Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque
Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque is a mosque at Koyilandy, Kozhikode district, Kerala.[1]
Koyilandy Jumu'ah Mosque | |
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Koyilandy Jumu'ah Masjid | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | Koyilandy, Kozhikode district |
Geographic coordinates | 11.4378596°N 75.693875°E |
The mosque contains the below inscription (on granite blocks built into the steps of the ablution tank of the mosque).[1] The epigraph is a rare surviving document recording patronage by a Hindu king (Bhaskara Ravi) to the Muslims of Kerala.
- Language: Malayalam
- Script: Vatteluttu (with Grantha)
- Date: 10th century AD
- King's name: Bhaskara Ravi (regnal year 2 + [...])
- Terms
- Pakkaran Iravi (Malayalam) = Bhaskara Ravi (Sanskrit)
- Pantalayani = old name of Koyilandy
- Valenciyar = prominent merchant guild
- Nagara = medieval trading city
- Koyil Adhikarikal = king's representative for management and due collection
English transliteration |
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First block (19 lines)
[...Pa]kkaran Iravikku ccellaninraya[n]tu irantam antaik[ketir]...Pantalayani...tum...tarkku...nnattu...rilamai...ttume[m]mpal...koyil...mpa...
[...]ciyum ninkuti ceyyakaratiluma...nnalarini...yatturi...
[...]nu kotatoliyi...tiracuvanata...Valenci[yar]...lantukku...tum...Koyil Atikarikal attikkututt(u) aruliyitu...nakarattil ullor arakilum parangace...tukuti iruk...pannu...Ince...yaraiyar..catal..m tacca...eraiyirakkum...kututt.. |
References
- Aiyer, K. V. Subrahmanya (ed.), South Indian Inscriptions. VIII, no. 162, Madras: Govt of India, Central Publication Branch, Calcutta, 1932. p. 69.