SII 4.377: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “No. 377. (A.R. No. 54 of 1890). ON A NICHE IN THE VARAHASVAMIN ROCK-CUT TEMPLE AT MAHABALIPURAM, CHINGLEPUT TALUK AND DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0377.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] IraṭṭapāṭiEḻaraiyilakkamu(ṅ) koṇṭu perāṟṟaṅkaraik koppat(tā)(ha)(vama)-
⟨2⟩ llaṉai yañcuvittavaṉāṉaiyuṅ kutiraiyuṅ kaikkoṇṭu vijaiya Abhiṣekañ ceytu vīrasi(ṁhāsa)(na)-
⟨3⟩ ttu vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya kopparakeśarivanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīrājentrade(varkku yāṇ)-
⟨4⟩ ṭu Oṉpatāvatu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu Āmūrk(koṭṭat)-
⟨5⟩ tu Āmūrnāṭṭu nakaramāmallapuramāṉa jaṉanātapurattu nakarattomu(m) [*****]
⟨6⟩ maiyomum Eḻuttu Eṅkaḷūr śrīparameśvaramahāvarāhaviṣṇugṛhattāḻva [*****]
⟨7⟩ na Iṟaiyiliyāka muṉpuṭaiya nilamuṭpaṭak kuṭutta nilattukkuk kiḻpāṟkellai cī [*****]
⟨8⟩ meṟku teṉpāṟkellai Ūrakamuṭaiya mahāviṣṇukkaḷ nilamāna vayaluḻāṉ (kaṇṇā) [*****]
⟨9⟩ melpāṟkellai kaḻikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai māmallaipperumāṉkoyilukkuṅ [*****]
⟨10⟩ (ṇ)ṇīrk kiṇaṟṟukku teṟkum Āka Iṉnāṟperellaikkum naṭuvupaṭṭa nīrnilamum [*****]
⟨11⟩ ṭu Uṭumpoṭi Āmai ta(va)ḻn⟨ta⟩ te⟨v⟩vakaipaṭṭa nilamum Iṟaiyiḻicci Iṉnilam Itteva(ṟ)ku [*****]
⟨12⟩ (ḷa) māmpula muḷḷi(ṭ)ṭa kaṇṇāṟu taṭi nālum śrīpalipaṭṭiyākavum nikki niṉṟa nirnilattu [*****]
⟨13⟩ ṉṟukkut tiruvamutu Arici nā(nā)ḻiy¿a?ka san=ti yiraṇṭuk karici kuṟuṇikku Aiñciraṇṭāka nellu [*****]
⟨14⟩ murtu Iraṇṭum neyyamutu Iruceviṭaraiyum tayiramutu Uriyum Aṭaikkāyamutu [*****]
⟨15⟩ nellu nānāḻiyāka san=ti Iraṇṭukku nelluk kuṟuṇiyum Āka san=ti Iraṇṭukku ne(l) [*****]
⟨16⟩ vatākavum Innilam Uḻu(ṅ) kuṭikaḷaiyum Ittevar maṭaiviḷākat tiruppāraiyum Ep[.]e [*****]
⟨17⟩ vum Ipparicu Icain=tu tevatāna Iṟaiyiliyākak kuṭuttom māma⟨l⟩lapuramāṉa jananātapura [*****]
⟨18⟩ Iva⟨r⟩kaḷ colla Eḻutineṉ Ivvūrk karaṇattāṉ tiruveḻicciluṭaiyāṉ toṇṭa [*****]
⟨19⟩ vai Oḷinākaṉ mātaiyāṉa Aḻakiyacoḻa Āmurnāṭṭu muventaveḷāṉ Eḻut [*****]
⟨20⟩ ttu Ivai Oḷinākaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai kaḷattuḻāṉ cūṟṟi Araici(n)eḻuttu I [*****]
⟨21⟩ vai Iṇṭipuṟavaṉ ca(ṅ)kanākaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai māppūti nārāyaṇaṉ mātakkali Eḻuttu (I)vai [*****]
⟨22⟩ Uttaraṅkiḻavaṉ mukalinākaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai vaṇṭāḻañceriyuṭaiyāṉ Araiyaṉ picca{ṉ} (ne)ḻut(tu) [*****]
⟨23⟩ k kumariyiṭaic ceytār ceyta pāvaṅ koḷvāṉ [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] IraṭṭapāṭiEḻaraiyilakkamu(ṅ) koṇṭu perāṟṟaṅkaraik koppat(tā)(ha)(vama)⟨2⟩llaṉai yañcuvittavaṉāṉaiyuṅ kutiraiyuṅ kaikkoṇṭu vijaiya Abhiṣekañ ceytu vīrasi(ṁhāsa)(na)⟨3⟩ttu vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya kopparakeśarivanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīrājentrade(varkku yāṇ)⟨4⟩ṭu Oṉpatāvatu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu Āmūrk(koṭṭat)⟨5⟩tu Āmūrnāṭṭu nakaramāmallapuramāṉa jaṉanātapurattu nakarattomu(m) [5+] ⟨6⟩ maiyomum Eḻuttu Eṅkaḷūr śrīparameśvaramahāvarāhaviṣṇugṛhattāḻva [5+] ⟨7⟩ na Iṟaiyiliyāka muṉpuṭaiya nilamuṭpaṭak kuṭutta nilattukkuk kiḻpāṟkellai cī [5+] ⟨8⟩ meṟku teṉpāṟkellai Ūrakamuṭaiya mahāviṣṇukkaḷ nilamāna vayaluḻāṉ (kaṇṇā) [5+] ⟨9⟩ melpāṟkellai kaḻikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai māmallaipperumāṉkoyilukkuṅ [5+] ⟨10⟩ (ṇ)ṇīrk kiṇaṟṟukku teṟkum Āka Iṉnāṟperellaikkum naṭuvupaṭṭa nīrnilamum [5+] ⟨11⟩ ṭu Uṭumpoṭi Āmai ta(va)ḻn⟨ta⟩ te⟨v⟩vakaipaṭṭa nilamum Iṟaiyiḻicci Iṉnilam Itteva(ṟ)ku [5+] ⟨12⟩ (ḷa) māmpula muḷḷi(ṭ)ṭa kaṇṇāṟu taṭi nālum śrīpalipaṭṭiyākavum nikki niṉṟa nirnilattu [5+] ⟨13⟩ ṉṟukkut tiruvamutu Arici nā(nā)ḻiy⟨ā⟩ka san=ti yiraṇṭuk karici kuṟuṇikku Aiñciraṇṭāka nellu [5+] ⟨14⟩ murtu Iraṇṭum neyyamutu Iruceviṭaraiyum tayiramutu Uriyum Aṭaikkāyamutu [5+] ⟨15⟩ nellu nānāḻiyāka san=ti Iraṇṭukku nelluk kuṟuṇiyum Āka san=ti Iraṇṭukku ne(l) [5+] ⟨16⟩ vatākavum Innilam Uḻu(ṅ) kuṭikaḷaiyum Ittevar maṭaiviḷākat tiruppāraiyum Ep[.]e [5+] ⟨17⟩ vum Ipparicu Icain=tu tevatāna Iṟaiyiliyākak kuṭuttom māma⟨l⟩lapuramāṉa jananātapura [5+] ⟨18⟩ Iva⟨r⟩kaḷ colla Eḻutineṉ Ivvūrk karaṇattāṉ tiruveḻicciluṭaiyāṉ toṇṭa [5+] ⟨19⟩ vai Oḷinākaṉ mātaiyāṉa Aḻakiyacoḻa Āmurnāṭṭu muventaveḷāṉ Eḻut [5+] ⟨20⟩ ttu Ivai Oḷinākaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai kaḷattuḻāṉ cūṟṟi Araici(n)eḻuttu I [5+] ⟨21⟩ vai Iṇṭipuṟavaṉ ca(ṅ)kanākaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai māppūti nārāyaṇaṉ mātakkali Eḻuttu (I)vai [5+] ⟨22⟩ Uttaraṅkiḻavaṉ mukalinākaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai vaṇṭāḻañceriyuṭaiyāṉ Araiyaṉ picca{ṉ} (ne)ḻut(tu) [5+] ⟨23⟩ k kumariyiṭaic ceytār ceyta pāvaṅ koḷvāṉ [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] IraṭṭapāṭiEḻaraiyilakkamu(ṅ) koṇṭu perāṟṟaṅkaraik koppat(tā)(ha)(vama)⟨2⟩llaṉai yañcuvittavaṉāṉaiyuṅ kutiraiyuṅ kaikkoṇṭu vijaiya Abhiṣekañ ceytu vīrasi(ṁhāsa)(na)⟨3⟩ttu vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya kopparakeśarivanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīrājentrade(varkku yāṇ)⟨4⟩ṭu Oṉpatāvatu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu Āmūrk(koṭṭat)⟨5⟩tu Āmūrnāṭṭu nakaramāmallapuramāṉa jaṉanātapurattu nakarattomu(m) [5+] ⟨6⟩ maiyomum Eḻuttu Eṅkaḷūr śrīparameśvaramahāvarāhaviṣṇugṛhattāḻva [5+] ⟨7⟩ na Iṟaiyiliyāka muṉpuṭaiya nilamuṭpaṭak kuṭutta nilattukkuk kiḻpāṟkellai cī [5+] ⟨8⟩ meṟku teṉpāṟkellai Ūrakamuṭaiya mahāviṣṇukkaḷ nilamāna vayaluḻāṉ (kaṇṇā) [5+] ⟨9⟩ melpāṟkellai kaḻikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai māmallaipperumāṉkoyilukkuṅ [5+] ⟨10⟩ (ṇ)ṇīrk kiṇaṟṟukku teṟkum Āka Iṉnāṟperellaikkum naṭuvupaṭṭa nīrnilamum [5+] ⟨11⟩ ṭu Uṭumpoṭi Āmai ta(va)ḻn⟨ta⟩ te⟨v⟩vakaipaṭṭa nilamum Iṟaiyiḻicci Iṉnilam Itteva(ṟ)ku [5+] ⟨12⟩ (ḷa) māmpula muḷḷi(ṭ)ṭa kaṇṇāṟu taṭi nālum śrīpalipaṭṭiyākavum nikki niṉṟa nirnilattu [5+] ⟨13⟩ ṉṟukkut tiruvamutu Arici nā(nā)ḻiy¿a?⟨ā⟩ka san=ti yiraṇṭuk karici kuṟuṇikku Aiñciraṇṭāka nellu [5+] ⟨14⟩ murtu Iraṇṭum neyyamutu Iruceviṭaraiyum tayiramutu Uriyum Aṭaikkāyamutu [5+] ⟨15⟩ nellu nānāḻiyāka san=ti Iraṇṭukku nelluk kuṟuṇiyum Āka san=ti Iraṇṭukku ne(l) [5+] ⟨16⟩ vatākavum Innilam Uḻu(ṅ) kuṭikaḷaiyum Ittevar maṭaiviḷākat tiruppāraiyum Ep[.]e [5+] ⟨17⟩ vum Ipparicu Icain=tu tevatāna Iṟaiyiliyākak kuṭuttom māma⟨l⟩lapuramāṉa jananātapura [5+] ⟨18⟩ Iva⟨r⟩kaḷ colla Eḻutineṉ Ivvūrk karaṇattāṉ tiruveḻicciluṭaiyāṉ toṇṭa [5+] ⟨19⟩ vai Oḷinākaṉ mātaiyāṉa Aḻakiyacoḻa Āmurnāṭṭu muventaveḷāṉ Eḻut [5+] ⟨20⟩ ttu Ivai Oḷinākaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai kaḷattuḻāṉ cūṟṟi Araici(n)eḻuttu I [5+] ⟨21⟩ vai Iṇṭipuṟavaṉ ca(ṅ)kanākaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai māppūti nārāyaṇaṉ mātakkali Eḻuttu (I)vai [5+] ⟨22⟩ Uttaraṅkiḻavaṉ mukalinākaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai vaṇṭāḻañceriyuṭaiyāṉ Araiyaṉ picca{ṉ} (ne)ḻut(tu) [5+] ⟨23⟩ k kumariyiṭaic ceytār ceyta pāvaṅ koḷvāṉ [||]

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Digital edition of SII 4.377 by Krishna Sastri 1923 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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[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. Pages 113–114, item 377.

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