# SII 4.550: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 550. (A.R. No. 102 of 1892). ON THE SOUTH WALL OF
THE FIRST PRAKARA OF THE RATNACHALESVARA TEMPLE AT RATNAGIRI, KULITTALI
TALUK, SAME DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0550

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i0550.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cāṟuvapūmaca⟨k⟩karava⟨t⟩tika(ḷ)
śrīpocaḷaviraco⟨2⟩micu⟨ra⟩tevaṟkku yāṇṭu 2 10 3 Āvatu taṉunāyaṟṟu ⟨3⟩
pūṟuvapa⟨ṭ⟩ca(t)tu navamiyum viyāḻakkiḻamaiyum pe⟨ṟ⟩ṟa Irepati⟨4⟩nā⟨ḷ⟩
Irācakampiravaḷanāṭṭu kuṟunakaināṭṭu Uṭaiyār
tirumā¿ṉa?⟨ṇi⟩kama{va}⟨5⟩lai Uṭaiyanāya{ṉ}ṉārkku civapātace⟨ka⟩rapurattu
UṟaiŪr Uṭaiyāṉ te⟨6⟩vaṉ kāḷiyāṉa mutticuranampiyum Ivaṉtampi
tirumāṇi⟨k⟩katevarum Iru⟨7⟩vom Innāya{ṉ}ṉā⟨r⟩kku n(ā)ṅkaḷ viṭṭa nīrnilam
Āvatu Eṅkaḷ pā⟨ṭ⟩ṭaṉā(r) ⟨8⟩ nakara⟨t⟩tā⟨r⟩pakkal vilaikoṇṭu Uṭaiya
(paṇi) [1+] ḷikuḷa⟨t⟩tu vaya(li)l [2+] ⟨9⟩ Āvitu melpāṟku(E)⟨l⟩lai
nakarattārpa⟨k⟩kal nāṅkaḷ koṇṭa ni(lattu) [2+] ⟨10⟩ vaṭapāṟ⟨ku⟩ (E)llai
māṇi⟨k⟩kanāyakanampi puñceykollaik(ku) [4+] ⟨11⟩ ṟ⟨ku⟩(E)⟨l⟩laiUṭaiyā⟨r⟩
tirumāṇi⟨k⟩ka malai Uṭaiya nā⟨ya⟩ṉā⟨r⟩teva tā [2+] ⟨12⟩ me⟨ṟ⟩ku
tenpā⟨r⟩kku E⟨l⟩lai Ūrkuḷa⟨t⟩tu⟨k⟩ku kaṭaipo⟨k⟩ku(kku) vaṭakku Āka I
[4+] ⟨13⟩ nta perunāṉ⟨ku⟩ E⟨l⟩lai⟨k⟩ku Uḷpaṭṭa nilattu kiḻakkuaṭaiya
⟨nila⟩ṅkaḷ [3+] ⟨14⟩ tā⟨ṅ⟩kaḷ viṭṭa mūṉṟu mā Oḻiya nīkki nāṅkaḷ payir
cey(tu)varukiṟa ni⟨15⟩lam 2 @ 𑿦 Iraṇṭumāvum Innāya{ṉ}ṉā⟨r⟩kku
teva(tā)ṉam Āka ⟨16⟩ viṭṭo(m kāḷiy)āṉa mu⟨t⟩ticu(ra)nampiyum Iva(ṉ)tampi
(tirumāṇi)⟨17⟩⟨k⟩kateva(ṉum Iviruvom) Ippa(ṭi)kku mu⟨t⟩ticuranampi
Eḻuttu ⟨18⟩ I⟨p⟩paṭikku tirumā(ṇikkate)vaṉ Eḻuttu

## Commentary

This inscription is a copy in later characters.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.550 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 184–185, item 550.