# SII 1.70: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. IV.
INSCRIPTIONS AT TIRUMALAI NEAR POLŪR. No. 70. ON THE WALL OF A MAṆḌAPA
AT THE BASE OF THE TIRUMALAI ROCK, TO THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE,—FIRST
INSCRIPTION

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0070

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0070.xml

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

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 12th year of Rājanārāyaṇa
Śambuvarāja[1] and records the setting up of a Jaina image on
Vaigai-Tirumalai, i.e., on the holy mountain of Vaigai.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] rājanārāyaṇaṉ campuvarājarkku yā⟨2⟩ṇṭu 10 2 vatu
poṉṉūr maṇṇaipoṉṉāṇṭai ⟨3⟩ makaḷ nallāttāḷ vaikaittirumalaikku
Eṟiyaruḷa⟨4⟩ppaṇṇiṉa śrīvihāranāyaṉār poṉṉeyil⟨5⟩nāthar· [|]

dharmmoyañjayatu ௳

## Translation by Hultzsch 1890

Hail! Prosperity! In the 12th year of Rājanārāyaṇa
Śambuvarāja,—Nallāttāḷ, the daughter of Maṇṇai-Poṉṉāṇḍai, (an
inhabitant) of Poṉṉūr, caused the blessed Vihāra-nāyaṉār,
Poṉṉeyil-nātha,[2] to be raised to the holy mountain of Vaigai
(Vaigai-Tirumalai). Let this pious work be victorious!

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.70 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 101–102, item 70.

[1] See the introduction of No. 52.

[2] With poṉṉeyilnāthar·, “the lord of the golden fortress,” compare
poṉṉeyiṟkōṉ, which, according to Winslow, is the same as arukaṉ (Arhat).