# SII 1.141: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART III. NOTES AND FRAGMENTS. No. 141. INSIDE THE
GOPURA AT TIRUMALAI NEAR POLŪR, ON THE BASE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0141

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0141.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 23:45 (242ff60), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08
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## Summary

The inscription is a fragment, dated in some year of Rājarāja-deva.[1]
In the second line the word Śoṛa-koṉ, “the Choḷa king,” occurs.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti (śrī)rājarājadevarkku yā(ṇṭu) [5+] ⟨2⟩ ccekarama [1+] kaṇṇaṉ
coḻakoṉ vait [5+]

## Commentary

There is a fragment of another archaic inscription in two lines on the
base to the right of the gopura.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.141 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 138, item 141.

[1] See the introduction of the Poygai inscriptions, p. 86, above.