# SII 4.377: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0377

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0377.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨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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## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.377 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. Pages 113–114, item 377.