Mēlappaḻuvūr, Agastyeśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year [lost]author of digital editionValérieGilletEmmanuelFrancisDHARMAParis, CEIASDHARMA_INSMelKil00018DHARMAbase
AIM, southern shrine; b) on the westernmost wall section of the southern façade of the ardha-maṇḍapa, lowest inscription; lost regnal year of [Mati]rai koṇṭa Kōpparakesarivarman = Parāntaka I; the western half of the inscription is built in the wall of the mukha-maṇḍapa. Below ARIE/1923-1924/C/1924/355.
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rai koṇṭa kōpparakēcaripaṉmakki yā
maṉaip poṉṉum taṇṭap poṉṉum ta
ṉār vacca poṉ muppatu ṉāl paṭṭam mu
mumū
This is the year of Kōpparakesarivarman who has taken Madurai; the gold from the houses maṉaip poṉṉum and the gold from the fines taṇṭap poṉṉum gave vacca , that is, vaitta thirty muppatukaḻañcus of gold poṉ for four nāl forehead-plates paṭṭamAlternatively: thirty four gold coins for three / tirthy ... forehead plates.
The beginning of the lines is built in.
Reported, edited and translated in , based on autopsy and photographs (by Valérie Gillet, 2018).
This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.