Mēlappaḻuvūr, Agastyeśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 25 author of digital edition Valérie Gillet Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSMelKil00017 DHARMAbase

AIM, southern shrine; on the westernmost wall section of the southern façade of the sanctuary (8th line continues on the pilaster and the 9th line goes through the pilaster and on the next wall section); 25th regnal year of matirai koṇṭa Kōpparakesarivarman = Parāntaka I (circa 932 A.D.).

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svasti śrī

mati rai koṇṭa kōparakēcaripa ṉmakki yāṇṭu 2 10 5 Āvatu

Uttamataranica turvvetimaṅkalattu sabhaaiyōm Ittaḷi ta ṇḍiśvarariṭai koṇṭu kaṭa va tiīppokku cempoṉ ‡ Oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcu

Ippoṉṉāl pa‡licai nicati ‡ Uḻakku ney Aṭṭuvōmm ānōm Uttama taranisabhaaiyōm .

sabhaaiyōm sabhaiyōm

Fortune! Prosperity! This is the 25th year of Kōpparakesarivarman who has taken Madurai. We of the Sabhā sabhaiyōm of Uttamataranic-caturvvedimaṅgalam, from Caṇḍeśvara taṇḍīśvarar-iṭai of this temple ittaḷi, have to take koṇṭu kaṭava nine oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcus of pure (tī-pokku, lit. which entered fire) fine gold cem-poṉ; with the interests palicai of this gold ippoṉṉāl, we will supply aṭṭuvōmm ānōm one uḻakku of ghee ney everyday nicati, we of the Sabhā of Uttamatarani.

Reported in (ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/359).

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

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

150-151 17 TBC C/1924 359