Teṉkāci, Viśvanāthasvāmin temple, <foreign>gopura</foreign> inscription of Aḻakaṉ Kulaśekhara

Teṉkāci, Viśvanāthasvāmin temple, <foreign>gopura</foreign> inscription of Aḻakaṉ Kulaśekhara author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSPandya01008

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: The subjoined verse is engraved on the north wall of the ruined gopura in front of the Viśvanāthasvāmin temple at Teṉkāci. It records that the king Aḻakaṉ Perumāl Kulaśekhara, who calls Arikesari Parākrama Pāṇḍya his brother (or cousin, aṇṇāḻvi) seeing that the work undertaken by the latter remained incomplete, caused the superstructure of the gopura to be finished with brick. This prince Kulaśekhara has been taken as brother or cousin, of Arikesari, in the General Introduction.

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viṇṇāṭar pōṟṟun teṉkāci poṟkōpuramīti leṅkaḷaṇṇāḻvi ceyta paṇiyippaṭi kuṟaiyāykkiṭa kkavoṇṇāteṉak kaṇṭuyarnta taṭṭōṭeṅku mūṉṟuvittāṉ maṇṇāḷu mālaḻakaṉ kulacēkara maṉṉaṉē

The king Aḻakaṉ Kulaśekhara, the ruler of the earth, deciding that the work done by his elder brother on the beautiful gopura, which is praised even by the celestials, should not remain thus incomplete, finished it fully with brick.

Edited in , with English translation (TAS 1.6.5).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on .

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