# SII 4.1388: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 1388. (A.R. No. 594 of 1912). ON THE SOUTH WALL
OF THE SIVA DEVALE No. 2 AT POLONNARUWA, CEYLON

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i1388

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII04/DHARMA_INSSIIv04p0i1388.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [ḥ] [∥] tiṅkaḷer malarn=tu veṇkuṭai maṇṭalamaṉṉuyirtoṟum
Iṉṉaruḷ curan=tu niṟaini⟨2⟩ḻal parap(pi) niṟppa muṟaimaiyil ceṅkol
ticaitoṟuñ cellat (ta)ṅkaḷ kulamuta⟨3⟩ṟ pa(ru)tiyiṉ vali(c)erpuvaṉikkum
Oṟṟai Āḻi Ulāva naṟṟavatti(ru)malarccelvi⟨4⟩yum Irunilappāvaiyum
kirttiyum kiḷḷaiyum porttaṉip pūvai(yu)m matuvaiyiṟ puṇarntu ⟨5⟩ potumai
turan=tu taṉ Urimaitteviyarāka marapinil cuṭarma⟨6⟩ṇimakuṭañ cūṭi
neṭunilamaṉṉavar muṟaimuṟai taṉnaṭi (va)ṇaṅka viramun ti⟨7⟩yākamum
Ārameṉap puṉain=tu māppukaḻ maṉuvuṭaṉ vaḷartta
kop⟨8⟩(parakecaripa)nmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī Atirājenti⟨9⟩ratevark(ku) ⟨10⟩
yāṇṭu (3) Āvatu [7+] (c)oḻamaṇṭalattu tak [6+] koṭṭattu
viṟ(p)pe(ṭ)ṭunāṭṭu maṅkalappāṭi ve⟨11⟩ḷḷāḷaṉ [9+] ṉ cirāḷaṉ ti [8+]
yānāṉa Eta [3+] koṇṭacoḻappallavaraiyan ⟨12⟩ rājarājentira [7+]
(co)ḻavaḷanāṭṭu [7+] ṭṭu jaṉanātamaṅ(kala)ttu Uṭaiyār
vāṉavaṉmāte⟨13⟩viĪśva{va}ramuṭaiy(ārkku)t tirunoṉtāvi [10+] kku Oṉṟum
Itukku nicatam Eṇ⟨14⟩ṇai Uḻakkāka veṇṭum Eṇṇaikku [10+]
cittiraittiṅkaḷmutal pali ⟨15⟩ [2+] (E)ṇṇai koṇṭu tirunoṉtāviḷak [6+]
pikkakaṭavarkaḷāka Ikkoyilil patipāta [7+] ṭ(ai)ppañcācāriyat
tevarkaṉmi⟨16⟩[4+] taṉai paṇṇum brāmmaṇaṉ komaṭattu [7+] kiramavittaṉu(m
I)kkoyiliṟ civabr(āmma)ṇaṉ [8+] tillaināyakapaṭṭaṉum Uva⟨17⟩ccaṉnum [2+]
ṇamaṉ koṇanāṉa kaṅkaikoṇṭa [.]e [5+] Ācāriyaṉ (A)ṭṭavum Arayaṉ kāval
[7+] rājādhirāja mu(ta)kkaka(rai)nāṭā⟨18⟩(ḻ)vāṉum Ikkoyiliṟ
pan(māke)śvarakkaṇ [10+] ṉ kuṭitāṅkiyāṉa caṇṭeśvararā [2+]caṉum [8+]
ṭava(n)tiruviyāṉa (kaṅkai)koṇṭacoḻamāṇi⟨19⟩k(ka)mum kāman tiruviyāṉa
kotukula māṇikkamum kūttaṉ Irā [6+] rājentraviṭaṅkamāṇikkamum kovintaṉ
Ā(ṭavalāṉā)ṉa nāṟpatteṇṇāyiramāṇikkamum te(vaṉ) kā(miyāṉa) rājentra
coḻamāṇi⟨20⟩(k)kamum tevaṉ Uyyavantā(ṉāṉa) muṭikoṇṭacoḻamāṇikkamum
Ivvaṉaivarum Ivarkaḷukkup piṉpu Ivarkaḷ talaimāṟu tiruvārātaṉai
pa(ṇ)ṇuvārum pariycārakarum panmāyeśva(ra)kkaṇ⟨21⟩kāṇiceyvārum
nāṭṭavarum tevar Aṭiyāru⟨m⟩ cantirātittaval tirunoṉtāviḷakku Oṉṟum
Erikkakaṭavarkaḷāka Icaintu kaikkoṇṭa kācu Añka yiru⟨22⟩cāṇe nālviral
niḷattu⟨23⟩t tarānilaiviḷakku Oṉṟu Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai [∥]

## Commentary

These twenty-six inscriptions [[SII 4.1388 to 1415]] of Ceylon are taken
from the collection for 1912 and printed here since the Government of
Ceylon urge their publication immediately.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 4.1388 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 489–490, item 1388.