Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Parakesarin, year 16 author of digital edition Valérie Gillet Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSMelKil00009

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Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, on the westernmost wall section of the northern façade of the sanctuary.

AIM, southern shrine; on the westernmost wall section of the northern façade of the sanctuary; 16th regnal year of Kōpparakesarivarman = perhaps Uttamacōḻa (circa 987 A.D.).

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svasti śrī

kōpparakēca ripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu 10 6 Āvatu

kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu tēva tāṉam Avaṉikantaṟva-Īśvaragṛha ttu māmahādevaṟkku Ittaḷi tēvaṉār makaḷ nakkaai natiri ma kaḷ nakkaṉ kaṇṭa pirāṭṭi Ittaḷi tēvatāṉam poykaināṭṭu Ū kaṉkuṭi Apōhanaṅ kiṭanta bhū miyai kalli macakki kuṭutta ṇir ṉi lam Iraṇṭu pū viḷaiyak kuṭutta nila m ṉāṉaṅku mā

Iṉṉāṉku māvuṅ koṇṭu Itiṉil Iraṇṭu pūvum viḷainta bhogaṅ koṇṭu O ru nontā-viḷakku cantrātittava l Erippōmm ānōm Ittaḷi p paṭṭuṭaiyōm Ēḻuvōm

Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai .

ppara ppara This part is no longer legible. Ū Ūra The first letter of the name of this village, Ūkaṉkuṭi, may be read Ū or Ura, but not Ūra.

Fortune! Prosperity! This is the 16th year of Kōpparakesarivarman. For Mahādeva māhādeva > mahādeva of the temple gṛhattu of the Lord īśvara of Avaṉikantaṟva, a devadāna tēvatām > tēvatāṉam of Kuṉṟakkūṟṟam, the daughter of god tēvaṉār makaḷ of this temple ittaḷi, daughter makaḷ of Nakkaai Natiri, Nakkaṉ Kaṇṭa Pirāṭṭi,Pirāṭṭi can mean Lady, in which case her name could be translated as Lady Nakkaṉ Kaṇṭa. However, it can also imply that she is the wife of Nakkaṉ Kaṇṭa. having cleared kalli and transformed macakki the land bhūmiyai which was lying kiṭanta without enjoyment apōhanam in Ūkaṉkuṭi in Poykaināṭu, a devadāna of this temple, she gave kuṭutta; she gave kuṭutta four mās of land for producing viḷaiya two crops pū of wet land ṇīr nilam > nīr nilam; having taken koṇṭu all these four mās iṉṉāṉku māvuṅ, having taken koṇṭu the produce bhogam yielded viḷainta in the two crops pū of this land of 4 mās itiṉil > itaṉil, we the Paṭṭuṭaiyārs paṭṭaiyōm > paṭṭuṭaiyōm of this temple, we the Seven eḻuvōm, will burn erippōmānōm, as long as the sun and moon endure, one perpetual lamp. This is under the protection of the Panmāheśvaras.

Parakesari is probably Uttamacōḻa.

These two lines were forgotten in the edition of South Indian Inscriptions. They give the name of the donor.

Reported in (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/366).

Edited by (SII 19.402). Edited and translated in , based on autopsyand photographs (by Valérie Gillet, 2016-2018).

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

211 402 142-143 9 73 C/1924 366