Mēlappaḻuvūr, Agastyeśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year (20) author of digital edition Valérie Gillet Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSMelKil00016 DHARMAbase

AIM, southern shrine; on the easternmost wall section of the southern façade of the ardha-maṇḍapa, lower inscription (the last line is engraved on the ledge); 20th (?) regnal year of matirai koṇṭa Kōpparakesarivarman = Parāntaka I (circa 927 A.D.).

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svasti śrī

matirai koṇṭa kōpparakēcarivaṉmakki yāṇṭu 2 10 Āvatu

kuṉṟakūṟṟattu Avanikaṉntaṟppapurattu mahadevarkku Ittaḷi kuttapiḷlai kumiḻi taruṇaval li Oru nontāviḷakku cantrādittaval Eriya vaitta poṉ patiṉ ka ḻañcu

Ippoṉ patiṉ kaḻañcum koṇṭōm koṇṭu Oru no ntāviḷakkukku nicatam Uḻakku ney Aṭṭuvōm āṉōm Ava ṉikantavappurattu nakarattōm Ivvaṉ

yāṇṭu 2 10 37 There may be another number after 20 that could be a seven. Ivvaṉ This is followed by a few illlegible letters.

Fortune! Prosperity! This is the 20th (?) year of Kōpparakesarivarman who has taken koṇṭa Madurai. To Mahādeva mahadevarkku, that is, mahādevarkku of Avanikaṉtaṟppapuram in Kuṉṟakkūṟṟam, the dancing child kūtta-piḷḷai of this temple ittaḷi, Kumiḻi Taruṇavalli, to burn eriya one perpetual lamp as long as the sun and the moon endure, gave vaita, that is, vaitta ten patiṉ kaḻañcus of gold; we have taken koṇṭōm all the ten kaḻañcus kaḻañcum of this gold; having taken them koṇṭu, we will supply aṭṭuvōm āṉōm one uḻakku of ghee ney everyday nicatam for a perpetual lamp, we the Nagarattārs of Avaṉikantavappuram

Reported in (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/358).

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

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

TBC 16 149-150 C/1924 358