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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Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, on the northern façade of the sanctuary, on the two consecutive wall sections on the eastern side of the niche of Brahmā

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

kōvirācakēsaripanakku 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‡ḷpaṭa 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.

Fortune! Prosperity! This is the 6th year of Kōvirājakesarivarman. For Mahādeva of the holy shrine śrīkōyil of the southern side tenvāyi > tenvāyil of the temple gṛhattu of the Lord īśvara of Avanikantaṟppa, a devadāna of Kuṉṟakkūṟṟam, the daughter of god tēvaṉār makaḷār of this temple ittaḷi, wife/queen deviyār of Piḷḷai Cēramāṉār, Nakkaṉ Akkāra Naṅkaiyār, gave vaitta to burn eri > eriya night and day iravum pakalum, as long as the moon and the sun last cantrādittavaṟ, one perpetual lamp nondāviḷakku oṉṟiṉukku; she placed vaitta 12 kalañcus of gold poṉ to burn eriya one uḻakku of ghee ney everyday nicatam with this uḻakku-measure paṭi uḻakkiṉāl; for this lamp to burn ivviḷakkeriya, she gave vaitta 215 standard weight niṟai for one standing lamp tirāviḷakkoṉṟu, 215 by the ceruviṭai measure ceruviṭaiyāl including uḷpaṭa iron iruppu and led nārāyam. This is under the protection of the Panmāheśvaras.

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