Mēlappaḻuvūr, Kīḻaiyūr, Ireṭṭaikkōyil, Agastyeśvara, time of Rājakesarin, year 6 EpiDoc encoding Valérie Gillet intellectual authorship of edition Valérie Gillet DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSMelKil00010

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svasti śrī

kōvirācakesaripanakku 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 2m paṉṉiru kaḻañcu Ivviḷakk' eriya vaitta tirā viḷakk' o ṉṟu ṉirai 2ḷakaru Iruppu nārāyam Uḷpaṭa 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.

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.

First reported in ARIE 1923-1924/C/1924/364 ; edited for the first time in SII 13, no. 153 ; present edition by Valérie Gillet from autopsy and photographs.

81 153 73 C/1924 364