# SII 1.76: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. IV.
INSCRIPTIONS AT TIRUMALAI NEAR POLŪR. No. 76. INSIDE THE DOORWAY, WHICH
LEADS TO THE PAINTED CAVE AT TIRUMALAI, TO THE RIGHT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0076

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0076.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha]

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## Summary

This inscription consists of a Sanskrit verse, which is a duplicate of
that occurring in No. 75.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrīmaTkeraḷa⟨2⟩bhūbhṛtā yavani⟨3⟩kānāmnā sudha⟨4⟩rmmātmanā
tuṇḍī⟨5⟩rāhvayamaṇḍalā⟨6⟩rhasugirau ya⟨7⟩kṣeśvarau ⟨8⟩ kalpitau [|]
paśv⟨9⟩āttaTkulabhū⟨10⟩ṣaṇādhikanṛpa⟨11⟩śrīrājarājā⟨12⟩tmajavyāmuktaśra⟨13⟩vaṇojvale⟨14⟩na
taka(ṭ)ā(n)āthe⟨15⟩na jīrṇo(ḍhṛ)tau [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.76 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 107, item 76.