# SII 4.537: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri Emmanuel Francis Alternative title: No. 537. (A.R. No. 90 of 1892). ON THREE NICHES OF THE SOUTH WALL OF THE FIRST PRAKARA OF THE NILIVANESVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUPPANGILI, MUSIRI TALUK, SAME DISTRICT Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0537 Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions) File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0537.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Zone A: First Section⟩ ⟨1⟩ |||⁓ svasti śrī [∥] tiṅkaḷer⟨taru⟩ta(ṉ)ṟoṅkal veṇkuṭai⟨2⟩niḻaṟkiḻ nilamakaḷ nilava malarmakaṭ puṇa(r)⟨3⟩ntu ceṅko locci karuṅkali kaṭintu ma⟨4⟩ṉṉupallūḻi(yu)ḷ teṉṉavar mūvaruḷ māṉā⟨5⟩paraṇan poṉmuṭiyāṉāp parumatiṭ pacu(n)ta⟨6⟩lai porukaḷattarintu vīrakeraḷaṉai Āṉaik(ki)ṭuvitta⟨7⟩cai(vi)l cuntarapāṇṭiyaṉaitticai(k)eṭat tollaiyil ⟨8⟩ mullaiyūrt turatti Olkalil veṇāṭṭaracai ceṇāṭṭotu⟨9⟩kki mevupukaḻirāmakuṭam muvar keṭa mu(ṉi)⟨n⟩tu velaikeḻu kā⟨10⟩n [7+] kevutaṉ ṟā⟨11⟩ṅka(rumpa)ṭaiyuḷ Āṅkavaṉ ceṉaiyil kaṇṭappayaṉuṅ kaṅkāti(ra)⟨12⟩ṉu(m va)ṇṭamar kaḷiṟṟoṭu maṭiyat tiṇṭiṟal virutarvikkiyum (vi)⟨13⟩(j)ai(y)ātittaṉum kaṭumuraḷ cāṅkamayaṉum mutaliṉar samara⟨14⟩pi(ru) v(o)ttuṭai(ta)ra nimircuṭa(ṟp poṉno)(ka)ripuraviyoṭum pi⟨15⟩ṭittu taṉṉāṭaiyil jayaṅkoṇṭu Oṉṉār koḷḷip(pā)⟨16⟩k(k)ai Oḷḷerimaṭuttu villa(va)r miṉavar veñciṉa(c caḷu)⟨17⟩kki(yar) villavar mutaleṉa vaṇaṅka viṟṟirunta jayaṅkoṇ(ṭa)⟨18⟩c(o)ḻaṉ Uyarnta perumpukaḻk kovirājakecaripanmarāṉa U(ṭai)⟨19⟩(yār śrī)rājādhirājatevarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 7vatu nā(ḷ) (2 100 4 10)⟨20⟩1 ṉāl rājāśrayavaḷanāṭṭu vaṭavaḻināṭṭu ta(ni)yūr (ti)ruve⟨21⟩ḷḷaṟai mulaparuṭaiyom kumpanāyaṟ(ṟu A)parapakṣattu ⟨22⟩ navamiyum putaṉkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa mu(lat)ti ṉāḷ Ivūr ma⟨23⟩ṇiyampalatte kūṭṭakkuṟaivaṟa kūṭiI(runtu) Uṭaiyār ⟨24⟩ śrīrājādhirājadevar peruntanam Utta(ma) c(o)ḻanallūr U⟨25⟩ṭaiyāṉ veṇkāṭaṉ caṅkaraṉāṉa taṇṭanāya(kaṉ) rājādhirāja⟨26⟩pallavaraiyaṉ Eṅkaḷur periya śrīkoyi(l ce)ntāmaraikkaṇ⟨27⟩(ṇa) [4+] prāhmaṇar mūṉṟukūṟu [3+] cokikaḷ Orukū⟨28⟩[8+] cālāpoka ⟨28a⟩ [6+] tu U(ṭaiyā)⟨29⟩r śrīrājādhirājadevar Eṅkaḷuk=ku tiruvabhiṣeka dekṣaṇai(yā)⟨30⟩ka IṟaiIli tan=taruḷiṉa Iṉṉāṭṭuk kalārkkūṟṟattuk kaḷvaṉma⟨31⟩ṅkalattu Ūrnatta⟨t⟩til teṟkkaṭaiya t(o)ṭṭaviḷākam Eṉṟu pe⟨32⟩rkūvappaṭum taṭiiraṇṭāy nīrnilam (E)ḻumāvum Itaṉkiḻai (va)ra(tā)⟨33⟩ṉi Enṟu perkūvappaṭum nilam Āṟumāvum Itaṉkiḻai n(ā)⟨ṟ⟩ṟukkāl taṭi ⟨34⟩ muṉṟāy nilaṉ nāṉkumāvum Itaṉteṟkkil (cū)ṟṟiyateva(ma)⟨35⟩(ca)k(ka)l nilaṉ Araiyum Itaṉ kiḻ(aini)laṉ nā⟨ṉ⟩kumāvum Itaṉ ⟨36⟩ (ki)ḻai Ampalattāṭimacakkal nilaṉ Aṟumāvum Itaṉ teṟkkil [2+] ⟨Zone B: Second Section⟩ ⟨37⟩ (paḷattu) taṭi Iraṇṭāy nilaṉ mummāvaraiyu⟨38⟩m Itaṉmelaic caṟppatevi macakkal nila(ṉ) ⟨39⟩ Eḻumāvum Itaṉ teṟkkil māṉacūramacakka⟨40⟩l nilaṉ Araiyum Itaṉmelaic cuḷakumukki ⟨41⟩ (ni)la(ṉ) mūṉṟumāvum Itaṉ melai Oṭṭe(ṇi) E⟨42⟩yar nilaṉ Eḻumāvum (I)taṉ melai tiruvāyppāṭi macakka⟨43⟩l nilaṉ Araiyum Itaṉmelai talaimaṭai nilaṉ Arai⟨44⟩kkālum tiruvāppāṭimacakkaliṉ kīḻait taṇṭaikāl nila⟨45⟩ṉ nāṉkumāvum Itaṉ kīḻaip puṟṟañcey nilaṉ mūṉ(ṟu)⟨46⟩māvum Itaṉ teṟkil nilaṉ nā [4+] (Āvum) Itaṉ kīḻai (taṭi)nā(liṉāl) ⟨47⟩ nilaṉ mūṉṟumāvum Itaṉ kī [5+] vāḷmacakkal nilaṉ Arai(yu)⟨48⟩m Itaṉ kīḻaip paṟaimuṭṭi E(ṉṟu) peruṭaiya nilaṉ veliyum ⟨49⟩ kalārnilattukkuk kiḻakkum kaṭa(mpaṅ)kālukku meṟkku (na)ṭuvupaṭ(ṭa) ⟨50⟩ nilaṉ Iraṇṭaraiyum Aṉpil ni(la)ttoṭum Ā [2+] ṭār koyi(l) ⟨51⟩ viḷākaṉ nilaṉ mukkāle A(raikkā)lum [10+] ⟨52⟩ l vaṭakkaṭain=ta Elikkāṇi ni [10+] ⟨53⟩ niṭṭaikāl nilaṉ Āṟumā [5+] ⟨54⟩ patiṟṟuveli mikutikkuṟai [9+] ⟨55⟩ [2+] kkuṅ kiḻakkum Uḷḷa puṉc(ai) toṭṭaṅkaḷil teṟkka(ṭaiya) ⟨56⟩ nilaṉ Iruveliyum Ūrnattattil (m)eṟkkaṭaiyac ce(m)pā(tiyu)⟨57⟩m viṟṟukkuṭuttu perun=tara{na}m Uttamacoḻanallūruṭaiyā(ṉ) v(e)⟨58⟩ṇkāṭa{ṉ}ṉ caṅkaranāṉa taṇṭanāyakam rājādhirājappallavarai⟨59⟩yaṉniṭaik koṇ(ṭa vi)laipporuḷ Aṉṟāṭu naṟkācu 100 6 10 (Ik)k(ā)⟨60⟩cu nūṟṟaṟupatuṅ koṇṭu Ikkaḷva(ṉ)maṅkalattil teṉnū(r ti)⟨61⟩ṭṭaviḷākan nilaṉ E(ḻu)māvum Itaṉkiḻai varatāni ṉilan Āṟumā⟨62⟩vum Itaṉ kīḻai nāṟṟu(k)kāl taṭi mūṉṟāy nilaṉ nāṉkumā(vum) I⟨63⟩taṉ teṉ(p)āy cūṟṟiyateva macakkal nilaṉ Araiyum Itaṉ kī(ḻai)nila⟨64⟩ṉ nāṉkumāvum I(ta)ṉ kīḻai Ampalattāṭi macakkal nilaṉ (Aṟumā)⟨65⟩vum Itaṉteṟkil paḷḷattil taṭi Iraṇṭāl nilaṉ mum [3+] ⟨66⟩ raiyum Itaṉmelaic caṟppatevimacakka(l) nilaṉ Eḻumāvum Itaṉ ⟨67⟩ teṟkkiṉ mānacūramacakkal nilaṉ Araiyum Itaṉ melai kaḷakumukki nilaṉ ⟨68⟩ mūṉṟumāvum Itaṉmelai Oṭṭainilaṉ (E)ḻumāvum Itaṉmelai tiru(vā)⟨69⟩ppāṭimacakkal nilaṉ Araiyum Itaṉme(lai) talaimaṭai nilaṉ Araik⟨70⟩(k)ālum tiruvāppāṭimacakkaliṉ kīḻait ta(ṇ)ṭaikkāl nilaṉ nāṉkumā(vu)⟨71⟩(m) Itaṉ (kī)ḻai nilaṉ mūṉṟumāvum Itaṉ teṟkil nilaṉ nāṉkumāvu⟨72⟩m Itaṉ(kī)ḻai taṭi nālāl nilaṉ mūṉṟumāvum Itaṉkīḻai tirucuḷaṉ(ma)⟨73⟩cakkal nilaṉ Araiyum Itaṉkīḻai Iṟai muṭṭi nilaṉ veliyum ⟨Zone C: Third Section⟩ ⟨74⟩ kalār nila(ttu)kkuk kiḻakku kaṭam [4+] ⟨75⟩ me(ṟ)kku naṭuvupaṭṭa nilaṉ Iraṇṭa [4+] ⟨76⟩ (ko)vin=taviḷākam nilaṉ mukkāle [4+] ⟨77⟩ kālum E(li)kkāṇi nilaṉ Araikk(ā) [4+] ⟨78⟩ [3+] kāl (ni)laṉ Āṟumāvum Āka [5+] ⟨79⟩ [3+] veli mikutikkuṟaivuḷḷaṭaṅkavum Ūrnat(ta)⟨80⟩tti(l) kiḻakkinālum teṟkin¿a?⟨ā⟩lum Uḷḷa puṉcey ⟨81⟩ to(ṭ)ṭaṅkaḷil teṟkaṭaiya nilaṉ (I)ruveliyum ⟨82⟩ [6+] meṟkaṭaiya cempātiyum Inta nilatti⟨83⟩[11+] melnokkiya maramum kīḻ[.]e⟨84⟩[9+] periya śrīkoyil cen=t¿a?⟨ā⟩maraika⟨ṇ⟩(ṇa)r maṭa⟨85⟩[5+] hmaṇar mūṉṟukūṟum civacokikaḷ Oru(kū)ṟum (U)⟨86⟩[6+] n=taram Uttamacoḻanallūr Uṭaiyāṉ v(e)⟨87⟩[7+] caṅkaranāṉa taṇṭanāyakaṉ rājādhirājappal⟨88⟩[5+] po(ka)māka Iṟaiyili viṟṟukkuṭuttom I⟨89⟩[6+] nūṟ(ṟa)ṟupatum Āvaṇakkaḷiyiley kai(y)⟨90⟩[8+] teṭṭa [3+] ⟨91⟩ vey poru⟨ḷ⟩ māvaṟuti [5+] ⟨92⟩ cilavolai kāṭṭak kaṭavarallātārāka [4+] ⟨93⟩ kāverikkulaiyum Iṉnilavopāti yi(ṟup)patāka [3+] ⟨94⟩ rāyamum veṭṭi muṭṭaiyāḷum cila [3+] co [2+] ⟨95⟩ vāruṅkoḷvārum tiruvāṇai maṟutta [3+] tākavum [2+] ⟨96⟩ poruḷaṟakkoṇṭu viṟṟu vilaiyāva(ṇañ) ceytu [2+] ⟨97⟩ koyil centāmaraikkaṇṇar kanmika(ḷ) [2+] tiruve [3+] ⟨98⟩ ttu toṭṭuvāy viṉāppokka Eḻuti(ṉeṉ) Ivūr [3+] ⟨99⟩ vai Eṉ Eḻuttu ∥⁓ Ivai Ivūr maddhya(stha) [3+] ttiya [3+] ⟨100⟩ Ippaṭi Aṟi⟨v⟩eṉ I(vū)⟨r⟩k karaṇatt¿a?⟨ā⟩ṉ ve(ṉ) [4+] ⟨101⟩ n Aṟi(va)ṉ ∥⁓ Ippaṭi Avicāti A(nṉā)tti [2+] tāmotaran A(ri) [3+] ⟨102⟩ pa(va)rā(ya)jena gauṇḍinyakula janāvi(yi) [2+] nārāyaṇaṉ jā [4+] ⟨103⟩ viṇiyan nārāyaṇaṅ kecuvaṉ Aṟivaṉ ∥⁓ [3+] kā(ri)nārāyaṇan [3+] ⟨104⟩ rāyaṇan cen=tāmaraikka⟨ṇ⟩ṇan Aṟivaṉ ∥⁓ kaccu(va)ṉ kecuvaṉ (nārā) [2+] ⟨105⟩ pāratāyan paṟpnāpaṉ tivākaraṉ Aṟivaṉ [9+] ⟨106⟩ coma(n) jātavetan Aṟivaṉ ∥⁓ kāccuvaṉ [3+] vaIruṣike [3+] ⟨107⟩ [3+] vāsutevan tiruvaraṅka nārāya(ṇan) Aṟivaṉ ∥⁓ ## Bibliography Digital edition of SII 4.537 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 175–176, item 537.