# SII 4.229: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 229. (A.R. No. 124 of 1888). ON THE WEST GOPURA
OF THE SAME TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0229

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0229.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ௳ śrīmeṟkittikkumel komāṟapaṉmar
tiru(pu)vaṉaccakka(rava)t=ti(kaḷ) śrīkula⟨2⟩cekaratevaṟku yāṇṭu
Irupatteṭṭāvatu nāḷ Aimpattā(ṟi)ṉāl kāliṅkarāyaṉ O⟨3⟩lai
teṉṉavaṉbrahmārāyarum kulacekarabrahmārāyarum
vikkiramacoḻapbrahmārāyaru⟨4⟩m vikkiramapāṇṭiyabrahmārāyarum
jayatuṅkappallavaraiyarum Eṉātiyarayarum
tillaiyampa⟨5⟩lappallavaraiyarum Uṭaiyār tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyār koyil
śrīmāheśvarakkaṇkā⟨6⟩ṇiceyvārkaḷum śrī{k}k¿a?⟨ā⟩riyañceyvārkaḷum
cāmutāyañceyvārkaḷum koyilnāyakañceyvā⟨7⟩rkaḷum
tirumāḷikaikkūṟuceyvārkaḷum tillaināyakaṉ perumpaṇṭārattārum
tirumaṭaippaḷḷi⟨8⟩ppaṇṭārattārum tirukka(ra)kakkaḷḷiyārum kaṇakkarum
kaṇṭu (vi)ṭutantatāvatu Irācākkaḷta⟨9⟩mpirāntirumāḷikai
melaittirumāḷikaiyil nilaiyeḻukopurattiruvācal puṟavācal teṉpakkat⟨10⟩tu
Eḻuntaruḷi Iruntu pūcai koṇṭaruḷukiṟa kulottuṅkacoḻavi [7+] yār
cirukālaiccan⟨11⟩ti cuntarapāṇṭiyaṉcantikku piṉ(p)āka Aṭai Amutu cey(tu)
[5+] (mutucey)taruḷum Iṭattu U ⟨12⟩ ṭaiyār śrīmulattāṉamuṭaiyā⟨r⟩ koyil
melaikkaṭṭaṇattu [9+] ṟṟivār Āmutu⟨13⟩ceytaruḷum Aṭaikku viṭum
nivantakkaṭṭuppaṭiye micaikku poṉakap paḻavariciyum veñcaṉaṅkaḷum ⟨14⟩
viṭavum veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku (va)ṭaṉka Uyyakkoṇṭārvaḷaṉāṭṭu [3+]
yūrnāṭṭu nelvācceriyuṭai⟨15⟩yāṉ tiruṉaṭṭappe [2+] ḻāṉ
Aṇitillaiyampalavaṉāṉa naraciṅka [3+] perumpaṟṟapuliyūr
mulaparuṣai⟨16⟩yāril vācciyaṉ (ti)ruva(la)ñcuḻiyuṭaiyāṉ
nañcamutuceyitāṉ(perāl) vilaikoṇṭu tiriviṭṭu kā⟨17⟩[4+]
cciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ cokkiyum Ivaṉ tampi civatavaṉa [1+] ṉalācamā tevaṉum
pakkal [10+] ⟨18⟩ [8+] kaṇṇāṟṟu vāykkālukku vaṭakku Iṉṉāṉkellaiyilum Uṭ
[5+] ⟨19⟩ [7+] taṅkakkuk kiḻakkum kaṇ [4+]

## Apparatus

⟨10⟩ kulottuṅkacoḻavi [7+] yār • May be filled up with the syllables
śvaramuṭai.

⟨14⟩ Uyyakkoṇṭārvaḷaṉāṭṭu [3+] yūrnāṭṭu • The damaged letters may be
ppaṉaiy.

## Commentary

⟨19⟩ kaṇ [4+]. The rest of the inscription is lost.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.229 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 38, item 229.