# SII 1.57: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. III.
INSCRIPTIONS AT AND NEAR VIRIÑCHIPURAM. No. 57. ON A STONE BUILT INTO
THE FLOOR OF THE COURTYARD OF THE VIRIÑCHIPURAM TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0057

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0057.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription records that in the Saumya year, which was current
after the expiration of Śaka 1471, the pavement of the outer courtyard
of the Viriñchipuram Temple was laid by Bommu-nāyaka, who is evidently
the same person as Śiṉṉa-Bommu-nāyaka or Bomma-nṛipati of Velūr.[1] On
this occasion, the other inscribed stones which are noticed in part III,
must have found their way into the floor of the temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śubha⟨2⟩mastu [∥] ⟨3⟩ śālivāhaśakābdam 1000 4 100 7 10 1 ṉ mel
cellāniṉṟa ⟨4⟩ saumyavaruṣa meṣanāyaṟṟu pūrvvapakṣa saptamiyum peṟṟa ⟨5⟩
guruvāra punarvvasu nāḷ velūr māc(ca)nāyakkarukku taṉmamāka ⟨6⟩ kumārar
pommunāyakkar A(ṭ)ai(y)a vaḷaiñcāṉa taḷavicai paṭuppittār [∥]

## Translation by Hultzsch 1890

Let there be prosperity! On Thursday, the day of (the nakshatra)
Punarvasu, which corresponds to the seventh lunar day of the former half
of the month of Mesha of the Saumya year, which was current after the
Śālivāha-Śaka year 1471 (had passed),—in order to procure religious
merit to Māchcha(?)-nāyaka (of) Velūr,—prince Bommu-nāyaka laid the
pavement round the whole (temple).

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.57 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. Pages 84–85, item 57.

[1] See the introduction of No. 43.