# SII 4.540: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 540. (A.R. No. 93 of 1892). ON THE NORTH WALL OF
THE VISALAKSHI-AMMAN SHRINE IN THE SECOND PRAKARA OF THE SAME TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0540

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0540.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] (cī)rmaṉṉi Irunāṉkun ticaiviḷaṅkun
tirumaṭ¿ai?⟨a⟩ntaiyum pormaṉṉu jayamaṭa⟨2⟩ntaiyu(m) pu(vima)ṭantaiyu
maṇam puṇara Aru(maṟai)y neṟivāḻa Aruntamiḻor kiḷaivāḻa po(ru)⟨3⟩[3+]
y(ntu) vāḻap poṉmakuṭaṅ kavittaruḷi veṅkopak karuṅkalippa(k)ai viṭanākam
me(ya)mā(lai)⟨4⟩ceṅkoluṅ koṭippuliyun tikirivaṉam paḷa(ppa)
Eṇṭicaiymukat teṇkarikaḷum E(ṭu)tta taṉikkūṭa⟨5⟩ma(ṉa) Aṇṭakūṭam Aḷantu
muḻumatikkuṭai niṉṟa [5+] ppa pulantikiri patiṉāṉkum puvaṉaṅkaḷum
vaḻipaṭa⟨6⟩(n)etiyilaṅkun tikiri vaṭameruvil Irunta ve(m)puliyeṟeṉ(ṟu)
cempoṉ vīrasiṁhāsanattup ⟨7⟩ puvaṉamuḻutuṭaiyāroṭum vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya
ko(p)parakecaripaṟmarāṉa tribhu⟨va⟩vaṉaccakravat=tikaḷ
śrīrājarāja⟨8⟩tevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 5 vatu kumbhanāyaṟṟu pūrvvapakṣattu
Aṣṭamiyum veḷḷikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Urocaṇi n(ā)⟨9⟩ḷ vaṭakarai
rājarājavaḷanāṭṭup pāccilUṭaiyār tiru(m)eṟtaḷiUṭaiyanāyaṉār koyil
Ātitaṇṭeśvaratevarkaṉmi⟨10⟩kaḷo(m ni)lavilaipramāṇa Icai(vu)tiṭṭu
Iṉṉāṭṭu (vaṭa)vaḻi(ṉāṭ)ṭut tiruppaiññili Uṭaiyanāyaṉār koyil ⟨11⟩
Ātitaṇṭeśvara tevakaṉmikaḷukku viṟṟukkuṭutta naṉcey puṉcey nilamāvatu
Uṭaiyār tirumeṟtaḷi U⟨12⟩ṭaiyaṉāyaṉār tirunāmattukkāṇi veṅkānattam
naṉcey puṉcey nilattukku Ellaiyāvatu kīḻpāṟkellai ⟨13⟩ koṉeri Ellai⟨kku⟩
meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai ceṭṭimaṅkalamum Ulakaḷaṅkakkāṟaṉ Ellaikku vaṭakkum
pāmpaṉū(r) ⟨14⟩ Ellaikku vaṭakkum mīpāṟkellai ciṟṟāmpū rellaikkuk
(ki)ḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai kuḷakkuṭi Ellai⟨kku⟩t teṟ⟨15⟩kum niccayitta
nāṉkellaikkuḷpaṭṭa Ūrnattamum kuḷamum Uḷ(pa)ṭṭa naṉcey puṉcey
pottakappaṭi nilam nāṉū⟨16⟩ṟṟu O(ru)pattaiñce mukkāle mākāṇi Araikkāṇik
kiḻ(Eṭ)ṭumāvum Uṭaiyār ti(ruppai)ññiliyuṭaiyanā⟨17⟩yaṉār koyil
Ātita(ṇṭe)śvara(t)evarka(ṉ)mikaḷukkuk (kuṭikkāṇiyāka viṟ)ṟukkuṭuttuk
koḷvatāṉa Emmilicai(nta) ⟨18⟩ vilaippaṭi Aṉṟāṭu naṟkācu 10 1000 Ikkācu
patiṉāyiramum Āvaṇakkaḷiye kāṭṭeṟṟik kaiccelavaṟakkoṇṭu viṟṟu
vi⟨19⟩laipramāṇa Icaivu tiṭṭuk kuṭutteṉ Uṭaiyār
tiruppaiññiliUṭaiyanāyaṉār koyil Ātitaṇṭeśvaratevar⟨20⟩kaṉmikaḷukku
Uṭaiyār tirumeṟtaḷiUṭaiya nāyaṉārkoyi lātitaṇṭeśvaratevar kaṉmikaḷom
Iṉṉilam nāṉūṟṟu ⟨21⟩ Orupattañce mukkāle mukkāṇi Araikkāṇik kiḻ
Eṭṭumāvukkum Ikkācu patiṉā yiramume vilaiyāvutākavum Ikkā⟨22⟩cu
patiṉāyiramum Attamaṇṭapamum tirumaṇṭapamum jirṇṇittu Irukkaiyāle
taṭṭoṭu Iṭavum tirumalai tirumañca⟨23⟩ṉam paṇṇaveṇṭukaiyil
Ittiruppaṇik(ku) vāṅkikkuṭuttu Iṉṉilam nāṉūṟṟu Orupattañce mukkāle
muk⟨24⟩{kāṇik}kāṇi(k ki)ḻeṭṭumāvukkum Ikkā(cu) vilaiyāvutākavum Ippaṭi
cammatittu viṟṟu (vi)laipramāṇa Icaivutiṭ⟨25⟩ṭuk kuṭuttom Iṉṉilattukku
melṉokkiṉa maramum kiḻṉokkiṉa kiṇaṟum pākamum pākāśrayamum Uḷpa(ṭṭa)
kuṭik⟨26⟩kāṇiyāka viṟṟukkuṭuttom Uṭaiyār tiruppaiññiliUṭaiyaṉāyaṉār
Ātitaṇṭeśvaratevar kaṉmikaḷukku Uṭaiyār ⟨27⟩ tirumeṟtaḷiUṭaiyanāyaṉār
koyil Ātitaṇṭeśvaratevarkaṉmikaḷom Ikkoyil{k}kāṇiUṭaiya
civabrā⟨28⟩hmaṇaṉ (taḻuvak)kuḻaintāṉ śivalokamuṭaiyāṉ
Irā(ca)rā(ca)bhaṭṭa ṉeḻuttu ||| Ikkoyilkāṇiyuṭaiya civabrā⟨29⟩hmaṇaṉ
kavuciya(ṉ) Āvuṭaiyāṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyā ṉeḻuttu |||⁓

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.540 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 179–180, item 540.