# SII 4.445: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 445. (A.R. No. 44 of 1891). ON THE SOUTH WALL OF
THE FIRST PRAKARA OF THE APATSAHAYESVARA TEMPLE AT ALANGUDI NEAR
NIDAMANGALAM, PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0445

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0445.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ∥⁓ pu(ka)ḻ cūḻnta puṇari Akaḻ cūḻnta puviyil (poṉṉe)⟨2⟩mi
Aḷavun taṉ(n)emi (na)ṭappa viḷaṅku jayamakaḷai (Iḷaṅ)ko(ppa)ruvattuc
cak⟨3⟩karakoṭṭattu vikkiramattoḻilāl putumaṇam puṇarn=tu matuvaraiyīṭṭam
vayirā⟨4⟩karattu vāri Ayirmuṉaik koṉtaḷavaraicar taṉ taḷamiriya vāḷuṟai
kaḻittu(t) t(o)ḷ(vali) kā(ṭ)⟨5⟩ṭi p¿e?⟨o⟩ṟpari ṉaṭātti kirttiyai ṉiṟutti
vaṭaticai vākai cūṭi teṉ ticai temarukama⟨6⟩la(p) pū(ma)kaḷ potumai(yu)m
(p)oṉṉi yāṭaiyum ṉaṉṉilappāvaiyum taṉimaiyum ⟨7⟩ tavira(p) puṉitaṟ
tirumaṇi makuṭam Urimaiyiṟcūṭi(ta)ṉṉaṭi yiraṇṭum taṭamuṭiĀkat
tonnilave⟨8⟩ntar (cūṭa) munnai manuvāṟu peruka kaliyāṟu (va)ṟuppac
ceṅkol ticaitoṟum cella veṇkuṭai (yi)runila⟨9⟩viḷākam Eṅkaṇun tantu
tirunila veṇṇilāt tikaḻa Orutani meruvil puli viḷaiyāṭa vārkaṭaṟ
ṟivān=tarattup pūpā⟨10⟩lar tiṟai vi(ṭu)tta kalañcori kaḷuṟu muṟai niṟpa
vilaṅkiya teṉṉa(va)n karun=talai paru⟨n⟩ talaittiṭat taṉ
poṉṉakarppuṟatti⟨11⟩ṭaik kiṭappa Iṉṉāḷ piṟkulapiṟaipol niṟ(pi)ḻai Eṉṉuñ
colletirkoṭiṟṟallatu tankai villetir ko⟨12⟩ṭā veḻkulattaraiyāḷt tiypaṭṭa
kaḷuṟṟin tīṭṭamum paṭṭa veṅkariyum viṭṭa taṉ mānamuṅ kūṟiṉa vīramu⟨13⟩ṅ
kiṭappa E(ṟi)ṉa malaikaḷu mutuku neḷip(pa) (Iḻin=ta natikaḷuñ cuḻaṉ)
ṟuṭaintoṭa viḻun=takaṭalkaḷun=talaivi⟨14⟩rit talamara
kuṭa(ticai)ttaṉ(ṉā)ḷukan=tu tātun=tātaiyum pan(nāḷi)ṭṭa(p pala)pala
mutukum payattetir māṟiya cayapperu (n=ti) ⟨15⟩ ruvum paḻi Ika(ḻn=tu ku)
ṭutta puka(ḻu)ñce(l)viyum vāḷār(o)ṇ(kaṇ) maṭa(n=t)¿(a)?⟨ai⟩(ya rīṭ)ṭamum
miḷātu kuṭutta veṅkari niraiyum kaṅkama(ṇ)⟨16⟩ṭalamu{m}(ñ) ciṅkaṇameṉṉum
pāṇiyiraṇṭum Oru vicai(k) k(ai)k(ko)ṇ ṭīṇṭiya pukaḻoṭu pāṇṭimaṇṭalaṅ
koḷa(ḷat) ⟨17⟩ tiruvuḷḷattaṭaittu veḷḷala(r) pa(ri)tturaṅkamum poruparit
turaṅkamumpolat tan=tira vāriyu muṭaittāy van=tu [4+] ⟨18⟩ l teṉkaṭal
paṭarvatupolat taṉpe(ruñ) cenaiyaiy Evip pañcavaraivarum poruta poṟkaḷat
(ta)ñci veruneḷittoṭi (Ara)⟨19⟩ṇenap pukka kāṭaṟuttu ṉāṭṭaṭippaṭuttu
maṟṟavartammai vaṉacarar tiriyum poccai veñcura meṟṟi
koṟṟa⟨20⟩(vi)jayastaMbham ticaitoṟum ṉiṟutti muttiṉ calāpamu(m)
muttamiḻp potiyalum (ma)tta veṅkaripaṭumaiy(ya)c⟨21⟩cayyamum kaṉṉiyuṅ
kaikkoṇṭaruḷi tennāṭṭellai kāṭṭi kaṭalmalaināṭṭuḷḷa cāveṟelā n=tani
vicumpeṟa māv(e)⟨22⟩ṟiya tan marutaniṟ talaivaraik kuṟukalar kulaiyak
koṭṭāṟuṭppaṭa neṟitoṟun=nilaikaḷiṭṭaruḷi(t) tiṟalkoḷ
vīrasiṁhāsana(n=ti)⟨23⟩riya viṭṭaruḷi vaṭaticai veṅkaimaṇṭalaṅ kaṭan=tu
tāṅka(la)r kaliṅkamuṅ kanaleri parappa vilaṅkalpol vilaṅkiya ven=tar
(viṭ)⟨24⟩ṭa veṅkaḷuṟoṭu paṭṭu (mu)ṉ pura(ḷa) poru kopattoṭu pormuka
matirvaru komaṭaiyan mātavanetirpaṭa Eṅka(rā)yaṉ Ikalavarecca(ṇa)n
mā⟨25⟩(ppi)ṟaḷā (ma)takari Irācaṇan taṇṭupati Ākiya talaicceṉāpati
maṇṭali⟨ka⟩ tāmaya neṇpartticaimukaṉ pottayaṉ kettaṇan ceruccenāpati
(Eṉ)⟨26⟩ṟiva ranaivarum veṟṟaveḻattoṭu paṭṭu maṟṟavar karun=talaiyoṭu
veṇṇiṇaṅ kaḻukoṭu parun=talai Eṅkaṇum parappa Uya⟨27⟩(rt)tu karuṅkaṭa
laṭaiya(t) tarātara(m) tiran=tu kaliṅkameḻuṅkaiykkoṇṭu Alaṅkalāramum
tiruppuyat talaṅkalumpola ⟨28⟩ (vī)ramu n=tiyākamum viḷaṅkap pār toḻac
civaniṭat tumaiyenat tiyākavalli Ulakuṭaiyā ḷiruppa Avaḷu(ṭa)ṉ kaṅkai
(vī)⟨29⟩ṟṟiru(n=t)ena maṅk¿a?⟨ai⟩yar tilatam Eḻicaivallabhi
Eḻulakamuṭaiyāḷ vāḻi kaimalar n=tinitiruppa Ūḻiyu n=tirumālākattup
(pi)riyāte(ṉ)⟨30⟩ṟum tirumaka ḷirun=taina vīrasiṁhāsana(t)tu
vīṟṟirun=taruḷina kovirājakesa(ri)patmarāna tribhuvanaccakravatti
śrīkulot⟨31⟩(tuṅka)c(oḻa)devaṟku yāṇṭu 4 10 5 (Ā)vatu tulānāyaṟṟu
pūrvapakṣattu viyāḻakkiḻamaiyum saptamiyum peṟṟa ⟨32⟩ Uttir¿a?⟨ā⟩(ṭatti)
nāḷ cuttamalivaḷanāṭṭu muṭiccoṇā(ṭ)ṭu brahmadeyam
śrījananāthaścaturvedimaṅkalattup peruṅ(kuṟi) ⟨33⟩ (sabhai)(yom nam)murt
tiruvirumpū(ḷai)uṭai(ya) mahādevar koyi(li)le dharmmi ceytu
peṟuṅkuṟikkūṭṭam kuṟaivaṟakkūṭi ⟨34⟩ [5+] (pa)ṇṇina vyavasthaiyāvatu
Arumoḻitevavaḷanāṭṭuc ceṟṟūr kūṟṟattu Okaiyil OkaiUṭaiyār caṅ⟨35⟩[5+]
ṉtārāṉa kāṭuveṭṭikaḷkku ṉāṅkaḷ śāśvatikamāka candrādi{t}tyavaṟ
nilainiṟkak kaṭavitāka ṉāṅkaḷ Iṟai(yili)⟨36⟩[3+] tukuṭutta paricāvatu
Ivvāṇṭu Ivarpakkal koṇṭa nellu Aiyyāyirattu Irunūṟṟunāṟpatiṉkalattiṉāl
va(n)ta [2+] ⟨37⟩ [3+] paṭi kācu Oṉṟukku ne(llu) patiṉmukkalamāka vanta
kācu nānūṟṟu muṉṟe Oru māvaraiyum Eṅkaḷ Ūril naṭuviṟkoyilil ⟨38⟩ [3+]
muṉpu Ukan=taruḷāmaiyil tirukkolam Eḻuntaruḷuvikka koṇṭa kācu
muppat(te)ḻum Ākakkācu nānūṟṟu nāṟpate⟨39⟩[3+] māvaraiyuṅ koṇṭu
Ikkācukku dharmmavṛttikku celavāka Ūrile Āyirattunāṟpati⟨ṉ⟩maṉcālai Eṉṟu
Ivarkku dha(rmma) ⟨40⟩ māka brāhmaṇar Uṇṇaccālai [4+] ⟨41⟩ āka
Iṟaiyiliceytu kuṭutta nilamāva⟨42⟩tu [3+] tiruvaraṅkavatikkuk ki(ḻakku)
⟨43⟩ (cu)nta⟨ra⟩coḻavāykkālukku vaṭak(ku) [2+] ⟨44⟩ ṅkaṇṇā⟨ṟ⟩ṟu mu(nṟāñ)
catirattu [.]e [3+] ⟨45⟩ (ni)laṅ kā(li)l kiḻkkaṭaiya nilam [3+] ⟨46⟩
[1+] mā Araikkāṇi munti⟨ri⟩kaiyuṅ kuḻi Iraṇṭāyi(ra)⟨47⟩m Iṅkekiḻai
Arai(yi)l kiḻkkaṭaiya nilam ⟨48⟩ kāle Araikkāṇi muntirikaiyuṅ kuḻi
muṉ⟨49⟩ṟaṟaiyum kon=takkamātevivatikkuk kiḻakku
cu⟨50⟩n=taracoḻavākkālukkut teṟku Āṟāṅkaṇṇā⟨51⟩ṟṟu nālāñcatirattu
meṟkaṭaiyan nilam Ira⟨52⟩ṇṭumā nikki Itaṉ kiḻakku nilam kālum
tirucciṟṟa⟨53⟩m⟨pa⟩lavatikkuk kiḻakku cun=taracoḻavāykkāluk⟨54⟩kut teṟku
Eṭṭāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutal catirattu m⟨55⟩maṟkaṭaiya nilam nālumāk kāṇi ni(kki)
Ita⟨56⟩ṉkiḻakku nilam kālum Itaṉkiḻakku nila(m) mu(m)⟨57⟩māvaraiyum
Aṟiñciyaṉvāykkālukkut t(e)ṟku ⟨58⟩ mutaṟkaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirattu
meṟkkaṭaiya nilamnā⟨59⟩lum Itaṉ kiḻakku nilaṅ kālil nilam nā⟨60⟩lu mā
muntirikai ∥⁓

## Apparatus

⟨21⟩ kaṭalmalai • Other inscriptions have kuṭamalai.

⟨22⟩ kaḷiṭṭaruḷi • Here kaliṅkamaṇṭalam is omitted.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.445 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 135–137, item 445.