# SII 4.140: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 140. (A.R. No. 42 of 1888). RIGHT OF ENTRANCE
INTO THE GRABHAGRIHA OF THE SUKAVANESVARA TEMPLE AT SALEM

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0140

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0140.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ Iyāṇṭu Aiñ⟨3⟩cāvatu vāṭaṉ [1+] te⟨4⟩[4+]
yiraṉuk(ku)⟨5⟩tteviyār (muriA)⟨6⟩mutaṉār kiḷivaṇ⟨7⟩ṇatevarkku
no⟨8⟩⌉ntāviḷakko⟨9⟩ṉṟukku vait⟨10⟩ta poṉṉai⟨11⟩ṅkaḻañcu tevi⟨12⟩yār muri
A(mu)tiṉā⟨13⟩r tamakku vaitta vi⟨14⟩ḷakkoṉṟu Ēkavi⟨15⟩raṉ
ko(la)kkappāvai⟨16⟩kku vaitta viḷak⟨17⟩koṉṟu paṉmāye⟨18⟩śvarar· rakṣai
[∥]

## Commentary

The remark “beginning lost” made in the Annual Report against this
number [[A.R. No. 42 of 1888]], is with reference to the first eighteen
lines on this stone which form the latter part of another record incised
in the same characters registering a gift by queen Lōkamahādēviyār which
was above it and has now been lost.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.140 by Krishna Sastri 1923 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume
IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government
Press. Page 14, item 140.