# SII 1.77: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. IV.
INSCRIPTIONS AT TIRUMALAI NEAR POLŪR. No. 77. INSIDE THE DOORWAY, WHICH
LEADS TO THE PAINTED CAVE AT TIRUMALAI, TO THE LEFT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0077

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0077.xml

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ Am(paru)ṭai⟨3⟩yāṉ Āyaṉ ⟨4⟩ makaṉ
kariya⟨5⟩perumāḷā⟨6⟩ṉa vai(r)ātar⟨7⟩āyaṉ tiruma⟨8⟩laikkaṭap⌈⟨9⟩perikku
nīre(r)⟨10⟩kka kaliṅkiṭ⟨11⟩ṭukkoṭuttā⟨12⟩ṉ [∥]

dharmmoyañja⟨13⟩yatu ௳௳∥

## Translation by Hultzsch 1890

Hail! Prosperity! Kariya-Perumāḷ, alias Vairādarāyaṉ, the son of
Ambaruḍaiyāṉ Āyaṉ, gave a sluice, in order to raise the water to the
Kaḍapperi (tank)[1] at Tirumalai. Let this meritorious gift be
victorious!

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.77 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 107–108, item 77.

[1] See the first paragraph of the translation of No. 75.