭṭōmum Iṉṉāṭṭu Uṟattū rai paḻam perum paḻaṅ kuṭiyu niīkki karuppū r eṉṉum pēyar ākki Āṭṭai-vaṭṭam nilai y iṟai tālac cemmai poṉ Irupattai yṅ kaḻañc' ākki nāṭṭōm tarañ ceyum po ṉ Irupattaiyṅ kaḻañcum allatu Ēṟat ta

rañ ceyyātat' ākavum I pparicu karuppūr-uṭaiya vē ṅkaṭavaṉ Araṅkaṉ-āṉa cempiyaṉ viṟaiṉnāṭ ṭu kōṉārkku janmapūmiy-āka karuppūr eṉṉum pēyariṉāl cantrātittaval kāṇiy-āka A ṟai-y-ōlai ceytu kuṭut tōm kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu nāṭ ṭōm ciṟṟiṟaiyum Aṇa

Ivai paḻuvēṭṭaraiyaṉ kaṇṭaṉ maṟa vaṉēṉ Ivai Eṉṉṉeḻuttu Ipparicu I caintōmarutūr-uṭaiya kāṭaṉ māṟuyaṉē ṉ Ivaiy eṉṉṉeḻuttu

ṉaḷaṭṭār Aṟaiyō la l eḻutt' eḻutaṉāraiy eḻutiya mallūr-uṭaiya caṅkaṉ nāke kamāṉṉēṉ Eḻuttup puttūr-u ṭaiya tūcaṭi kōṉe Eṉaḻuttu Āṟaṇitallūr-Uṭaiya ceruvan Uta comitēvaṉ cuvāmi Eḻuttu cāttaṉūr-uṭaiya tiṇeyāṉ mā yilaṭṭi Eḻuttu mēlmarut ttūr-uṭaiya tiṇaiyāṉ kuṭitara ṅki Eḻuttu paṭṭuṭaiya ciṅka ṉeyyoṟaṉ eḻuttu Umapaḷakkāṉattūr-uṭai ya Oṉeṉpāmpaṉ eḻu ttu Āṇpāṉ cukūr-u ṭaiya cāttaṉ nampaṉ e ḻuttu kuṟṟūr-uṭaiyaṉ ṉe ttu vākūr-uṭaiya Oṉeṉ pampal eḻuttu Alimi Uṭaiya velitaraṅki Eḻuttu Āttūr-uṭaiya cāttaṉ tara Eḻuttu . kuḷattūr-uṭaiya Aṉaiyaṉamutaṉ eḻuttu varākupāṭi-Uṭaiya māṉtaṉp peraiyaṉ eḻuttu

caṅkaṇamūr-uṭaiya kāramu kaṉ Eḻuttu -Uṭaiya vaṭukaṉ pūtiy eḻuttu . timmi y-uṭaiya cuntaracōḻapperunti ṇaiy eḻuttu . puttūr-uṭaiya Ā ramālakkōṉ peraiya ṉ eḻuttu peraṟconiy-u ṭaiya Araiyaṉāccaṉ e ḻuttu . ciṅkaraṉattūr-uṭai ya perumāṉ maḻapāṭiy eḻu ttu ppati-Uṭaiya kaliyiva y eḻut tu . kūṟaṅ ṭaiya maṟava ko ṉ perunaṇai Eḻuttu kaṟakāṭṭur-uṭaiya vempa ṉuḷveli Eḻuttu pokaḻiy-uṭaiya kaṇṭama laiyamaṉ eḻuttu kiḷiy-uṭaiya nāraṇaṉā ṅkay eḻuttu ṇiy-uṭaiya kaṇṭap pe ṉ eḻuttu ciṅkaṇamūr-uṭai ya paṭaipperaiyaṉaddhayāṟa ṉ eḻuttu . Aruṅkarayil-u ṭaiya Āccaṉ nakkaṉ e ḻuttu Āṉaiñallū r-uṭaiya nakkaṉ kumaraṉ eḻut tu vaṭavacukūr-uṭaiya nirupava kacaramalaiyaṉ eḻuttu mālvāyil-uṭaiya mana vakōṉ peraiyaṉ eḻu ttu .

The epigraph is inscribed on 3 wall sections: A and B on the eastern side of the main niche of the southern façade; C on southernmost wall section of the eastern façade. Moreover, it is not inscribed continuously: from lines 1 to 22, inscribed from the middle of wall section A; from lines 23 to 33, inscribed on the bottom of wall section B; lines 34 to 37, inscribed on top of wall section A; lines 38 to 64, inscribed on the upper part of wall section B; lines 65 to 96, inscribed on the wall section C. From the line 34, this is a series of signatures. The editions in SII do not consider the signatures after the line 37. Only the revised edition in Āvaṇam includes them.

Reported in (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/356).

Edited (36 lines) in (SII 19.378), in (SII 32.2.166). Edited (93 lines), in (Āvaṇam 3.2). Edited and translated in , based on autopsy and photographs (by Valérie Gillet, 2016-2018).

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

197-198 378 II 292-294 166 73 C/1924 356