# SII 1.44: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. II.
INSCRIPTIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF VELŪR. No. 44. ON A STONE AT ARIYŪR
NEAR VELŪR

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0044

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0044.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The object of the grant is “the village of Murukkeri-Śiṟṟeri within (the
boundaries of) Arugūr,” i.e., of the modern Ariyūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śubham astu svasti [∥]

śrīsadā⟨2⟩śivadevamahārāyar· p¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩⟨3⟩thivirājyam paṇṇi Aruḷā⟨4⟩niṉṟa
cakābdaM 1000 4 100 8 10 8 ⟨5⟩ N meṟcellāniṉṟa ⟨6⟩
Akṣayasa⟨ṁ⟩vaTssarattu ku⟨7⟩mpanāyaṟṟu Aparapakṣa⟨8⟩ttu dvādaśi
saumyavāsa⟨9⟩rattu nāḷ
śrīmaNmahāma⟨10⟩ṇḍaleśvararāmarājatiru⟨11⟩malaiyadevamahārājā⟨12⟩vukku
velūr ciṉṉapo⟨13⟩mmunāyakkar viṇṇa⟨14⟩ppañceykaiyil
ti⟨15⟩rumalair¿a?⟨ā⟩jayaṉ sadāśi⟨16⟩vadevamahārāyar· pāta⟨17⟩ttile
viṇṇappañ⌈⟨18⟩ceytu velūr jvarakaṇḍe⟨19⟩śvarasvāmikku
Aṁgaraṁga⟨20⟩vaibhavattukku viṭuvitta ⟨21⟩ grāmam Arukūrukkuḷ
muru⟨22⟩kkericiṟṟeri ௳

1. Anuṣṭubh

dā⟨na⟩pā⟨23⟩lanayormmaddhye
dānā⟨24⟩cśreyonupālanaM |
dā⟨25⟩nāT svarggamav¿a?⟨ā⟩pnoti
⟨26⟩ pālanādac¿c?⟨y⟩uta¿M?⟨ṁ⟩ pada⟨27⟩M ௳

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.44 by Hultzsch 1890 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions,
Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram,
Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras
Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian
Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Page 71, item 44.